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If you want to understand the likely impact of the president’s proposed cuts to federal programs, you need look no farther than a Brooklyn neighborhood where those initiatives make a…

ByAdam Wisnieski 0Comments

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Feb 2017

Justice Video

NYC’s Fight Against Elder Abuse

New York City is aging, and concerns about elder abuse are rising along with the number of senior citizens.

ByJarrett Murphy 4Comments

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Jan 2017

Video

Video: How Stress and Sickness Fuel Death Inequalities in Brooklyn

Health inequality is an old problem with new wrinkles and the election of Donald Trump is one of them. Watch a journalist and an expert talk about what drives these…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2017

Health In Depth Investigations

What Drives NYC’s Health Disparities?

Diabetes and assaults, HIV and asthma, sicken or kill people in low-income areas at higher rates. Often, it isn’t that there’s no method or money to address the problem –…

ByJanaki Chadha

ByRuth Ford 6Comments

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Podcast: From Coney Island to Atlantic Yards, Lessons of ‘The Brooklyn Wars’

Hear an interview with Neil deMause, whose new book recounts the battles that reshaped Coney Island, Fulton Street, Atlantic Yards and the city around them.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

No Rezoning Plan, but City Eyes Brownsville for Big Changes

The de Blasio administration is moving to develop vacant spaces in the Brooklyn neighborhood for a mix of affordable housing and other services—building on earlier plans, engaging the community and…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jul 2016

Video

Video: Crown Heights, 25 Years Later

Amid preparations for events to commemorate the three days of rioting that shook Brooklyn a quarter century ago, Bk Live hosted people who’ve managed reconciliation and observed the neighborhood’s change.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Jul 2016

In Depth

Growing Fish and Food Together and Attacking Racial Disparities in Bushwick

Aquaponics relies on the interaction of fish, whose waste feeds the plants, and plants, whose digestive process purifies the water. But at Oko Farms in Brooklyn, success also depends on…

ByKizzy Cox 1Comment

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Jul 2016

Government Video

Video: What it’s Like to Lose a Race for Congress

Winning a Democratic primary is tantamount to winning election, and winning an election means the long-term job security of incumbency. But what’s it like to lose at the ballot box?…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2016

Video

Video: Brooklyn Hospitals Facing Critical Test

BK Live takes a look at the challenges facing private and public hospitals in the city’s largest borough.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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