Brooklyn
Brooklyn Wage Theft Case Grinds On
Tobias Salinger |
Authorities found that a Williamsburg construction company owed its workers $500,000, but no one’s been paid yet. Advocates blame enforcement delays on overburdened state inspectors.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Pantries Brace for Food-Aid Cuts
Leah Robinson |
Federal budget cutters have targeted the food stamp program, which puts dinner on 1.9 million plates in New York City each day.
ARTS and CULTURE
City Downplays Ratner's Role In Carousel Recovery
Norman Oder |
The developer defrayed the city’s costs, helping to save the treasured ride but amplifying questions about whether private donations to favored causes influence policymakers.
Brooklyn
Red Cross Defends Sandy Record, Gives to Brooklyn Recovery
Norman Oder |
Under fire for slow spending of the millions it raised after the superstorm, the organization unveiled grants to rebuild places like Canarsie and Sheepshead Bay.
Health and Environment
Deadline Nears For Superstorm Victims
Jarrett Murphy |
Local centers for disaster aid will close on April 30.
Economy
How Will A Higher Minimum Wage Affect Brooklyn?
Gerard Flynn |
President Obama and Democrats in Albany want a higher minimum wage. Among Brooklyn’s low-wage workers, who will it help and how much?
Health and Environment
Canarsie Braces for Foreclosure Wave After Sandy
Suzanne Travers |
The neighborhood was a hotbed for defaults even before the superstorm’s devastating flood. Now, advocates fear a flood of housing emergencies.
Health and Environment
Dueling Prescriptions for Brooklyn's Hospitals
Ruth Ford |
The state wants to close and merge hospitals to shore up health-system finances. But front-line health providers say patients shouldn’t pay the price for problems caused by government funding schemes.
Justice
Guns for Cash at Brooklyn Church
Jarrett Murphy |
An operable handgun or assault rifle will net you $200 if you bring it—in a plastic bag—to a gun buyback event in Vinegar Hill this weekend.
Government
Sal Who?: Brooklyn's Albanese Explains His Mayoral Bid
Jarrett Murphy |
Dismissed as “Sal Who?”, Sal Albanese notched a respectable third-place finish in the 1997 primary, then left public life. Now he’s back, with a different set of policies tooled to a different kind of race.
