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Borough president Eric Adams is advancing his longterm plan to transform houses of worship into affordable housing complexes.
The 2 victims had both come out of the same nearby gay nightclub, police said.
He stole $400 in cash and a credit card from a 62-year-old man, cops said.
19-year-old Javon Craig was shot in the head just steps from where his older brother Rasheed was shot to death in 2009, cops said.
After an elderly man was killed while crossing Meeker Avenue on Tuesday, activists strengthened calls for work on the dangerous roadway.
Cops arrested Tamisha Harper and charged her with the murder of 78-year-old Edna Pierre-Jacques, who was found dead near a broken hammer.
The Silent Barn wants you to come with your best Bikini Kill karaoke game.
Cops are looking for 4 people in connection with an overnight robbery in which they took a TV, 3 cell phones, 2 laptops, an iPad and $400.
Police were seeking a motive the day after a retired NYPD officer allegedly shot his landlord's boyfriend in the head in Greenpoint.
He stole $400 in cash from the café register, and a customer pushed him to the ground and gave the money back to a café employee.
Dozens of firefighters were working to put out the fire in the 12-story residential building on Schermerhorn St., the FDNY said.
Live updates: The Greenpoint shooter may have been targeting his landlord.
2 men from Bed-Stuy and 2 from Sunset Park face 25 years to life in jail after being convicted of a violent robbery in 2014.
The woman allegedly pushed and shoved an employee who tried to stop her from stealing at the door.
The bill, which would allot $80 every 3 weeks to eligible parents, is being reviewed by the Senate's Committee on Children and Families.
Brooklyn leader Eric Adams, along with the 4 other borough leaders, are demanding the city immediately give bottled water to public schools.
Kwauhuru Gowan, charged with 2 murders of Bushwick teens and being investigated for other murders nationally, was back in court Friday.
A discussion outside Duck Duck bar in Williamsburg turned to a fight, which then escalated into an attack and robbery, cops said.
The mobile library will hold an event about Alice Walker's 'womanism' at the Weeksville Heritage Center on March 11.
Restaurant staff members are working overtime to make sure Putnam's is up and running by St. Patrick's Day, Putnam's owner said.
