Policy & Government

The city's new bike boulevards on Bergen and Dean Streets, from Court Street to East New York Avenue, will vary by neighborhood and may include protected bike lanes, sidewalk extensions, medians, traffic-calming measures and pedestrian improvements.

Capt. James Wilson, who was captured on video criticizing the mayor while on the scene of an anti-immigration enforcement protest in Bushwick on Saturday night, was transferred, Gothamist reported.

Local community groups say they feel unheard and are divided as meetings progress on the $3.5 billion Brooklyn Marine Terminal project.

After a chaotic anti-ICE protest in Bushwick over the weekend, elected officials from Brooklyn called for the NYPD to respect New York’s sanctuary city laws and end any cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

Lebechi East, a 95-unit affordable housing development in Brownsville, will replace a vacant former police precinct with new apartments and a community health facility.

Residents in East New York can take part in a training program that will get them ready for green infrastructure maintenance.

78 NYCHA Tenant Associations will get funding to support community programming.

New Yorkers can sign up to canvass on behalf of the government via Organize NYC.

In a new report, Empire State Development categorized housing affordability as the top priority for a plurality of workshop participants and survey respondents for the next phase of the project that could bring in seven additional buildings near Barclays Center.

Moeleek Harrell, also known as “Moe Money,” was a leader of a street gang based in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He was convicted on charges that included murder conspires and drug trafficking from Rikers Island to Maine.