Illegal Hotels Survive Crackdown, Some Say
Photo by: Adi Talwar This Brooklyn building was listed on a site advertising short-term rentals. Two years ago, tenant advocates and hoteliers came together to praise a New York State law clarifying...
View ArticleHospitals Face Pressure, Six in Brooklyn Could Close
Photo by: Jim Henderson, Freshpond, youngking11 From left, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn Hospital Center and Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, all of which state officials have said could close...
View ArticleBrooklyn Community Services Launches College Initiative
(Brooklyn, NY) March 28, 2015-Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) has launched ONE Brooklyn Campus a platform to mobilize students through volunteer service, to effect change for Brooklyn residents...
View ArticleBrooklyn Stand Up: The Future of East New York
Monday, March 30: Brooklyn Stand Up! The Future of East New York This March, Brooklyn Community Services' Brooklyn Stand Up! series will focus on East New York, which is the next neighborhood in line...
View ArticleBrooklyn Community Services Hosts Panel on East New York
BCSThe BCS panel Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) hosted its panel discussion “Brooklyn Stand Up! The Future of East New York” on Monday, March 30, 2015 at St. Paul Community Baptist Church (859...
View ArticleBrooklyn Community Services Announces its Inspiring Human Spirit Awards Honorees
BCSHonorees (l to r) Price, Silver and Zakaria. (Brooklyn, NY) May 20, 2015 - Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) will host its annual BCS Human Spirit Awards gala dinner Monday, June 1, 2015, at the...
View ArticleFab Five Freddy, Demetria Lucas, Danny Simmons and Michaela angela Davis Join...
BCSThree of the participants, from let to right: Hip-Hop pioneer Fab Five Freddy, writer and actress Demetria Lucas and supermodel Freja Beja-Erichsen. (Manhattan, NY) June 1, 2015 – BCS will premiere...
View ArticleFrom BBQ to K2, a Slice of the City in 10 Bronx Parks
Kara ChinScooting and splashing through the cooling spray at Loreto Playground. Splashing in fountains. Praying. Watching children and grandchildren. Reading. Making new friends. And, of course,...
View ArticleCan the Bronx Develop Without Displacement?
CASA The area along Jerome Avenue north of Yankee Stadium is one of several neighborhoods the de Blasio administration has targeted for rezoning to facilitate the mayor's affordable housing plan, each...
View ArticleCityViews:Four Wrong Ideas Driving de Blasio’s Housing Plan
CASACASA members protest in Manhattan earlier this week. The battle for a more just and equitable society isn't just a battle about land and resources. It is also a battle of ideas. Recently,...
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