Photo Courtesy: PBS News Hour When the Supreme Court struck down New York’s concealed carry law in 2022, DA Gonzalez, like many law enforcement officials, was worried about the impact the decision could have on public safety — and redoubled his office’s efforts to keep our communities safe. Two years after that watershed ruling, known […]
By Gwynne Hogan, thecity.nyc | Editorial Credit: Alex Krales / THE CITY The Brooklyn district attorney has upgraded the charges against a former city parks worker accused of fatally shooting a homeless Venezuelan man — now alleging the killing was motivated by a hate for migrants. Elijah Mitchell, a seasonal Parks Department employee, is accused […]
By Giulia Mcdonnell Nieto Del Rio and Amir Khafagy | Documented On the outside, the small two-story house that stood on an otherwise quiet street in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, seemed deserted. But from the sidewalk, the sounds of drills and banging hammers rumbled inside. When a worker opened the door, nearly a dozen migrant men […]
Workers bring supplies to the Hall Street migrant family shelter in Brooklyn, Feb. 21, 2024. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan | February 23, 2024 A massive migrant shelter in a complex of converted warehouses on Hall Street in Clinton Hill that opened last summer with no public announcement has since grown to house around 3,000 people. Officials […]
Photos courtesy: Bishop DR RC Nelson By JR Holguin Ebenezer Urban Ministry Center leads in community service, affordable housing, and educational initiatives. BROOKLYN, NY: In an exclusive interview with The Immigrant’s Journal, Bishop R. C. Dr. Hugh Nelson of the Ebenezer Urban Ministry Center (EUMC), formerly known as the Church of God of East Flatbush, […]