The battle over Brooklyn’s backyard is heating up. While the New York City mayor wants to place a new homeless shelter for 175 families in the heart of Sheepshead Bay, not everyone’s rolling out the welcome mat. Now a New York State Senator is leading the charge against the plan, calling it a “direct assault” […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, alongside Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Commissioner Keith Howard, has announced a major new investment aimed at providing universal after-school programming for public school students from kindergarten through eighth grade. The plan includes a $331 million funding commitment that will be phased in starting in the Fiscal […]