via BKLYNER
Red Hook Farm Hopes to Grow with $25,000 Grant
The Red Hook Community Farm hopes to hire more local staff, thanks to a recent grant from New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
Place: Brooklyn
via BKLYNER
Tenants: Garbage, Not Garden, Attracts Rats
Park Slope tenants lost the garden in front of their home because of a recurring rat problem, but some on the block believe poor trash management is the real problem.
via BKLYNER
Sign of the Times: No Realtors Wanted
Some Brooklyn homeowners are going to new lengths to ward off aggressive real estate agents looking for houses to sell.
via Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Delivery Workers Jolted by City’s E-Bike Plan
This city wants to exempt high-end pedal-controlled electric bicycles from its ban on battery-powered two-wheelers – angering delivery workers, whose cheaper models would remain illegal.
via BKLYNER
Booted Food Co-Op Battles for Rebirth
Leaders of the Greene Hill Food Co-op in Brooklyn are raising funds and looking for a new space after losing the lease on their longtime Clinton Hill home.
via BKLYNER
New Council Member Springs Fresh Flurry of Bills
Alicka Ampry-Samuel, of Brooklyn, has co-sponsored eight measures – and introduced one requiring information about sexual harassment be made public.
via City Limits
Jailhouse Rape Case Adds to Outcry Over Brooklyn Lock-up
The recent conviction of Carlos Richard Martinez, a former corrections officer, underscores critics' concerns about conditions at the federal Metropolitan Detention Center.
via The Forward
Seeking Their Place in the U.S., but Finding Opioids
Some young Russian-speaking Jews in New York are turning to powerful painkillers amid their search for identity.