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.
Place: Brooklyn
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.
Grieving Father Takes on District Attorney’s Office
More than two decades after a cop escaped charges in the fatal shooting of a 13 year old in Brooklyn, the boy's father is calling for a probe of prosecutors.
via BKLYNER
Muslim Sect Seeks Peace in Brooklyn
The Ahmadiyya community in Bensonhurst is reeling from the death sentences recently decreed against three men charged with blasphemy in Pakistan.
via The Village Voice
Some Take Dim View of the Dyker Lights
Some Dyker Heights residents complain the police are doing little to control large, unruly crowds drawn by the neighborhood's traditionally elaborate holiday displays.
via BKLYNER
Bakery Caught in Fight Over Homeless Shelter
The owners of Coney Island's New York Bread Inc. and some area residents oppose Women In Need's plans to construct a seven-story shelter on Neptune Avenue.
via BKLYNER
Oyster-Driven Sewage Removal Stalls in Coney Island Creek
State officials are stonewalling on approving a permit for a state-funded program to use mollusks to clean-up the waterway, activists say.