Go to a government technology or innovation conference and look around, and you’ll see that the majority of attendees tend to be white and male. In 2015, women made up 22% of […]
What Brooklyn rats can teach us about designing cities for everyone
NYC: Pedestrian dies after pole struck by MTA bus falls on him: cops
A pedestrian died two days after an MTA bus driver struck a pole — which then fell on top of him — in Brooklyn last week, cops said. The 36-year-old MTA bus […]
NYC: 9-year-old placed ‘heartbreaking’ 911 call amid Brooklyn murder-suicide: cops
A 9-year-old Brooklyn girl whose mom and two half-sisters were fatally gunned down by her dad hid in a closet and wept to a 911 operator, “Daddy was coming over for my birthday — […]
NYC: Six people injured in Brooklyn after car jumps curb
Six people were injured — three seriously — Friday afternoon when a car jumped the curb in Brooklyn and plowed into pedestrians on the sidewalk, officials said. The multi-vehicle accident happened just before […]
NYC: NYC tenant who allegedly owes thousands to landlord says she’s no deadbeat
A Brooklyn tenant who was accused of forcing her landlord to live in her car by milking emergency COVID-19 rent rules insisted that she is no deadbeat. “I know I owe her something. I’m […]
NYC: Video shows 81-year-old man being violently shoved to ground in Brooklyn
An 81-year-old man was violently shoved to the ground outside of a Brooklyn liquor store, police said. The victim was attacked by another man last Tuesday outside the store on Flatbush Avenue […]
NYC: Disturbing video shows NYC man shoot at cops in apartment stairwell standoff
Disturbing video shows a Brooklyn man opening fire on NYPD cops in the stairwell of an apartment building, striking two officers who “narrowly avoided being killed,” police said Monday. The officers were responding to […]
NYC: NYPD cop allegedly told ex-partner he had sex with 13-year-old girl
An NYPD cop charged with soliciting X-rated photos from at least 46 underage girls allegedly looked at child porn while on duty — and told his then-partner that he was having sex […]
NYC: Two injured in separate Brooklyn shootings overnight, cops say
An 18-year-old woman was shot in the knee blocks from Prospect Park Monday night — and a 37-year-old man was blasted multiple times inside a Brooklyn laundromat in a separate incident, cops […]
NYC: Death of baby found in Brooklyn dumpster ruled a homicide: cops
The death of a baby discovered inside a Brooklyn dumpster has been ruled a homicide, cops said early Tuesday. The child’s mother, Jahmika Small, 27, has already been charged with reckless endangerment and acting […]
