The Brooklyn Ink

A Rally for Muslim Rights Echoes Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring

Dozens of people gathered at Foley Square Friday to protest against the NYPD, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg for allegedly systematically spying on New York Muslims after the September 11 attacks.

New Exhibit Has Sparked Praise, and Outrage

A controversial exhibit that has angered Catholic leaders for featuring a film showing ants crawling over a crucified Jesus opens to the public in the Brooklyn Museum Friday.

Slideshow: Arrests at OWS “Day of Action”

VIDEO: Police Clash with OWS Protesters

Anna Hiatt’s video of police clashing with protesters at OWS’s “Day of Action”

Slideshow: OWS Day of Action

New York City Politicians Back Bloomberg’s Crackdown on Occupy Wall Street

WNYC reports that in a show of support to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Brooklyn Republican Congressmen have issued statements in support of Bloomberg’s stand on the Occupy Wall Street protestors. In a strongly-worded [...]

Occupy “Day of Action” Ends with March into Brooklyn

The Occupy Wall Street movement poured into New York’s most populous borough as thousands of demonstrators marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Thursday evening.

Competition for Cobble Hill Charter School Site

SchoolBook reports that while the Department of Education moves to bring a charter school to Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, State Assemblywoman Joan Millman and former Deputy Chancellor for the DOE, Carmen Farina, are backing a new [...]

Probe Finds Improprieties in Non-Profit Founded by Vito Lopez

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, a non-profit organization founded by Assemblyman Vito Lopez, has come under scrutiny after a city probe and audits that allege several financial improprieties. [...]

OWS Crowd Disperses to Plan “Day of Action”

Zuccotti Park was less crowded Wednesday, but Occupy Wall Street members insisted that the movement is not losing steam as they prepared several dramatic gestures for Thursday in protest of Tuesday’s early morning police eviction [...]