The Brooklyn Ink

Eric Adams on the ‘Abuse’ of Stop-and-Frisk

Is the New York Police Department misusing its stop-and-frisk-policy?  New York State Senator Eric L. Adams, a retired police captain who was elected to the state senate in 2006, thinks so.

Congested Brooklyn Thoroughfare to Undergo Development

If all plans are finalized by the borough president, one of Brooklyn’s major thoroughfares will become unrecognizable in the coming years as it evolves from an accident-prone access road to a pedestrian-friendly commercial district. A [...]

Brooklyn President Angry at State for Pulling Plug on Expressway Repairs

In a letter to Governor Cuomo, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz said that pulling the plug on plans to rebuild the Brooklyn-Queens and Gowanus expressways “is a show of disrespect” to Brooklyn, the New York Post [...]