The Brooklyn Ink

As Small Businesses Move From Bedford Avenue, City Council Works On Rent Controls

By Manuel Rueda The Bagel Store in Williamsburg is a popular spot with locals and tourists seeking a quick breakfast or lunch. Asides from the regular fare of poppy seed bagels and sliced meat sandwiches, [...]

Brooklynites campaign for Haitian Presidential Candidates

By Manuel Rueda From 9am to 5pm, Felina Backer works as an assistant principal at a middle school in Brownsville. But since Haiti’s campaign season began in August, she has used her spare time to [...]

Anti-Corporate Activist Rev. Billy Arrested in Midtown

By Manuel Rueda Police arrested anti-consumerism activist Reverend Billy today on a charge of trespassing inside a UBS in midtown, as he and others sang a protest song to the tune of “Jingle Bells.” The [...]

As vote nears, local students pressure Congress on DREAM Act

By Manuel Rueda As Congress prepares to vote on the DREAM Act next week, undocumented students in New York are making hundreds of calls to nudge politicians to pass this piece of immigration reform. In [...]

Tanning Salons Wrestle with Tax

by Manuel Rueda This summer, the federal government imposed a 10 percent sales tax on indoor tanning that angered salon owners and faithful clients like Snooki from The Jersey Shore. “I don’t go tanning anymore [...]

Latino Voters Stay with Democrats

By Manuel Rueda It’s business as usual for candidates with names like Velazquez and Lopez to win major offices in heavily Hispanic Brooklyn, but Tuesday’s election showed the growing political clout of Latinos in many [...]

Halloween in Brooklyn

Reporters from The Brooklyn Ink canvassed the borough on Halloween and found people celebrating in all sorts of ways.