Food Stamps Fill In, and Fill Up
Brooklyn has seen a 33% change in the number of people who receive food stamps. Some women sign up, and find support and sustenance at Bedford-Stuyvesant's St. John's Bread and Life.
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Collateral Damage: A Real Estate Scam and its Aftermath
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
John D’Emic is waiting to find out if he will be allowed to return to work as the Brooklyn Chief Deputy County Clerk. Enyonam Tolessi, an immigrant from Togo, is trying to repair her credit after almost a million dollars in mortgages were illegally obtained using her stolen identity. Their fates intertwined two years ago, and their futures hang in the balance.
US Settles with Detainees but Lawyer’s Work Continues
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
By Mara Zepeda Rachel Meeropol’s work is far from over. Two days after her clients, five Muslim plaintiffs held in a Brooklyn prison after 9/11, were awarded $1.26 million from the federal government, Meeropol is at work building a larger class action lawsuit. The Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents other prisoners rounded up in the [...]
Ballroom Boogie in Bay Ridge
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
In Bay Ridge, a scene from a ballroom dancing class: Octogenarians fox trot, retirees rumba and the cardigans come off as the young at heart learn a few new tricks.
Choose me!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
By Mara Zepeda The theater at Bay Ridge Preparatory School doubles as a basketball court. A dozen students congregate in the cavernous room. Some girls-black knee socks askew-dangle their legs off the edge of the stage. Boys loosen their neckties and slouch in folding chairs arranged in a semicircle. Other students are splayed on the wood [...]
The Life and Death of Army Spec. Kevin O. Hill
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The minute Olsen Hill saw the uniforms at his door, he knew. He had served in the military. No words were necessary. His son, Kevin O. Hill, was dead. He was a 23-year-old soldier from Brooklyn deployed in Afghanistan.
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