The Brooklyn Ink

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.

Collateral Damage: A Real Estate Scam and its Aftermath

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

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 [...]

Ballroom Boogie in Bay Ridge

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!

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 [...]

The Life and Death of Army Spec. Kevin O. Hill

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.