Bedford Stuyvesant

To Bill Gates: I Don't Need Your Money

Steve Nelson | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Vouchers, Bedford Stuyvesant, Calhoun School, Charter Schools, Freebrook Academy, Educational Reform, Broad Foundation, Education News
Steve Nelson

Don't get me wrong. I deeply respect that you and your wife care about the community and the world. But if you want to really help, here's one small way:

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Krisanne Alcantara

Brooklyn Teens Bridge Income, Generational Divides Through Community Restoration

HuffingtonPost.com | Krisanne Alcantara | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Teen Activisim, Project Re-Generation, Barnabas Shakur, Project Re-Generation Bed Stuy, Bed-Stuy, Video, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Bed-Stuy, Bedstuy, Teen Volunteering, Barnabas Shakur Project Re-Generation, Marty Markowitz, Impact News

One Bed-Stuy man is responsible for putting over 500 Brooklyn teens out on the streets, but not in the way you might be thinking. Barnabas Shakur, ...

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Brooklyn Girl Found Dead In Mother's Arms

Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Murder, Brandi Nwegbo, New York Crime, Nypd, Bedford Stuyvesant, Ny News, Girl-Murdered, New York News, NY Crime, New York News

Police are investigating the murder of a two-year-old Bed-Stuy girl stabbed to death early Friday morning in a fourth-floor apartment on Putnam Avenue...

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A Bed-Stuy Grandmother Fights To Keep Her Home Of 44 Years

Bed-Stuy Patch | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Bed-Stuy, Mary Ward, Housing Market, Bedford Stuyvesant, Mortgage Scams, Black Voices News

Let Ms. Mary Ward tell you her life story. She's talkative, for sure, and a touch feisty. Standing all of a diminuitive 5-feet tall, Ms. Ward has l...

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Activists Hate Foie Gras Donuts, Protest Restaurant

Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Animal Rights Activists, Foie Gras Donuts, Animal Rights, Bedford Stuyvesant, Foie Gras, New York Restaurants, Hudson Valley Foie Gras, Do or Dine, NY Restaurants, New York News

Vegan blogger Annie Hartnett is so outraged by Brooklyn restaurant Do Or Dine's foie gras donuts, that she's started a petition in protest. "Foie g...

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WATCH: Cabby Goes Crazy, Really Doesn't Want To Drive To Brooklyn

Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: The Taxi and Limousine Commission, Video, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York Post, Ny News, New York Taxis, New York News, New York News

Although New York cabbies are legally required to bring you to the outer boroughs, they often refuse. In fact, an undercover investigation from The Ta...

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Keeping the American Dream of Homeownership Alive

Joshua Lockwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Habitat for Humanity Brooklyn, Habitat for Humanity, Foreclosure Crisis, Bedford Stuyvesant, Candace George, Home Ownership, Habitat for Humanity New York, Video, Impact News
Joshua Lockwood

2010-12-29-habitat.jpgWe are all too familiar with the incredible devastation that the foreclosure crisis as inflicted across America: homeowners left destitute, communities destroyed, businesses ruined.

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Mapping Race in New York City

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Crow, New York City Demographics, Manhattan, Bedford Stuyvesant, African-Americans, Fort Greene, Chinatown, Race, Central Harlem, Great Migration, Bushwick-Brooklyn, New York News
John Petro

2010-09-24-racepull.jpgA map of New York City by race and ethnicity suggests that perhaps the place isn't quite the melting pot that it is claimed to be.

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Brooklyn Free Store Offers Everything For Nothing

nytimes.com | COLIN MOYNIHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brooklyn Free Store, Walworth Street, Bedford Stuyvesant, NYC Shopping, New York News

April Gariepy, 30, wheeled her bike beneath the white tent on Saturday afternoon looking for a wire basket she could attach to her handlebars. A momen...

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NYPD Tapes: Officer's Secret Recordings Of Bed-Stuy 81st Precinct

Village Voice | Graham Rayman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Officer Secretly Recorded Nypd, Bedford Stuyvesant, Nypd, New York Police Department, New York City, New York, New York News

Two years ago, a police officer in a Brooklyn precinct became gravely concerned about how the public was being served. To document his concerns, he be...

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A Day In Haiti's Hospitals

Matthew Sheard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ambulance Corps, Haitiblog, Haiti Aid, Bedford Stuyvesant, Haiti Earthquake, Emts, Bsvac. Port-Au-Prince, World News
Matthew Sheard

The local and international medical workers here in Haiti are performing miracles every day. But the resources aren't adequate. Babies are still dying from poverty and lack of medical care.

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Haiti's Hospitals, Similar To America

Matthew Sheard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hospitals, Haiti Poverty, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haitian Relief, Haiti, Health, Bedford Stuyvesant, Bsvac, World News
Matthew Sheard

A lot of people say that they are concerned that when they donate to Haiti the money will not get to the people that really need it. That is a valid concern. What I would say to that is, spend a little bit of time doing research.

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Small Steps in Refugee Camps Give Reason For Hope

Matthew Sheard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haitiblog, Bsvac, Bedford Stuyvesant, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Haiti Relief Efforts, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Refugee Camp, Haiti Aid, Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps Team, World News
Matthew Sheard

On our last day we visited a Refugees Camp in Montrois run. The camp is run by a young man with a muscular frame and a scraggly goatee, named Diesmy...

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How We Assembled Our Haiti Team: Directly After The Fall Out

Matthew Sheard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Disaster Relief, Haitiblog, Bsvac, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Bedford Stuyvesant, Haiti Earthquake, Brooklyn, Haiti, World News
Matthew Sheard

It was the day after the earthquake in Haiti. I was at the Bed-Stuy Volunteer Ambulance Corps office in Brooklyn. We were watching the news. The C...

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My First Day Doing Relief Work In Haiti

Matthew Sheard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haitiblog, Bedford Stuyvesant, Haiti Relief Efforts, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Aid, Bsvac, World News
Matthew Sheard

"This is the part of Haiti they don't show you," said Jean, reclining on the beach, a cool breeze brushing the scent of wild jasmine past us. The be...

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My Mural, My People

Sofia Maldonado | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Puerto Rico, Black Women, Women?S History Month, Hip Hop, Real Art Ways, Caribbean, Body Image, 42nd Street Project Mural, Women's Image, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Latina Women, Murals, Times Square Mural, Times Square, Art, Contemporary Art, Times-Square-Alliance, New York News
Sofia Maldonado

2010-03-30-maldonadomural.jpg My Times Square mural speaks up for those woman who choose not to play into the ideals of "success." They exist, and are proud of their long nails, stretch clothing, tattoos, and piercings.

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Those Schoolcraft Tapes

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter King, The-Nypd-Tapes, Adrian Schoolcraft, Vito Fossella, Paul Browne, Bed-Stuy, Steven Mauriello, Nypd, Bedford Stuyvesant, Bernard Kerik, Mark Pomerantz, Ray Kelly, Joe Demarest, Compstat, Downgrading Crimes, 81st-Precinct, New York News
Len Levitt

Whether whiner or whistleblower, police officer Adrian Schoolcraft continues to damage the credibility of the New York City Police Department.

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The Brooklyn Steppers March Forward, Giving to the Community and Gaining in the Process

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Borough President, High School Graduation, United Nations, Music, JHS 113, Arts, Thought Leaders, Queens, CUNY System, Antonio Thompson, Brooklyn Steppers, Youth Leadership, Facebook, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Haiti, Global Citizens, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Oiww, Musical Instruments, Columbia University, Community Involvement, Community Service, Inner City Life, Ohio, Academics, Barack Obama Inauguration, Orphans International Worldwide, Wynton Marsalis, New York University, Music Programs, Marty Markowitz, New York News
Jim Luce

In high school I had been manager of our marching band in Ohio. It was a grueling task, but rewarding to see my friends play and march so well. The ...

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Cop on "The NYPD Tapes" Under Fire, But Community Meeting Is Calm

Matt Sledge | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bed-Stuy, Steven Mauriello, Bedford Stuyvesant, 81st-Precinct, Adrian Schoolcraft, Compstat, Stop and Frisk, The Nypd Tapes, Nypd, Brooklyn New York, Village Voice, New York News
Matt Sledge

The Village Voice has some nasty things to report about Steven Mauriello, the NYPD commander for Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct. Mauriello is a man under fire, but the community meeting he presided over last night was mostly sedate.

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NYPD Caught On Camera Kicking, Punching Suspect

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Nypd, Bedford Stuyvesant, Police, Davial Rowe, Police Brutality, Nagi Benson, Cops, New York News

January is turning out to be a bad month for the NYPD, and perhaps a worse one for suspects. Just a week after footage of two police officers beati...

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Haiti Earthquake: Bed-Stuy Volunteer EMTs Help In Port-Au-Prince With Rescue Effort

nydailynews.com | By Jake Pearson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Rescue, Haiti Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Bedford Stuyvesant, Haiti Rescue Teams, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, New York News

When news of last week's catastrophic earthquake in Haiti reached Commander James (Rocky) Robinson and his group of Bedford-Stuyvesant emergency medic...

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A Farm in Danger: Help Save the Bed-Stuy Farm

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hunger, Community Gardens, Urban Agriculture, Bed-Stuy-Farm, Brooklyn, New York City, Food Politics, Bedford Stuyvesant, New York News
Leslie Hatfield

Bed-Stuy Farm, once a garbage dump, was transformed into an urban oasis that produces over 7,000 lbs of fresh food every year. Now, though, the project is threatened by development.

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Wrongfully Convicted Man Found Innocent After 12 Years In Prison For Murder

New York Daily News | Scott Shifrel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Wrongful Conviction, Murder Conviction Overturned, Bedford Stuyvesant, Joseph Foster, Jonathan Wheeler-Whichard, New York News

A Brooklyn man who spent 12 years in prison for murder is innocent, a judge ruled Friday in a powerfully worded decision. Jonathan Wheeler-Whichard, ...

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The 40-Year-Old Stimulus

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colvin Grannum, Bedford Stuyvesant, President Obama, David Robinson, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Stimulus, Timothy Gilchrist, President Bush, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Business News
Harry Moroz

It seems almost ridiculous, or at least unnecessary, to talk about "demonstrable" results (let alone successes) from Bush's 2008 package when the economy has so visibly deteriorated since its passage.

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