The alleged subterfuge allows Samantha McElhaney John, who heads PS 327 in Brownsville, to avoid paying more than $5,000 in non-resident tuition to the city.

The former detective's lawyer cast doubt on the prosecution's witnesses, saying they had all been convicted of crimes.

Gail Mincy was at the West Indian Day parade with her son on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn during the 2024 parade when her son was shot.

The end of the All-Star break also marked the return of the G League, with the Long Island Nets picking up two wins in two games over the last week. First, the

A Long Island man is facing two decades in prison a “sadistic crime spree,” in 2020 according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.

Brown has been a standout for Brooklyn's G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets. He's averaging 16.4 points on 56.5 percent from the field to go with 5.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 1.2 steals. Going forward, it's likely that Brown continues to see some reps at the G League level.

Long Island and the rest of the New York City area had been devoid of the popular supermarket chain until Oct. 2019, when a 74,000-square-foot Wegmans opened in Brooklyn. That was followed by an 87,500-square-foot store at Astor Place in Manhattan in Oct. 2023.

Locals are educating immigrants and community members of their rights in response to fear and confusion around changing federal policies.

The Brooklyn Nets have signed forward Tyrese Martin to a multi-year contract and guard Killian Hayes to a 10-day contract. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not released. In a related transaction,

The April 2021 shooting of Davonte Lewis, 17, supercharged the 59 Brims and Bloodhound Brims’ beef against Folk Nation and other gangs, according to Brooklyn prosecutors.

By Philippa TracyThe protagonist in Colm Toibin’s earlier novel Brooklyn, Eilis Lacey, returns in Long Island as she navigates her post-war move from small-town Ireland to New York. In the first, she finds a job in a department store,

Killian Hayes is currently on a 10-day contract, but that didn’t stop him from making his first start in a Brooklyn Nets uniform in Saturday’s win against the Philadelphia 76ers. Hayes finished with three points (1-of-3 from the field),