The former detective was working as a fire guard at the shelter when he pulled his weapon after a brawl between residents seemed to have subsided.
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Posted inBrooklyn, Greenpoint, LGBTQ, Real Estate, Religion
Greenpoint Residents Ask Judge to Spare Church That Hosted Culture and Community
The Park Church sanctuary had served north Brooklyn for more than a decade, offering performance space, day care, a soup kitchen and a homeless shelter.
Posted inEnvironment
As NYC Expands Food Scrap Collection, Local Composting Businesses Seek New Clients
Many of the small composters that had stepped in to provide New Yorkers options during the pandemic are pivoting to collecting commercial organic waste.
Posted inBrooklyn, Health, Labor, Unions
NYU Langone–Brooklyn Nurses Say Staffing Levels Have Reached State of Emergency
Complaint to state alleges violations of rule limiting ICU nurses to two patients at a time.
Posted inMigrant Crisis
Feds Approve Migrant Shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn
Local officials oppose the planned shelter, saying it is a remote place to house people.
Posted inVaccinations
AG’s Office Quietly Closed ParCare COVID Vaccine Probe
Attorney General Letitia James recused herself from investigating a political ally whose health clinic gave Moderna shots weeks before they were authorized for public use.
Posted inTransportation
What’s on Eric Adams’ Infrastructure Wishlist to the Feds
New York City must compete for a share of the $1.2 trillion national infrastructure pot, with the BQE revamp and electric vehicle charging topping the list.
Posted inHousing
‘Coliving’ Landlords Turned $800 Rent-Stabilized Apartments into $7,000 Suites. Now Tenants Are Pushing Back.
Outpost Club promises hassle-free, low-commitment entree into Bushwick, Ridgewood and other trendy neighborhoods. Some residents are on rent strike and demanding their apartments get their regulated status restored.
Posted inLandlords
NYC Awards $191 Million Tax Break to Landlord With 3,000 Housing Code Violations
The Bistricer family will receive a 40-year tax exemption in exchange for cleaning up the mess it has long been blamed for at Brooklyn’s beleaguered Flatbush Gardens.
Posted inMigrant Crisis
NYC’s Right to Shelter Implodes as Mayor Adams Warns ‘It’s Not Going to Get Any Better’
City Hall is talking cryptically about the ‘next phase’ after dozens of arriving migrants spent the weekend waiting in the heat and without access to a bathroom to be let into the city’s ‘welcome center.’