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.
LGBTQ
Posted inCrime, LGBTQ
Pain, Pride and Performance at O’Shae Sibley Vigils
A community in mourning asserted its right to exist — and to vogue — in New York City as a teenager turned himself in for fatally stabbing Sibley in what Mayor Eric Adams said “clearly was a hate crime.”
Posted inQueens
State’s First Openly Transgender Party Official Aims to Unseat Scandal-Scarred Assemblyman
Émilia Decaudin would make history as New York’s first transgender state legislator if elected.
Posted inRikers Island
City Council Passes Bill To Restore Reentry Services to Trans Women on Rikers Island
Under Eric Adams’ commissioner, the Department of Correction gutted a specialized LGBTQ+ unit at Rikers. But following an investigation by THE CITY, lawmakers are pushing back with new legislation.
Posted inFamilies
City Education Council Elections Bring Polarizing National Issues to Local School Districts
Opponents — and even some of their endorsed candidates — say one well-organized group of parents is turning Community Education Councils into forums for right-wing animosity over issues like critical race theory and the treatment of LGBTQ+ youth.
Posted inYouth
Despite Pleas, City Sticks to No-Sleep Order at Youth Drop-In Centers
DYCD commissioner says youth in need can ‘rest’ but not ‘sleep’ — while the mayor blames the migrant crisis for not adding more youth shelter beds.
Posted inDepartment of Correction
City Council Grills Jails Commissioner on Treatment of Trans Detainees at Rikers
In a combative appearance, Louis Molina denied there was a problem at the Department of Corrections, despite the collapse of the LGBTQ+ Affairs unit under his tenure.
Posted inCity Council
I Was Passed Over as NYC’s Chief Actuary Because I’m Asian and Gay, Former Deputy Says in Lawsuit
Craig Chu said he is more qualified than the person the office hired, and was later told by panel members that he made them “uncomfortable.”
Posted inRikers Island
Under Eric Adams, a Rikers Island Unit That Protected Trans Women Has Collapsed
A decade ago, New York City set out to lead the nation in efforts to support incarcerated trans people. Now detainees tell THE CITY that they are stranded in all-male housing units, subject to physical violence and sexual assaults.