Brooklyn

11-year-old Obocho Peters opened a thrift store in Brooklyn to help underprivileged families.

Critics of an initiative to stop fare evasion say residents living in poverty are punished and harkens back to New York's so-called Broken Windows policing that helped foster the mass criminalization of nonviolent Black and brown people.

A shocking encounter involves a woman getting attacked and being called a racial slur.

After her son was diagnosed with a disorder that left him visually impaired, a Brooklyn mom created a braille clothing patch company to help children dealing with vision loss become more independent.

This Black millennial entrepreneur opened up an affordable vegan restaurant in Brooklyn.

His mother also has some words for Teresa Klein.

Teresa Klein may have to pay for her actions.

After spending 27 years behind bars for a crime that he didn’t commit, John Bunn is advocating for reading in prisons.

The largest state park in New York City will be named after Shirley Chisholm.

The West Indian Day parade is in full swing in New York City.

The unidentified woman was an EMT.

New York City’s annual West Indian American Day Carnival will kick off Monday, September 4, 2017 at 11 a.m.