The NYPD said it will use drones for the Labor Day weekend as the annual West Indian Day Parade is held in a move that harkens back to post-9/11 surveillance tactics.

DeAndre’s mother believes her son could have been a victim of a hate crime because he was gay.

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Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey gifted residents at Brooklyn’s Marcy Houses with $1K in bitcoin.

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Club Lambda in Brooklyn spotlights the need for queer spaces designed for people of color.

#BlackLivesMatter

“Where are all those who stated ‘Black lives matter?'”NYC Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday after multiple shootings were reported out of Brooklyn and the Bronx.

The Brooklyn subway shooting happened despite a "record" number of NYPD police officers being assigned to patrol the city's train stations as crime has surged in the world's largest rapid transit system.

A white woman who used racist language against a Black couple at a dog park in Brooklyn has been fired from her job at Bevy.

The Brooklyn gravesite of Pop Smoke, a budding New York rapper senselessly murdered last year on February 19, 2020, was extremely desecrated over the weekend after intentional damage was done to both his crypt and casket.

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A Brooklyn street was renamed in memory of Yusuf Hawkins, a Black teen who was murdered by a white mob 32 years ago.

A Black man accused of attacking women on the subway in New York City was indicted for hate crimes because prosecutors say he specifically targeted "light-skinned women" with violence.

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Regina King will produce and star in a film about pioneering politician Shirley Chisholm.

Clearly Casanova's charges are no laughing matter but if Black Twitter don't do nothing else, they are definitely going to find the humor.