On Good Friday, Greene Avenue, between Lewis and Stuyvesant, was completely blocked off for Project Safe Surrender. Antioch Baptist Church was transformed into an official court, with Judge Deena Douglass presiding. Hundreds converged to have their warrants cleared. more>

New Yorkers voiced opposition to a possible Wal-Mart entry into the N.Y. market at yet another hearing, this one held by the Bloomberg administration. The hearing concerned a proposed sale of city land to Related Co., the developer of an expansion of the Gateway project in East New York. more>

Eboni Holloway, owner of Eb Did It Baskets, a customized theme basket company, said, "As a merchant, it hurts my business personally. I have to charge my customers more as opposed to if they were using cash. Debit cards are an easier way for them to make purchases. However, fighting the banks and credit card companies and the debit fees they are imposing against merchants, which we in turn have to impose on our customers, is really disgusting. more>

Teens living in Brooklyn are giving birth and terminating pregnancies at numbers higher than almost any borough in the city. more>

Merely two weeks into her tenure, un-credentialed NYC Schools Chancellor Cathie Black has put her foot in her mouth twice at the same event. more>

According to Adams, ticket quotas pressure officers to issue tickets regardless of the appropriateness of the situation. more>

Bank of America (BOA) is facing a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by 5 Black current and former employees. As a reaction to the alleged actions of the bank, Rev. Dennis Dillon, pastor of the Brooklyn Christian Center, is calling for the Black community to close its accounts and remove its money from BOA. more>

The tactic of “non-violent civil disobedience” has incarnated 21st-century style. New twists on an old story. Young Nicole, beautiful and dignified, is the latest in a long line of Black women used as the public face of Civil Rights actions solely for the benefit of Black men. more>

Many Black "leaders" decry the lack of massive support when calls go out for community action. What most Black leaders miss are these facts: the leaders are Black men, the issues revolve around Black males, those expected to engage in community action are Black women, and issues related to the well-being of Black women and children are ignored. more>

"And please, my brothers, stop saying the reason police shoot Black men is because white men are afraid of you. The internal conditions of our community tell of irrational thinking and behavior, sexism and misogyny, diminishing survival instincts and lack of race pride. What is there to be afraid of?" more>

Commenting on the CBC’s community hearings, Congressman Gregory Meeks said, “We want to offer a space where ‘best practices’ are presented as a unified group.” more>