by Shireen Akram-Boshar | May 19, 2026 | arraignment, Brooklyn, News, prison, protest, Reproductive Rights, Zohran Mamdani
On Monday, legal service workers protested in front of the Brooklyn Criminal Court and the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office after a woman who was being detained was forced to give birth in a courtroom on Friday. At least 150 legal advocates, public defenders, and local lawmakers rallied against what the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys (ALAA) called “the dangerous conditions in…
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by Joseph Mogul | Mar 29, 2026 | BDS, Brooklyn, Community organizing, Drones, New York City, News Analysis, Palestine, protest
On the morning of February 11, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC), a non-profit landlord responsible for developing the Brooklyn Navy Yard, convened a closed-doors meeting. One item of business concerned the lease of Easy Aerial, an AI drone manufacturer with material ties to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Israeli military, and one of 550 businesses housed…
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