BBN Special Reports
BBN Takes Home 2013 Ippies Award!
BBN took home the 2013 Ippies Award for Best Multimedia Design, at last Thursday’s event honoring the best reporting and coverage from New York City’s ethnic and community press! BBN shared the Best Multimedia Design category with Long Island Press journalists, who took home the top prize of $750.00; and, with Nowy Dziennik, the Polish daily More...
‘Inner City Blues’: Timothy Stansbury – 1984 to 2004
On January 24, 2004, Timothy Stansbury, an unarmed 19-year-old was shot and killed by New York City Police Officer Richard S. Neri, Jr., while he patrolled the roof top of the Louis Armstrong Housing development More...
Clarisa James: Brooklyn’s Champion for Girls in Science, Technology, Math
Clarisa James is a champion for Brooklyn Girls, and it is her contribution and sticktoitiveness toward social and economic progress that earns her a spot on BBN’s Very Interesting Person list. Ms. James More...
Gina Winstanley, U.S. Ambassador to Malta: BBN’s “Very INTERESTING Person”
Gina Winstanley, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, was appointed U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malta by President Barack Obama. Ambassador Winstanley is BBN’s first profile in our “Very INTERESTING More...
The Cloud Over BK’s ‘Transformer’: Nets Arena Leaves a Community Behind, Ignored
Brooklyn’s Transformer has arrived. It is here to stay. There is nothing to stop it. Still, to protect the Public’s interest, there is an urgent call for Governor Cuomo’s oversight. Story More...
BBN Inspired CNN Segment: What Can Obama do about Black Economic Crisis?
BBN reported last week on the recent news story that the median wealth in 2010 for Blacks was less than $4,955; and, for Whites the median wealth was $110,729. There has always been a wealth gap and Blacks are More...
BBN Exclusive: Giant Rats Found at Marcy Houses in BK. Public Health Risk.
(Originally published in August, 2011) Giant sized rats have been found on the grounds and in a building of Marcy Houses – a sprawling, New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) property with more than 1,700 More...
BBN Exclusive: ‘Jail Playground’ Found at BK Public Housing Property. Design Changed.
(Originally published on March 21, 2010) There is no kind, gentle, diplomatic way to describe the offense against a community by this ‘Jail Playground’ on a New York City Housing Authority property, located More...
BBN Report: In time for Fashion Week – The Debasing, Exploitation of Young Black Girls
(Originally published September 8, 2010. There were a series of updates related to this story. Please read below.) This advertisement masked as a short film for a fashion line was commissioned and created by White More...
(Watch) NYC Newsstand Vendors: Exploiting Some, Protecting Others
(Originally published in April 2009) BBN presents New York City Newsstand Vendors: Exploiting Some, Protecting Others. Through the course of our travels around the city, BBN noticed a disturbing pattern of disparity More...
