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 Series – NYC’s M/WBE Program: Potential, Promise for Minority and Women-Owned Businesses

One of the best kept secrets, in the world of  American business, is government procurements.  Having been the lifeblood of the private sector for decades, many small businesses were not privy to the art and science More...

An Ode to Black Women and a Fair, Firm Message to ALL Others.

(BBN Editor’s Note: This perspective was originally published on August 25, 2010.  The editorial earned a 2010 IPPIE Award in Journalism Excellence) As a Black woman in America, I have never known a time More...

Bed-Stuy Building Owners ‘Warehousing Property’ Until Market Rebounds

(Photo: Brooklyn Ink) Vacant Lefferts Hotel in Bed-Stuy Advocates for the homeless have found that Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn “has the highest density per square mile of vacant property buildings and lots” More...

Latina women in retail earn less than $10/hour

A new study by the Retail Action Project and the City University of New York shows 53 percent of African American and 77 percent of Latina women earn less than $10 an hour. Additionally, a dramatic gender gap was More...