Gabriele Holtermann

4 days ago | brooklynpaper.com | Gabriele Holtermann

Music lovers, rejoice. With warmer weather settling in, one of the borough’s most beloved summer traditions, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, is just around the corner. BRIC has announced the lineup for New York City’s longest-running free, summer-long outdoor concert and performance series, which has entertained generations of New Yorkers for more than 47 years. The festival — presented in partnership with the Prospect Park Alliance and NYC Parks — runs from June 7 through Aug.

4 days ago | brooklynpaper.com | Gabriele Holtermann

Brooklyn’s most endearing flying spectacle returned to Dumbo on May 31, as thousands of tiny toy elephants parachuted from rooftops along Washington Street during the annual Dumbo Drop. Hundreds of spectators filled the iconic cobblestone block between Front and Water streets, in the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge, for the sky-high extravaganza that raises money for Dumbo’s Title I public schools — P.S. 307 Elementary and The Dock Street School for STEAM Studies.

4 days ago | brownstoner.com | Brooklyn Paper |Gabriele Holtermann

by Gabriele Holtermann, Brooklyn PaperLandlords who own buildings with one or more rent-stabilized units are now required to post signs informing tenants that the building contains rent-stabilized apartments. The move is aimed at empowering tenants to fight illegal rent hikes, demand better living conditions, and restore illegally deregulated units.

1 week ago | brooklynpaper.com | Gabriele Holtermann

Rideshare drivers, delivery workers, labor activists and local Democrats rallied May 28 in Kensington with City Council Member Shahana Hanif, who accused Uber of interfering in the June 24 Democratic primary. Campaign filings released May 28 show Uber has spent more than $129,000 on mail and digital ads backing Hanif’s opponent, local activist and NYU Brennan Center senior research fellow Maya Kornberg.

1 week ago | brooklynpaper.com | Gabriele Holtermann

Landlords who own buildings with one or more rent-stabilized units are now required to post signs informing tenants that the building contains rent-stabilized apartments — a move aimed at empowering tenants to fight illegal rent hikes, demand better living conditions and restore illegally deregulated units. The Tenants Transparency Act, also known as Intro 1037, was introduced by Council Member Sandy Nurse (D-Brooklyn), and passed the City Council with a supermajority of 49 votes on May 28.