#bedford-stuyvesant

#bedford-stuyvesant

"BSVAC has answered the call for nearly 40 years-without the security of a permanent home. Our land-conveyance bill will finally change that: with Governor Hochul's signature, BSVAC will own 727 Greene Avenue, unlocking the $6 million in state funding I secured to build a modern health and wellness center. In partnership with Ancient Song Doula Services, we will create a community birthing center, and with Kings Against Violence Initiative, expand trauma-informed violence intervention and youth development. Together, these investments form Bed-Stuy's first holistic public-health hub-faster emergency response, trusted maternal care, workforce training, and healing spaces that strengthen safety, dignity, and community"

"It's devastating," said Yesenia Castillo, the PTA president and mother to a graduating fifth grader.

They were wonderful neighbors and friends to the community, an institution that came and started a business and grew it, and served the community well.

Anthony Smith, an off-duty NYC Department of Sanitation employee, was arrested for multiple alcohol-related driving charges early Wednesday morning in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

This summer marks a beautiful new beginning and we're thrilled to welcome campers to our spacious new home in the heart of Bed-Stuy!