DeScribe is not the world's first or most famous Hassidic rapper, but he is looking to obtain a higher level of recognition for his positive sound.

About 150 residents gathered Wednesday evening to vent their frustrations with the police, in the aftermath of the stop-and-frisk scandal that recently surfaced in their precinct. Gov. Paterson signed into law a bill that would prevent police from retaining some of the information collected during their stops.

Kids in New York have often had a lot to fear. So how’d we end up afraid of them?

Life is tough in the projects and on the streets, but leavened with music and friendship in this crop of new city books.

From a little office in Brooklyn, a new magazine reaches around the world to explore the lives and lifestyles of Muslim cosmopolites.

Kevin Powell seeks to channel that Obama youth energy into a victory in Brooklyn's 10th District over incumbent Congressman Edolphus Towns.

Personnel changes abound in Albany as one governor leaves and another arrives, while city and nonprofit agencies also make moves.

DJ Kool Herc and friends work to preserve a place he once called home.