Politics

— Flatbush pol funds street cleanups

— We the People: Presidential hopefuls in the spotlight

Bedford-Stuyvesant — Local organization to pay mortgages of fallen officers

— Local luminaries get look at medieval manuscripts of St. Francis

Bensonhurst — City poised to kick off waste transfer station construction

Sunset Park — Sunset Park Library at forefront of November CB 7 meeting

Sunset Park — Meeting held regarding continued concerns on 58th Street Pier

Bay Ridge — Street Talk: How do you feel about the proposal by the City Council to require stores to charge customers 10 cents for plastic shopping bags?

— We the People: Reflections on the grand jury’s decision in the Garner case

— Common Sense: Missouri burning

Downtown Brooklyn — Barclays one step closer to hosting DNC

Bay Ridge — Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel’s wheels start turning again