Emily Keller-O'Donnell, Data Journalist

Accurate Or Bloated? Local Retailers Blast Rental Figures

    Massey Knakal Realty Services sent a letter to retailers along main corridors in Downtown Brooklyn to inform them of recent market trends, but some were frightened and suspicious of the figures. Published in Courier-Life Publications. (Sorry - the link for this article is currently unavailable.)

The Formerly Incarcerated Find a New Start At Church of Gethsemane

    The Church of Gethsemane in Park Slope, Brooklyn welcomes people who were formerly incarcerated to its congregation with an annual Criminal Justice Sunday event, acknowledging people who are returning home from prison. Published in Courier-Life Publications. (Sorry - the link for this article is currently unavailable.)

Another Nail In the Coffin: School Construction Projects Close to Scrapped

    The Panel for Educational Policy voted to amend the city’s five-year, $13.1 billion school construction and renovation plan to account for the state government’s failure to pay $15 billion to city schools for past inequities in funding, as required by a recent State Supreme Court ruling. Published in Courier-Life Publications. (Sorry - the link for this article is currently unavailable.)

Orphaned Child Is Reunited With Coney Island Granny

    Twelve-year-old Raisa Skakun was recently reunited with her grandmother and brother in Coney Island after being left behind in the Ukraine because the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement denied her entry into the U.S.

    Published in Courier-Life Publications on March 2, 2006. (Sorry - the link for this article is currently unavailable.)