What Made The Headlines This Week

Who sat down with a group of Crips and Bloods this week to try to resolve the problem of black-on-black crime? What not-so-beloved former magazine magnate suddenly up and quit her job after only four months? Who’s taking a trip to Florida for an engineering conference, because her mother helped her successfully fundraise $5,000? What are the five most expensive renovations that will devalue your home? What were the three biggest crime stories in Bed-Stuy this week?

If you can’t answer all five of these questions, then you should check out our “Week In Review,” where we give you a chance to rewind on the five biggest stories that made headlines this week.

1.     The crime blotter was busy this week, with a , a and a . The NYPD needs the public’s cooperation in helping to identify and capture some of these perpetrators. So if you’re not caught up, now is the time.

2.     Just three months ago, Lailah Thompson, one of Bed-Stuy’s scholar athletes, didn’t know if she’d be able to make it to a prestigious engineering conference in Florida. Her family simply couldn’t afford it. But her mother, Veronica Geithers, was determined to not let money stop her daughter’s desire to excel. She fundraised all around Bed-Stuy for weeks. Click to see the progress of Ms. Geither’s campaign.

3.     For some brownstone owners, pink and purple fixtures may seem like the perfect way to give your bathroom a unique charm. But our real estate columnist, Mtkalla Keaton, says this is an expensive renovation that will simply devalue your home. Read to learn about all five renovations that will lower your home’s value… and drain your pocketbook.

4.     Fade to Black! The Show is Over! With a recent 17 percent approval rate, I think it’s safe to say that Cathie Black wasn’t winning a popularity contest as chancellor of New York City’s public schools. She resigned this week suddenly. What happened? Click , and find out.

5.     It’s not every day you get to be a fly on the wall inside of a “secret” meeting between gang members. Well, this week, Bed-Stuy Patch published excerpts from a private meeting between area Crips, Bloods and leading neighborhood clergy. And their was quite… telling.