Ragamuffin prepares for its 60th anniversary celebration
Marchers in past parades. Photo: Brooklyn Eagle, File
Bay Ridge will celebrate six decades of a beloved tradition with the Ragamuffin Parade on Sept. 26 at 1 p.m. The parade was created to celebrate children, families and the unique spirit of the Bay Ridge community. One of the largest children’s parades in the United States, kids dress up in creative costumes and march along Third Avenue with friends and families, marching bands and others.
Happy Monday in New York City, where the Jets and Giants both won their season openers yesterday. The last time that happened was 2009. The quarterback for the Jets at the time: rookie Mark Sanchez. If you know, you know.
As of yesterday, all the NFL players on the field were real people, yet to be replaced by AI substitutes. The same can not be said for the tech industry.
New data released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and analyzed by the City Reporter shows that within the tech sector, AI adoption has jumped by 40% in the last year and entry level jobs are plummeting. Between 2022 and 2025, there was a 49% drop in entry level job postings within the Computer and Mathematical space. The data also shows a 36% drop in Office and Administrative Support, a 36% drop in Business and Financial Operations, and a 34% drop in Art, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media.
Not every sector is slowing down their entry level hires. There’s been a 21% rise in entry job postings within the Healthcare Practitioners and Technical space, and positive trends in a number of other fields including Legal, Community and Social Service, Life, Physical and Social Science and others. You can see the full breakdown here.
The rise in AI adoption has corresponded with a flood of new computer science graduates, many of whom adopted the field on the promise that it would prove a prudent career move.
“For many years, these were amazing opportunities for people getting a job because tech was growing so fast and adding so many entry-level jobs,” Jonathan Bowles, executive director of the Center for an Urban Future, told the City Reporter. “Those positions for young people with limited experience are harder to come by and there is intense competition.”
While the great AI takeover does not appear to have happened (yet) in higher-level jobs, it is clear that the market for new graduates is slowing down immensely. If you know a 21-year-old in your neighborhood, offer them a babysitting gig.
BPL’s Central Branch now features a collection of borrowable crafting items.
The MTA will release a Request for Proposals directed at bus manufacturing companies, representing the largest single upgrade since 2013 to the city’s mass transit fleet.
The Dept. of City Planning’s neighborhood plan is expected to bring more jobs and housing to Brooklyn and the Bronx.
The NYC Dept. of Sanitation on Friday honored more than 150 of its employees who have died of illnesses related to their work following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
A somber memorial service at Seth Low Park on Friday morning called to mind the victims and heroes of the Sept. 11 attacks 25 years ago.
Four men were attacked with a knife and metal pipes when they tried to resist a robbery in Bushwick last month.
A 14-year-old Flatbush boy has been missing since Tuesday and police are asking the public to help get him home.
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HAVANA — Unusually poised children: Students from the National Ballet School Fernando Alonso attend class on the staircase in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026.
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You gotta have heart and maybe make a deal with the devil: ‘Damn Yankees’ comes to The Heights Players
The cast of “Damn Yankees.” Photo: Marth Brown/The Heights Players
The Heights Players, Brooklyn’s premier community theater of over 70 years, is stepping up to the plate this fall with the classic musical comedy “Damn Yankees,” featuring music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross along with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop.
Based on Wallop’s novel “The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant,” this beloved musical brings together baseball, romance, comedy and a little bit of the supernatural for a winning night of theater.
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Happy Birthday Sha Na Na singer Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, who was born in Brooklyn!
On this day in 1936, the Eagle reported, “‘No more homework! No more homework! No more homework!’ This was the theme of the school bell’s song today as it rang for the first time in 11 weeks and called 1,100,000 New York City children from their Summer’s play to the halls of elementary learning.”
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