East New York, Brooklyn public assistance (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families [TANF], Home Relief, Supplemental Security Income, and Medicaid). During the 1960s, East New York transitioned from being predominately Jewish and Italian to being predominately African American and Puerto Rican. However, now East New York is more diversified, with large African American, Puerto Rican, Dominican, West Indian, and South Asian populations. Due to gentrification of other Brooklyn neighborhoods, closer to Downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan, such as Bushwick and Bed-Stuy, East New York now has one of the fastest growing Black, Latino, and Asian populations in the city. East New York consists of mixed properties
Brooklyn Magazine news feed for the borough. In September 2012 the website launched a special online-only issue dedicated to Brooklyn literature to coincide with the Brooklyn Book Festival. "Brooklyn Magazine"s first cover star was "Boardwalk Empire"s Michael Pitt. Subsequent covers have featured other Brooklynites of note, such as Emily Mortimer, David Cross and Olivia Thirlby. Brooklyn Magazine Brooklyn Magazine is an American glossy quarterly celebrating the arts, fashion, and high-end culture of Brooklyn, New York. "Brooklyn Magazine" was founded by Northside Media Group (brothers Scott and Daniel Stedman, the same team behind the popular free alt-weekly "L Magazine". Its editor-in-chief is Mike