City Transportation Department data shows that the average number of bicycle trips across the Queensboro, Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges are generally up over last year — with 20% hikes in June and July alone.
8 Things To Know About NYC School Reopening Plans Before Friday’s Deadline For Remote-Only Learning
The education department on Tuesday revealed additional details on what instruction might look like, filling in some gaps of the plan the city submitted to state health officials last week.
Blow to Industry City Expansion Makes Waves Beyond Brooklyn Waterfront
By Greg David, originally published by THE CITY A Brooklyn City Council member’s decision to oppose an expansion of Industry...
Don’t Delay Your Care, Now Is the Time – OPINION
Bret J. Rudy, MD, is senior vice president and chief of hospital operations at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn.
New York’s Rents Drop as Vacancies Increase. Could Rent Regulation be Next Thing to Fall?
Rents are dropping for the first time in years, and residential housing experts say the decline will continue for the rest of 2020. Meanwhile, vacancy rates are increasing — and if the trend holds, New York’s system of rent regulation could be endangered since it is based on a housing emergency defined as a vacancy rate of 5% or less.
Calls Grow Louder to Use NYC Streets for Outdoor Learning this School Year
In just two days, City Council Member Brad Lander received proposals from 14 schools from his district — stretching from Boerum Hill and Park Slope to Sunset Park and Kensington — to use surrounding streets.
School hasn’t started yet, but NYC council members are already calling to cancel state tests
By Reema Amin, originally published in Chalkbeat New York The state math and reading tests for third-to-eighth graders aren’t typically...
City-Run COVID-19 Testing Sites Lagging in Results Turnaround
Griffith insisted they “are currently experiencing 3-5-day turnaround for testing results at H+H testing sites,” while others sites are “averaging 7-day turnaround.”
NYC vows to provide child care for 100K families to ease burden of part-time school schedules
By Christina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York With students poised to be in school buildings only part-time this...
NYC Schools Can Open If Local Infection Rate Stays Below 5%
By Reema Amin and Alex Zimmerman, originally published in Chalkbeat New York If the city’s infection rate surges past 9%...
New Bill Seeks to Repeal State Law Governing Admissions to NYC’s Specialized High Schools
“We’re not calling for any policies. We’re just saying the state should stay out of it,” said Assembly Member Charles Barron, a co-sponsor of the legislation introduced last Wednesday.
Brooklyn Woman’s Death During Childbirth Spurs Renewed Outcry Over Treatment Disparities
By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY. This article was originally published by THE CITY In a photo taken hours before...
Brooklyn Elected Officials Need to Stand up for Secular Education in Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas (OPINION)
By Naftuli Moster Imagine being in a college-level biology class and hearing the word “molecule” for the very first time,...
New York Jobless Face New Woes With End of $600 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
More than 2.7 million New Yorkers statewide could share the Sciarrottas’ difficulties if Congress and President Donald Trump allow the $600 weekly benefit known as Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to expire on July 25.
Uncertainty And Lack Of Leadership Takes School Reopening From Hopeful to Terrifying. OPINION
Justin Krebs is a parent at PS 39 in Brooklyn and a leader of the District 15 Presidents Council.