School staff appear to be contracting COVID-19 at higher rates than their surrounding communities.
NYCHA Falsely Certified This Brooklyn Child’s Apartment Lead-Free. Now He Has Lead Poisoning — and He’s Not Alone
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY.
Lester Young Jr. makes history as NY’s first Black chancellor for Board of Regents
By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York
Five Days Without Cops: Could Brooklyn Policing Experiment be a ‘Model for the Future’?
By Yoav Gonen and Eileen Grench, THE CITY.
Racial Profiling Allegations Emerge at Luxury Brooklyn Rental Building After Guest Screening Conflicts and Dog Park Bans
By Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY.
NYC, We Love You, Celebrate New Year’s Eve Safely (PSA)
From the NYC Department of Health.
OPINION: Community Boards Must Share the Blame for not Demanding Safe Streets
"Our streets don’t need tinkering, they demand a safety overhaul," argues neighbor Paul Kelterborn.
‘Nutcracker’ Performance Sweetens Brooklyn Students’ Pandemic-Wracked Year
Dance teacher Iris Wilson was determined to see the show go on.
NYC announces sweeping changes to middle, high school application process
The most sweeping changes will affect middle schools.
Snow will keep school buildings closed Thursday, but remote learning will continue for all
By Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat New York New York City school buildings will be closed for in-person learning on Thursday due...
Idling Dollar-Van Drivers Hoping for Light at End of Pandemic Tunnel
The intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Avenue U in Brooklyn is a hub for New York’s shadow transit network.
How NYC Small Businesses Got Short Shrift on PPP Loans
By Ann Choi, THE CITY. This article was originally published by THE CITY In May, Eusebio Jerez tried three times...
OPINION: Delay Gowanus Rezoning ULURP Process Till In Person Meetings Can Be Held
The idea that a Zoom meeting is substantially the same as the in-person encounters the Charter prescribes is absurd, neighbors argue.
Opinion: Parent Engagement for a Remote World
By Richard A. Carranza, New York City Schools Chancellor
How the Pandemic Pause on Free Spay and Neuter Clinics Led to a Cat-astrophe
“We cannot adopt our way out of this problem,” he said. “That’s a Band-Aid at best.”
