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A view of the Gowanus Canal from the Union Street Bridge (Photo: Nathan Haselby) By Penn Rhodeen and Glenn Kelly, area residents. Kelly has lived in Carroll Gardens for over 40 years and is a member of Community Board 6. Rhodeen is a member of Voice of Gowanus. The City
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Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, courtesy of NYC DOE.As we approach the end of an unprecedented year, I reflect on the past eight months with a deep sense of gratitude and awe for the unwavering commitment parents have shown to their children and New York City. I always say parents
Animals
The nonprofit Flatbush Cats helps to tame the population of feral felines through the trap-neuter-return (TNR) method. | Courtesy of Flatbush CatsBy Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/11/24/21717488/spay-and-neuter-pandemic-cat-astrophe] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] When free spay-and-neuter surgeries
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Photo by Kelly Sikkema [https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/remote-learning?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York In a major shift for the
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By Josefa Velasquez, Rachel Holliday Smith, and Greg B. Smith, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/coronavirus/2020/11/19/21578783/new-york-hospitals-brace-for-covid-wave] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] As the number of COVID-19 cases nationally reaches new heights [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54966531]
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Photo by Nate @ SaveCortelyouBy John Oros, a neighborhood resident and member of Save Cortelyou, a grassroots organization dedicated to community-centric development for the Ditmas Park/Flatbush neighborhood. Last week, Community Board 14 gave the green light to undo the 2009 comprehensive zoning [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/
Arts & Culture
UPDATE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED On the evening of November 14, seventeen Brooklyn artists will descend upon the banks of the Gowanus Canal like the elusive black-crowned night heron. The free event, dubbed Gowanus Night Heron, is a pop-up exhibition of work spanning photography; collage; drawing; spoken word; and
Business
Chayil Hyland, a senior at Food and Finance High School, is learning remotely this year from her Queens Village kitchen. Courtesy of Chayil HylandBy Colleen Connolly, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/11/10/21558856/nyc-culinary-high-school-remote-learning-cooking-pandemic] Standing in her Brooklyn kitchen, knife in hand, 16-year-old
Election 2020
Board of Elections workers check absentee ballots in Brooklyn, Nov. 10, 2020. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Christine Chung, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/11/10/21559717/nyc-board-of-elections-absentee-ballot-count-begins] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] The city Board of Elections began opening and counting
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Success Academy students at the “Slam the Exam” pep rally held at the Barclays Center in 2018. (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)By Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat New York Success Academy, the city’s largest charter school network, will extend all-remote learning through at least March of 2021, the network announced Friday.
COVID-19
Photo by Mika Baumeister [https://unsplash.com/@mbaumi?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/covid?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Reema Amin, Originally published on Chalkbeat New York The incident raises
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By Allison Dikanovic, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/11/5/21551772/cuomos-executive-orders-evictions-expiring-what-tenants-need-to-know] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Some of the pandemic-prompted rules concerning evictions in New York changed again this week — spurring potential confusion for both tenants and landlords. Here’s what you need to know: