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Central Brooklyn

Brooklyn Rabbi’s Family Losses Fuel Personal Quest to Enforce COVID-19 Safety Measures

Rabbi Robert Blustein of Ocean Parkway Jewish Center in Brooklyn makes sure everyone has a mask — and is wearing it properly. Courtesy of Rabbi Blustein.By Reuven Blau, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/coronavirus/2020/10/5/21503492/brooklyn-rabbi-covid-19-masks-deblasio-cuomo-schools] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] For Rabbi Robert

Central Brooklyn

Voters Across Brooklyn Get Absentee Ballot Return Envelopes with Wrong Name and Address

A ballot sent to Brooklyn voterBy Greg B. Smith, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/9/28/21492665/voters-brooklyn-wrong-absentee-ballot-envelopes-presidential-election] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] The city Board of Elections sent absentee ballots to some Brooklyn voters with return envelopes bearing strangers’ names and addresses, THE CITY has

Central Brooklyn

NYC Principals Union: Mayor de Blasio, Chancellor Should Cede Control of Schools

Sidewalk marked at 6 feet outside PS249 in Brooklyn in September 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Christina Veiga and Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/9/27/21458520/nyc-principals-union-cede-school-reopening-plans] In a stunning statement, leaders of the union representing New York City principals called Sunday for Mayor Bill

Borough Park

Brooklyn Yeshivas Blow NYC-Set Deadlines on Bolstering Secular Studies

Sheindy Weichman, who says her son is being deprived of a secular education | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Reuven Blau and Greg B. Smith,originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/education/2020/9/20/21448158/brooklyn-yeshivas-schools-nyc-secular-classes-deblasio] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] The future does not look so bright for

Central Brooklyn

NYC scales back the amount of live instruction students are guaranteed this fall

Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability with Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza and Susan Haskell, Deputy Commissioner, Youth Services DYCD. City Hall. Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Christina Veiga, Reema Amin, and Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/9/

Central Brooklyn

With a week left to reopen, can Mayor de Blasio convince NYC that school buildings are safe?

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza tour P.S. 59 in Brooklyn with labor leaders on Sept. 2, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Christina Veiga and Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/9/14/21437251/bill-de-blasio-nyc-school-reopening] Crouched over laptops and sitting in

Business

Competing Visions Cloud the Future of Brooklyn’s Industry City as Expansion Plan Reaches City Council

Industry City. August 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Greg David, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/9/14/21436907/brooklyn-industry-city-expansion-plan-city-council-sahadis] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Jackie Capriles and Ana Diaz, who met while attending Long Island University, started a business eight years ago specializing in electrical work in

Announcements

24-Year-Old Man Dead Following Tuesday’s Shooting

BEDFORD STUYVESANT – A 24-year-old man is dead after fighting for his life following a shooting that took place on Tuesday. On Tuesday, September 8 at around 4:40 p.m., three people were shot on Dekalb Avenue outside the Lafayette Gardens Community Center. Tylee Felder, 24, was taken to New

COVID-19

In an early test for NYC, two schools report positive cases of COVID-19

Photo by David Ballew [https://unsplash.com/@daveballew?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/school?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Reema Amin, Alex Zimmerman, and Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York [https:

Central Brooklyn

‘My Community Saved My Life’: Bystander Paralyzed in Brooklyn Shooting Speaks Out

Sam Metcalfe is joined by his wife, Sabrina Parziale, as he recovers from the Brooklyn shooting that paralyzed him. | Amanda Donoghue By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/justice/2020/9/3/21422451/brooklyn-shooting-bystander-paralyzed-speaks-crime-black-lives-matter] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Sam

Central Brooklyn

NYC ventilation reports say most classrooms are safe. Educators aren’t convinced.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza tour Bronx Collaborative High School to observe ventilation inspections and have a discussion with parents about school reopening. Bronx Collaborative High School. Wednesday, August 26, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/

Central Brooklyn

Parents Call BS On Mayor And UFT Deal – OPINION

BY PRESS NYC: PARENTS FOR RESPONSIVE, EQUITABLE, SAFE SCHOOLS A day after a 7-hour City Council Education Committee hearing where, as at the August 19th PEP, students, parents, and educators spoke out [http://tiny.cc/delayletters] in unity against the reopening of school buildings, it’s becoming ever clearer that