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Arts & Culture

Labor Day Weekend NYC-cation: NYC Open, Bike Tours, Hikes, And More To Do Across The City

Few of us have ever fully explored NYC, and with all the travel restrictions in place this may just be the best time to discover something new. The US Open Tennis Championships are currently taking place in Flushing Meadows, Queens, but you can also playing tennis in the Bronx, take

Central Brooklyn

NYC Teachers Union Prepares For Strike Authorization Votes This Week

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 Alex Zimmerman and Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York Calling for a

Business

Four Fired SUNY Downstate Surgeons Sue, Claim Retaliation for Whistleblowing

By Virginia Breen, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/8/26/21403425/fired-suny-downstate-surgeons-claim-retaliation-for-whistleblowing] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] A heart surgeon who worked at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn charges in a lawsuit he was fired after warning hospital brass about “significant shortfalls” in patient care

COVID-19

NYC is scrambling to check buildings before schools reopen. But some educators say they’re discouraged from reporting problems.

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. City Hall. Monday, August 24, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Amy Zimmer and Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/8/25/21400153/nyc-school-buildings-safety-inspections-reopening] Before any of New York City’s roughly 1,700 public schools can reopen their buildings,

Education

State budget cuts threaten 9,000 teacher jobs and NYC’s in-person learning plans, Carranza warns

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza tour New Bridges Elementary to observe the school’s PPE delivery and reopening preparations. New Bridges Elementary, Brooklyn. Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/8/20/21376838/carranza-says-state-budget-cuts-threaten-9000-teacher-jobs-and-in-person-learning]

Announcements

P.S. 169 Sunset Park School Equity Team’s Open Letter On School Reopening

P.S. 169 Sunset Park School Equity Team sent the following letter [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HCUYtP54SWLxb4zzOezaIfKMQ8f3AbffmFW0yvUkIqY/edit] to Mayor Bill de Blasio, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Chancellor Richard Carranza Wednesday, August 19, outlining their concerns over plans to reopen schools. The letter reads: We are the P.

Business

Planners’ Green Light for Industry City Expansion Puts Council Speaker Corey Johnson in the Hot Seat

Industry City, August 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Greg David, originally [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/8/19/21376132/industry-city-expansion-brooklyn-council-corey-johnson-menchaca-amazon] published by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] The City Planning Commission’s decision Wednesday to approve and send on to the City Council a major redevelopment of Brooklyn’s Industry

Election 2021

Chirlane McCray Nearly Doubled Her Official Staff Payroll With Undisclosed Taxpayer-Funded Hires

Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray, along with Toya Williford, Executive Director of The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City hold a media availability at City Hall on Tuesday July 14, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBy Yoav Gonen, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/

Business

I’m Desperate For Schools To Open, But Maybe Not Just YET – OPINION

By Jill Marshall, single parent of two elementary school kids in Greenwood Heights Like most parents these days, I’ve acquired a myriad of new day jobs on top of the already crowded plate I balanced carefully before COVID-19 barreled into our lives last spring. I am now the administrator

Central Brooklyn

Nearly Half of NYC’s Asian Families Opt For Fully-virtual Learning, New Figures Show

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 Alex Zimmerman, Originally published by Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.

Arts & Culture

How One Child’s Artwork Brought Hope to a Devastated Brooklyn Business

Bradberry in Boro Park, Aziza MirtalipovaBy Aziza Mirtalipova, employee at Breadberry When the ceiling came down in the Breadberry supermarket in Brooklyn’s Jewish neighborhood, it was just one more devastating blow to a community already ravaged by COVID-19. But amid this tragedy – just as this community has done countless

Central Brooklyn

23% Of Students Never Logged On For Summer School. Here’s What Went Wrong.

Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability with Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza in the Blue Room at City Hall on Monday, August 10 , 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBy Alex Zimmerman, originally published on Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/8/11/21363943/ilearn-summer-school-nyc-gitches] After the coronavirus