COVID-19
Chancellor Carranza speaks at Mayor Bill de Blasio’s press conference on COVID-19. City Hall. Monday, March 23, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Christina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/5/5/21247484/coronavirus-screens-school-diversity] In Manhattan’s District 2, where getting
COVID-19
By Yoav Gonen, Ann Choi, and Josefa Velasquez, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/05/revamped-nursing-home-virus-death-tally-shows-surging-toll.html] . New York City’s running tally [https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/diseases/covid-19/fatalities_nursing_home_acf.pdf] of reported nursing home deaths leapt 47% to 2,785 as
Education
Reema Amin and Matt Barnum, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York The state of New York is tapping the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to “reimagine” education and virtual schooling as millions of students learn from home amid the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered few details on Tuesday when
Bay Ridge
By Virginia Breen, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/05/comics-kin-sent-to-wrong-cemetery-after-nursing-home-death.html] Comedian Elayne Boosler says her elderly Jewish cousin, who died last month, inexplicably got saddled with a pricey Christian burial package while in a Brooklyn nursing home. “Now my beautiful Jewish cousin is clutching rosary
COVID-19
Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, April 27, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Jose Martinez and Gabriel Sandoval, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/park-service-vows-to-reopen-floyd-bennett-field-to-gardeners.html] The National Park Service pledged Wednesday to let community gardeners back into Brooklyn’s shuttered [https://thecity.nyc/2020/
Borough Park
Borough Park parents said a yeshiva was still being run out of a building on 48th Street during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Reuven Blau and Yoav Gonen, Originally published in THE CITYBrooklyn parents say underground yeshiva classes are flourishing in Borough Park — but cops closed a
COVID-19
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Chancellor Richard Carranza sits far left. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Alex Zimmerman and Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/28/21240100/nyc-school-grading-policy-coronavirus] New York City schools will relax normal
COVID-19
Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, April 27, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Gabriel Sandoval and Jose Martinez, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/floyd-bennett-field-on-lockdown-as-mta-bus-parking-lot.html] The MTA has begun using Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field as a makeshift bus storage facility — sealing off a
Central Brooklyn
Sky above Kensington, Brooklyn. Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBy Christine Chung, Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Ann Choi, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/south-asian-leaders-say-community-covid-toll-undercounted.html] City health officials estimate that 830 New Yorkers of Asian descent have died from coronavirus as of Tuesday, the fewest deaths of any
Central Brooklyn
The re-named New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)By Virginia Breen, originally published in THE CITY. [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/moms-left-alone-in-maternity-wards-despite-cuomo-order.html] Anxious first-time mom-to-be Keri Lynn Patton spent two hours awaiting transfer to a labor and delivery area of New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Patricia Prudente on UnsplashChristina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/21/21230508/nyc-students-need-an-ipad-for-remote-learning-the-deadline-to-request-one-is-thursday] Time is ticking for students who need a city-issued device to participate in remote learning while school buildings are closed due to the coronavirus. Families must submit a
Central Brooklyn
Photo byElement5 Digital [https://unsplash.com/@element5digital?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/kindergarten?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Christina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/