COVID-19
NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/04/03/nyc-spring-break-cancelled-teachers/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Alex Zimmerman, Christina Veiga on April 3, 2020 New York City teachers will have
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Gaspar Avendaño-Hernández was released from ICE custody during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Courtesy of Cruz FamilyBy Claudia Irizarry Aponte, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/man-detained-by-ice-in-violent-raid-is-free-pending-hearing.html] on April 2, 2020 A Brooklyn man targeted in a February Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in which he
COVID-19
Sandra Santos-Vizcaino, PHOTO CREDIT: P.S. 9Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/04/02/a-tremendous-loss-brooklyn-third-grade-teacher-dies-from-coronavirus/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Alex Zimmerman, Christina Veiga on April 2, 2020 A Brooklyn elementary school teacher described as an “amazing hugger,” and
Real Estate
Midwood. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Rachel Holliday Smith, additional reporting by Lauren Costantino and Allison Dikanovic, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/rent-is-due-but-ive-lost-income-what-are-my-options.html] . It’s April 1 and rent is due. But many New Yorkers who have lost income because of the coronavirus-related lockdown suddenly don’
Announcements
NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/31/nyc-spring-break-is-in-question-following-state-coronavirus-school-shutdown-guidance/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Christina Veiga, Reema Amin on March 31, 2020 New York City teachers and students
Central Brooklyn
NYC School lunch. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Greg B. Smith, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/plan-in-works-to-expand-free-nyc-school-meals-to-adults.html] . Mayor Bill de Blasio is considering handing out free meals to adults for the asking after his plan to supply students with breakfast, lunch and
Central Brooklyn
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability on COVID-19. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/26/internet-service-providers-blocked-nyc-families-with-unpaid-bills-from-its-remote-learning-deals-de-blasio-plans-to-crack-down/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Reema Amin on March 26, 2020 Two New York
Central Brooklyn
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)By Reuven Blau, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/home-birth-in-demand-as-hospitals-ban-partners-from-delivery.html] . When Hannah Mermelstein heard that NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital was no longer allowing partners into child birthing rooms because of the coronavirus, she cried all
brownsville
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.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/24/brooklyn-principal-hospitalized-after-another-principal-in-the-same-building-died-from-coronavirus/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by
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Dez-Ann Romain, via Brooklyn Democracy Academy’s Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw8W6Cwnqr_/].Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/23/a-brooklyn-principal-has-died-from-coronavirus-complications-principals-union-says/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Alex Zimmerman, Reema Amin, Christina Veiga on March 23, 2020 A
Central Brooklyn
Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/20/heres-the-latest-on-nycs-child-care-centers-opening-monday-amid-a-citywide-school-shutdown-due-to-coronavirus/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Christina Veiga on March 20, 2020 New York City is ready to open 93 regional centers on Monday that
COVID-19
The Metropolitan Post Office in Williamsburg was open despite worker concern over coronavirus, March 20, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Reuven Blau and Ben Fractenberg, Originally published in THE CITY on March 20, 2020 [https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/brooklyn-postal-workers-avoid-post-office-over-coronavirus.html] Letter carriers refused to enter a Brooklyn post