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A Kingsbrook ambulance heads toward the hospital after picking up someone from a bus on Nostrand Avenue, March 18, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Josefa Velasquez, Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Yoav Gonen, originally published in THE CITY on 03/18/2020 [https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/brooklyn-hospitals-planned-shrinkage-paused-to-tackle-virus.html] . A
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By Gabriel Sandoval, Originally published in THE CITY on March 18 Rick Echevarría visited dozens of Brooklyn stores in recent days, asking owners to sign a pledge promising they wouldn’t price gouge during the coronavirus pandemic. As he collected “about 40” signatures at delis, bodegas and 99-cent stores along
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Adult day care in Brooklyn. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Yvonne Ward, Executive Secretary New York State Adult Day Services Association [https://www.nysadultday.com/]. The CDC reports that the elderly with chronic health conditions have the most to fear from COVID-19. This is the majority of New York City’s Social
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Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/15/faq-what-you-should-know-about-nycs-plan-to-shutter-schools/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Christina Veiga on March 15, 2020 The lives of a million New York City students and some 75,000 teachers changed dramatically Sunday evening, when
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Brooklyn Tech, Photo by BKLYNERBy Anastasia Amanda Visbal / NYC educator, Brooklyn Tech High School All New York City public schools should close today. That is the best decision that the Honorable Mayor Bill De Blasio can make for the people of New York. Top medical officials recommend social distancing as
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By Mayor Bill de Blasio. My fellow New Yorkers: Things are moving very quickly when it comes to coronavirus. Over the last 24 hours, New Yorkers have been bombarded by a flood of new information and changes to daily life. I know a lot of you are confused and worried
Central Brooklyn
By Ese Olumhense and Rachel Holliday Smith, Additional Reporting By Reuven Blau, Originally published in THE CITY on 3/12/2020 [https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/new-chance-to-delay-eviction-other-court-cases-over-illness.html] . Bright red warning posters set to appear at all state courts starting Friday will direct people not to enter if they have
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Mapleton School /P.S. 48. Liena Zagare/BklynerOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/11/nyc-reluctantly-readies-for-online-learning-if-the-coronavirus-forces-school-closures/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Christina Veiga on March 11, 2020 The New York City education department is drawing up plans for virtual
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By Josefa Velasquez, Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Trone Dowd. Originally published: THE CITY on 03/10/20 [https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/new-york-nursing-home-preparations-ramp-up-over-coronavirus.html] At a Canarsie nursing home, visits have been sharply limited to by-appointment-only. In Inwood, one nursing home canceled a host of community events planned for March.
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Spring Creek Educational Campus. Nigel Roberts/BklynerOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/09/if-a-student-gets-coronavirus-the-school-will-close-for-24-hours-cuomo/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Reema Amin on March 9, 2020 If any New York state student or staffer tests positive for the new
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By Greg B. Smith [https://thecity.nyc/author/greg-b.-smith/], Originally published on THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/nyc-teacher-reveals-week-of-hell-over-coronavirus-test.html] on 03/09/2020. Brooklyn public school teacher Erin McCarthy learned Friday that she’d tested negative for the coronavirus that’s hit more than 100,000 [https:
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Classroom. Photo by Yustinus Tjiuwanda on Unsplash.By Christina Veiga, Alex Zimmerman. Originally published March 4 on Chalkbeat. [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/04/after-mixed-messages-nyc-will-not-count-absences-in-middle-and-high-school-admissions-amid-coronavirus-fears/] New York City schools will not consider student attendance and punctuality records in admissions decisions for competitive middle and high schools next year,