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Photo of a classroom, by NeONBRAND on Unsplash.Greg B. Smith and Yoav Gonen for THE CITY. Originally posted on March 4, by THE CITY. A New York City public school teacher who spent February winter break in Italy is now under a two-week self-quarantine, on the advice of the
Education
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability on the Coronavirus in the Blue Room at City Hall on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBy Christina Veiga and Alex Zimmerman, originally published on Chalkbeat March, 3. [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/03/will-coronavirus-related-absences-count-against-nyc-students-in-admissions-yes-at-least-for-now/] In New
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Hand Washing. Photo by by UGA CAES/Extension via Flickr.By Alex Zimmerman. Originally published on Chalkbeat March, 2. [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/02/coronavirus-nyc-schools-guidance/] Less than 24 hours after New York reported its first confirmed case [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/nyregion/new-york-coronvirus-confirmed.html]
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A couple wears masks and gloves as officials found the first case of Coronavirus in the city, March 2, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Rachel Holliday Smith and Trone Dowd for THE CITY. Originally posted on March 2, by THE CITY. New York households will start to receive the
East New York
UFT President Michael Mulgrew Photo by Christina Veiga/ChalkbeatOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/02/28/uft-charter-high-school-conversion/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Alex Zimmerman on February 28, 2020 A charter school operated by New York City’s teacher union
Development
East New York homeowner Mercedes Sandoz says she was flooded with inquiries from home flippers after falling behind on her mortgage payments. Photo: Allison Dikanovic/THE CITYBy Allison Dikanovic. This story emerged from The Open Newsroom [https://thecity.nyc/2019/06/how-can-news-better-serve-you-join-the-open-newsroom.html] , THE CITY’s project with Brooklyn Public
Bay Ridge
A parent speaks during a state-hosted meeting at Fort Hamilton High School to hear what families, teachers, and students think should be required to earn a diploma in New York. Photo Credit: Reema Amin/ChalkbeatOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/02/27/what-should-it-take-to-graduate-high-school-nyc-families-and-educators-sound-off-on-exit-exams-and-more/?utm_source=republish&
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An F train enters the East Broadway station from Brooklyn, on Feb. 25, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Jose Martinez for THE CITY. Originally posted on February 25, by THE CITY. The tunnel that carries F train riders between Manhattan and Brooklyn will undergo up to $100 million worth
Central Brooklyn
PS 399. Liena Zagare/BklynerOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/02/26/coronavirus-nyc-schools/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Alex Zimmerman on February 26, 2020 There are no immediate plans to cancel classes in the nation’s largest school system
Central Brooklyn
W9th Street by Kings Highway. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Shabnam Faruki In New York City, families work for years to save enough money to buy a home and put down roots in a neighborhood where they can create community and build enduring connections. Owning a home is often the biggest investment
Education
Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/02/19/thousands-of-nyc-immigrant-youth-didnt-enroll-in-school-advocates-want-to-fix-that/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Reema Amin on February 19, 2020 Georges Remy had one year of high school remaining when he left Haiti with his family in March 2017
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Shoppers at the McDonald Avenue ShopRite in Brooklyn gear up for the state ban on single-use plastic bags, Feb. 17, 2020. Photo: Virginia Breen /THE CITY By Virginia Breen Additional Reporting By Gabriel Sandoval, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/02/new-yorkers-still-confused-on-how-plastic-bag-ban-will-work.html] on February 19. Less