community
Carmen Cruz leads a vigil for her son, Erick Díaz-Cruz, who was shot in the cheek by ICE agents in front of his family’s Gravesend, Brooklyn home, Feb. 16, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/02/
Education
The Department of Education building at 131 Livingston St. in Downtown Brooklyn, where special education impartial hearings are held. PHOTO CREDIT: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYOriginally posted on Chalkbeat on February 10, 2020. [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/02/10/thousands-of-delayed-special-education-complaints-spark-class-action-lawsuit/] By Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat and Yoav Gonen, THE CITY
Transportation
An SBS express bus at Utica Avenue and Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy, on Jan. 29. 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Jose Martinez and Trone Dowd, for THE CITY. Originally posted on February 11, by THE CITY. The push to extend subway service along busy Utica Avenue in Brooklyn — mused
Letter To The Editor
Dear Bklyner, I’m concerned about the proposed real estate tax hike that is targeted at Park Slope. As my wife and approach retirement age, we are wondering if retirement will be possible with an onerous real estate tax bill hanging over our home on 11th Street. Twenty five years,
Transportation
By Jose Martinez, THE CITY. [https://thecity.nyc/2020/02/barclays-center-has-subways-worst-privately-owned-elevator.html] A privately maintained elevator at the Barclays Center station was out of service on Feb. 10, 2020. Photo: Jose Martinez/THE CITY Moving between Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and its subway station can be a heavy lift for
Business
By Gabriel Sandoval and Reuven Blau, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/02/de-blasios-retail-nyc-commercial-rent-control-longshot.html] . Lost Lease. Liena Zagare/BklynerNatasha Amott tuned in to a livestream of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s State of the City address on the web Thursday as she placed online orders for
Education
Brooklyn Tech, Photo by BKLYNEROriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/02/06/brooklyn-tech-names-a-new-leader-david-newman-who-served-as-acting-principal/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Christina Veiga on February 6, 2020 The country’s largest brick-and-mortar high school has a new leader: David Newman was appointed
brownsville
Cailynn, 3, and her big sister Chrystie, 5, ask a Food Bazaar worker for help with the scavenger hunt, Jan. 30, 2020. Photo: Claudia Irizarry Aponte/THE CITY By Claudia Irizarry Aponte. This story was originally published [https://thecity.nyc/2020/02/brownsville-parents-turn-markets-into-kid-learning-zones.html] on Feb. 7, 2020 by THE
bath beach
By Clifford Michael, THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/02/bail-law-fuels-gop-challenge-to-reformer-in-swing-district.html] . A year after State Sen. Andrew Gounardes beat GOP stalwart Marty Golden, Brooklyn Republicans are weighing challenges against the freshman Democrat — with a rallying cry of undoing bail reform. Gounardes, 36, beat the longtime state senator by 1,
Education
Denise Clay, a Brooklyn parent, is homeschooling her 4- and 6-year-old sons who have December and September birthdays, respectively. PHOTO CREDIT: Amy Zimmer/Chalkbeat.By Amy Zimmer, Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/02/04/your-childs-birth-month-matters-nyc-students-born-in-november-and-december-are-classified-with-learning-disabilities-at-higher-rates/] Brooklyn mom Ellen Baxt worried that her still-napping 4-year-old daughter wasn’t ready
community
Mayor de Blasio attends a rally to kick off the NYC Census 2020 Complete Count Campaign with community partners, labor unions, and elected officials, where the Mayor made an announcement about a new investment in community and ethnic media, at NYU on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography
Announcements
Parents pleaded with Achievement First officials to keep their Voyager elementary campus open. PHOTO CREDIT: Matt Barnum/ChalkbeatBy Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/01/31/facing-low-enrollment-achievement-first-shuts-a-crown-heights-elementary-school/] The Achievement First charter network is shuttering a Crown Heights elementary school, saying it is simply too under-enrolled to be