Education
The announcement comes one week before the summer program is set to launch for most students, writes Chalkbeat's Alex Zimmerman
elections 2021
A throwback to the days when political parties had total control of New York City’s government, the BOE has again and again dropped the ball at exactly the wrong time, writes THE CITY's Greg Smith.
COVID-19
"We live in a delicate housing ecosystem where one person’s rent payment is another person’s income, which becomes a mortgage payment, a water bill payment, and a property tax payment - it's all connected," explains Sen. Gounardes.
Letter To The Editor
A reader wonders why the property taxes on their Bensonhurst three family are more than Mayor de Blasio pays on his two Park Slope properties combined.
Education
Schools like P.S. 89 have long served as safety nets for parents and students by forging strong bonds with community organizations. But those needs took on a new urgency during the pandemic.
Health
The phased shutdown of a hospital serving eastern Brooklyn hit a turning point Wednesday: It marked the first day in more than 90 years that Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center didn’t admit patients to beds.
Education
By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York The messages pinged at all hours, pleas from parents frantically trying to keep up with remote learning as the coronavirus pandemic took hold of New York City. A password for Zoom lessons. The third grade class schedule. Trouble logging into an email account. Each
Election 2021
Industry City was a terrible missed opportunity and a mistake we cannot make again. It is easier to destroy than to build - but we won’t bring Brooklyn back by refusing to negotiate new development, argues Robert Cornegy, currently running for Brooklyn Borough President in the upcoming election.
Real Estate
The Rent Guidelines Board is slated this month to announce its final decision on rent increases for leases beginning in October or later after establishing a range of 0% to 2% for one-year leases.
Election 2021
Business leaders have divided the Democratic candidates for mayor into those they believe embrace business — and those who do not, writes THE CITY's Greg David.
COVID-19
In a city celebrating a vaccine-powered decline in COVID cases, the southern shore of Brooklyn stands out as a landscape of extended suffering and loss.
A New Vision For The BQE
By April Somboun [www.aprilsomboun.com ], Candidate for City Council in District 33. We cannot ignore the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) any longer — and we can’t allow the same old elected officials and other special interest groups to dictate what happens in District 33’s backyard. Without question the