Liena Zagare

Liena Zagare

Oct
01
Jo Anne Simon Is Running To Empower Women and Unify Brooklyn

Jo Anne Simon Is Running To Empower Women and Unify Brooklyn

Jo Anne Simon outside James Madison HS in Brooklyn, October 1. Liena Zagare/BklynerJust after 9:30 this morning outside
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Sep
30
Latest on Brooklyn’s COVID-19 Spike: 9/30

Latest on Brooklyn’s COVID-19 Spike: 9/30

September 30, 2020 – The Health Department continues to track 4 concerning clusters of COVID-19 cases in Southern Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Central
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Sep
30
Raccoon Vaccination Begins In Brooklyn

Raccoon Vaccination Begins In Brooklyn

The Health Department, along with City agencies, federal and academic partners, is launching its annual effort to vaccinate raccoons against
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Sep
29
Latest on Brooklyn’s COVID-19 Spike

Latest on Brooklyn’s COVID-19 Spike

The Numbers – the city’s Department of Health (DOH) has switched how they are releasing the data they are disseminating,
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Sep
28
Infection Rates Keep Climbing In Southern Brooklyn, Governor to Deploy Rapid Tests

Infection Rates Keep Climbing In Southern Brooklyn, Governor to Deploy Rapid Tests

On Sunday, 27% of positive tests in New York State came from just ten ZIP codes where just 3% of
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Sep
28
EDITORIAL: Stop Blaming Orthodox Jews. Blame Trump For Brooklyn COVID Spikes

EDITORIAL: Stop Blaming Orthodox Jews. Blame Trump For Brooklyn COVID Spikes

Mayor Bill de Blasio visits the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island to pack food packages for senior citizens
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Sep
24
Gravesend/Homecrest at 6.0% COVID Infection Rate, Southern BK above 3%, City Threatens Localized Restrictions

Gravesend/Homecrest at 6.0% COVID Infection Rate, Southern BK above 3%, City Threatens Localized Restrictions

Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography OfficeFollowing the closure of two Yeshivas [/two-yeshivas-shut-down-amid-coronavirus-spike-in-southern-brooklyn/] (undisclosed) by the City’s Department of Health (DOH)
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Sep
22
URGENT: Cases Triple In Ocean Parkway Cluster, Williamsburg, City Worries About Increase Community Transmission

URGENT: Cases Triple In Ocean Parkway Cluster, Williamsburg, City Worries About Increase Community Transmission

Via NYC DOH [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data-recent.page]We just received an email from the NYC
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Sep
22
Unemployment in August Was 16.5% in Brooklyn

Unemployment in August Was 16.5% in Brooklyn

New York City’s unemployment is estimated by the NY State Labor Department to have been 16.3% in August,
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Sep
11
City Of Water Day – Celebrating Island Living Across NYC

City Of Water Day – Celebrating Island Living Across NYC

This Saturday, September 12, we celebrate our waterfront. The event is organized by Waterfront Alliance [https://waterfrontalliance.org/who-we-are/about-us/
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