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Liena Zagare

Sep
10
Teachers From The School With One Of The First COVID-19 Cases Ring Alarm Bells On How Poorly Protocols Work

Teachers From The School With One Of The First COVID-19 Cases Ring Alarm Bells On How Poorly Protocols Work

Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Teachers from MS88, one of two Brooklyn Schools schools (PS 1 is the other)
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Sep
10
Century 21 To Close All Stores, Files For Bankruptcy

Century 21 To Close All Stores, Files For Bankruptcy

City Point, 445 Albee Square West in February of 2019 (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Century 21 will be closing all
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Sep
09
“I don’t want any New Yorker to leave.” Scott Stringer Formally Enters Race for Mayor.

“I don’t want any New Yorker to leave.” Scott Stringer Formally Enters Race for Mayor.

Campaign photo.Brooklyn showed up for Manhattan neighbor and current City Comptroller Scott Stringer [https://stringerformayor.com/] as he formally
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Sep
04
Politicians Urge City To Remove Small Residential Buildings From Tax Lien Sale, Scheduled For Sept. 4

Politicians Urge City To Remove Small Residential Buildings From Tax Lien Sale, Scheduled For Sept. 4

Via Center for NYC Neighborhoods [https://cnycn.org/nyc-tax-lien-sale/]UPDATE: Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Finance Commissioner Jacques
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Sep
04
Man Killed At Flatbush And Ditmas

Man Killed At Flatbush And Ditmas

Shortly after midnight on Friday, September 4, police responded to a 911 call of an assault near the corner of
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Sep
04
Southern Brooklyn Lawmakers Urge To Reopen Indoor Dining Now

Southern Brooklyn Lawmakers Urge To Reopen Indoor Dining Now

NY State Senator Andrew Gounardes at the press conference in Bay Ridge. His office.BAY RIDGE – Standing in front of
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Sep
02
Question Of The Day: Why Can’t Remote School Start On Sept. 10?

Question Of The Day: Why Can’t Remote School Start On Sept. 10?

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. City Hall. Monday, August 24, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Yesterday’s big announcement
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Sep
02
Census Challenge: Midwood Against UES

Census Challenge: Midwood Against UES

New York City residents are woefully weary of being counted, so it seems, and the consequences will be significant as
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Sep
02
Data Check: Recent COVID-19 Infection Rates Vary Widely By Neighborhood

Data Check: Recent COVID-19 Infection Rates Vary Widely By Neighborhood

UPDATED WITH CURRENT DATA Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor of Education Richard Carranza recently remarked how the city is
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Sep
01
Mosquitoes To Be Sprayed In Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Prospect Heights Sept. 3

Mosquitoes To Be Sprayed In Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Prospect Heights Sept. 3

Brooklyn is getting the second adulticide treatment this summer, this time focusing on Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and areas around
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