COVID-19
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today in a call with the press that all schools in the red and orange zones can open as long as ‘everybody’ is tested before returning to school, and only those testing negative for COVID19 are allowed back in. The regimen will then require that 25%
Education
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability with Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. City Hall. Monday, October 26, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.“So far, we’ve had 280,000 kids who have attended school in-person,” Mayor Bill De Blasio said this morning. There are about 1.1
Health
Brighton Beach. Liena Zagare/BklynerEvery few years, the NYC Department for the Aging (DFTA) looks at how to serve the city’s aging residents best. They recently released a new concept paper [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dfta/downloads/pdf/community/OlderAdultCenterConceptPaper_08_20_2020.pdf] that explains the current
affordable housing
Conceptual renderings of the new Brooklyn Hospital Center by Fort Greene Park. Street level. By Robert A.M. Stern ArchitectsThe 175-year-old Brooklyn Hospital Center (Brooklyn Hospital) filed a preliminary application on September 24 to begin public review of the plan to modernize its campus. Located between Long Island University and
Business
How is that possible? Will schools that were in orange and yellow zones that were ordered shut now reopen? What about my business? How long will each stage last? So many questions. Not enough answers. But here is what we know from the Governor’s press conference earlier today and
Business
New York State Department of Labor released September employment data today showing that unemployment in Brooklyn fell to 14.1% from 16.5% in August. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var e in a.
COVID-19
If you feel confused about the ever-changing New York City COVID-19 numbers, you’re not alone. The Mayor stopped reporting COVID19 data for the Brooklyn cluster in his daily briefings earlier this month, and the NYC Department of Health stopped sending out their alerts. They said this was so as
affordable housing
Brooklyn Community Board 14 will be hosting two public hearings [https://cb14brooklyn.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4a2503b5d85bca56fb11363ff&id=c66fecb111&e=edff6ac595] on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, beginning at 6:30 PM online about a 190-bed men’s shelter in Flatbush and new residential development on Cortelyou
affordable housing
With one exception all apartments available for rent through affordable housing lottery are aimed at residents making 130% of Area Median Income (AMI), which puts them out of reach for the majority of Brooklyn’s residents, and in one case seems to make hard to fill. Scroll down to Johnson
News
December 2010 storm was a big one. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe NYC Department of Sanitation relies on emergency snow laborers to clear crosswalks and bus stops after the big storms. This year, the department requires advanced online registrations from those interested in helping clear the streets should we get a big
Business
In an attempt to reign in the spread of COVID19, and in response to the city’s request to restrict gatherings, Governor Andrew Cuomo just announced the following: > We have a clear and effective plan to respond to any clusters that threaten our progress. We will attack each area
Central Brooklyn
There has been so much talk of ZIP codes recently. COVID-19 hot spot areas, watch areas, areas where schools are or are to be closed [/hundreds-of-brooklyn-schools-ordered-to-close-tomorrow-in-covid19-hot-spots/], and where other restrictions on businesses and gatherings may be imposed come Wednesday. Ever since the talk of the Ocean Parkway Cluster, Mayor Bill