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Bensonhurst

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) over COVID-19 spread, officials inform that “regular inspections of all non-public schools within these clusters and their adjacent zip codes” will start tomorrow, and the city will be increasing enforcement

Bensonhurst

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 Department of Health informing that there are several areas in Brooklyn and Queens that “are cause for significant concern” for the city when it comes to COVID infection rates. The

Business

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, data released earlier today show. Last August it was at just 4.2%. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[

Central Brooklyn

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/] who has been working for 13 years to connect communities to and advocate for resilient, revitalized, and accessible coastline for all. Out of the 500 some miles of waterfront across

Central Brooklyn

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) where positive cases of COVID – 19 were reported [/in-an-early-test-for-nyc-two-schools-report-positive-cases-of-covid-19/] among staff on the second day of school have posted an open letter [https://morecaucusnyc.org/2020/09/10/an-open-letter-from-ms88-teachers/] highlighting

Bay Ridge

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 of its 13 stores, located mostly across the city and nearby suburbs [https://www.c21stores.com/stores], and has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy [https://cases.stretto.com/Century21]. The

Business

“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 announced his run for the Mayor in the 2021 local elections yesterday. State Senators Julia Salazar and Brian Kavanagh, as well as Assemblyman Robert Carroll endorsed him and were there

Bed Stuy

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 Jiha announced on September 4, the postponement of the annual tax lien sale until September 25, 2020 to give New Yorkers additional time to pay debt or enter into payment

Central Brooklyn

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 Flatbush Avenue and Ditmas Avenue (70th Precinct). They found a 33-year-old man lying on the ground, unconscious and unresponsive, with trauma to the head. He was takend to NYC Health

News

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 Chadwicks, State Senator Andrew Gounardes and City Councilman Justin Brannan who represent the area stood with local restaurant owners to call on City and State agencies to immediately issue guidance

Central Brooklyn

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 was that public school reopening is to be delayed [/nyc-school-re-opening-pushed-back-ten-days/] from September 10 to September 16 for remote, and September 21 for blended cohorts, to allow for school buildings to

News

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 for the next 10 years Federal funds for things like public education, affordable housing, infrastructure – all of which we desperately need – will be allocated based on who gets counted, and