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Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City TransitIt’s Tuesday! It’s still hot out so please remember to stay cool, hydrated, and check on your neighbors. * The Mayor and the city overstated parent responses on school reopening, we fact-checked. [/fact-check-mayor-and-the-city-overstated-parent-responses-on-school-reopening/] The city overstated both how many parents responded
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Lifeguarding for 4 years. Name not given. Photo by Erica Price/BklynerIt’s Monday! And it’s hot. Make sure to stay cool and hydrated. Drink lots of water. Check out this piece [/stay-hydrated-and-check-on-your-neighbors-in-this-heat-advisory/] about where to find cooling centers and how to save energy. * NYC has entered the last
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Photo by Erica Price/Bklyner.BROOKLYN – It’s hot out there. Today may feel as high as 100F, even while our thermometer records just 93F this afternoon. There is a heat advisory and Mayor Bill de Blasio this morning advised New Yorkers to stay hydrated and cool. “So everyone, remember,
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Black Lives Matter. (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.)Happy Friday! We hope your week was a great one. And we hope your weekend is even better. * Brooklyn Diocese closes two Catholic academies, leaves parents outraged and suspicious, we reported. [/brooklyn-diocese-closes-two-catholic-academies-leaves-parents-outraged-and-suspicious/] * A Brownsville school brings conversation of race inside the classroom,
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Jamel Floyd protest. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)BROWNSVILLE – To bring the conversation of race inside the classroom and to give a platform for the community to voice their feelings and be heard, students, mental health counselors, and the administration at Brooklyn Collegiate Preparatory High School created a social justice task
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From this morning. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)It’s Thursday! We are still living in a pandemic so please be sure to continue wearing face coverings and keep a distance when around others. * To encourage residents to fill out the 2020 census and to raise awareness of the need for
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A student from P.S.257 made this poster to encourage people to fill out the census. (Photo via HITN)BROOKLYN – To encourage residents to fill out the 2020 census and to raise awareness of the need for children to be counted, HITN, a non-profit organization, launched the ¡Tú Cuentas!
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerIt’s Wednesday! Can you believe we are already halfway done with July? Where has the time gone? * TODAY is the deadline to file your taxes, or file for extension! * Six people were shot in Crown Heights this morning. One of them died, we reported. [/six-people-were-shot-in-crown-heights-this-morning-one-of-them-died/] * Because
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Mayor de Blasio with Council Member Cornegy, clergy, and community members on a walk through Bed-Stuy. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) BROOKLYN – The Mayor announced a new Central Brooklyn Violence Prevention plan today after an uptick in shootings. This comes after a weekend of violence across the city, which
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Photo at the scene via Loudlabs.CROWN HEIGHTS – Six people were shot early this morning. Five are in stable condition and one died from her wounds. On Wednesday, July 15 at around 2:11 a.m., a group of people was outside a building on President Street near Franklin Avenue
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Photo by Erica Price/Bkyner.It’s Tuesday! There have been a lot of shootings taking place these past few days in our borough. We hope you are safe and well. * On Thursday, summer school rising 7th-grade students at Achievement First (AF) Endeavor school in Brooklyn [/students-at-brooklyn-middle-school-sent-home-with-insensitive-problem/] went home with
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Protestors holding the American and Blue Lives Matter flags. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography, with permission.)BROOKLYN – Over the weekend, there were 28 shooting incidents across the city, the NYPD told us. The number at the same time last year? Five. “With a troubling spike in shootings throughout the five boroughs,
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Photo by Erica Price at Coney Island Beach.Happy Monday! The weekend was filled with shootings, deaths, and protests. We hope this week will be a good one. * A one-year-old baby boy was shot and killed at a cookout last night in Bed Stuy [/one-year-old-boy-shot-and-killed-at-cookout/]. Three other people were also
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A protestor and counter-protestor clashing. (Photo via Rathkopf Photos, with permission.)BAY RIDGE/DYKER HEIGHTS – On Sunday, dozens of people decided to march for Blue Lives Matter in Bay Ridge in support of the NYPD. Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, who was leading Saturday’s protest, told the Staten Island Advance [https:
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Photo via Loudlabs of the scene of the crime, where the stroller is still standing.BEDFORD STUYVESANT – A one-year-old baby boy was shot and killed at a cookout last night. Three other people were also shot but are in stable condition. On Sunday, July 12 at around 11:30 p.
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerIt’s Friday! How do we feel about welcoming the weekend with a good old storm? Please stay safe and indoors! * Tropical Storm Fay is here! It is expected to be windy and rain all day today until 2 a.m. Saturday. The City has also issued