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Zainab Iqbal

Zainab Iqbal

Zainab is a staff reporter at Bklyner who sometimes writes poetry in her free time || zainab@bklyner.com
Aug
04
NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Barbot Resigns Amid Pandemic

NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Barbot Resigns Amid Pandemic

Dr. Oxiris Barbot. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot, who clashed with the
3 min read
Aug
04
Two Fatal Motorcycle Crashes In The 75 Precinct

Two Fatal Motorcycle Crashes In The 75 Precinct

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APolice_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] CYPRESS HILLS/STARRETT CITY
1 min read
Aug
03
Briefing 8/3: COVID-19 Recovery Clinics, Giving Back With Plants & Filling Out The Census

Briefing 8/3: COVID-19 Recovery Clinics, Giving Back With Plants & Filling Out The Census

Don’t forget to fill out your census! (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.)It’s Monday and it’s
2 min read
Aug
03
Adams To MTA: Do Not Give Up On Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign

Adams To MTA: Do Not Give Up On Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign

Back in May when the MTA began its enhanced cleaning of buses. (Photo: Trent Reeves / Metropolitan Transportation Authority)BROOKLYN – Draft
3 min read
Jul
30
Briefing 7/30: Parking Permits For Medical Professionals, First Criminal Trial & More

Briefing 7/30: Parking Permits For Medical Professionals, First Criminal Trial & More

Coney Island Beach when it first reopened a few weeks ago. (Photo via Erica Price)It’s Thursday! Again, it’
2 min read
Jul
30
Eid Al-Adha During A Pandemic

Eid Al-Adha During A Pandemic

This is from Eid 2019, during a time where there was no pandemic. (Todd Maisel/ Bklyner)BROOKLYN – A pandemic will
2 min read
Jul
30
Man Who Stabbed Black Woman In Subway Station Was Sentenced To 10 Years

Man Who Stabbed Black Woman In Subway Station Was Sentenced To 10 Years

Aleksejs Saveljevs was sentenced to 10 years in prison today. (Photo via Brooklyn DA’s office)FLATBUSH – The man who
3 min read
Jul
29
Briefing 7/29: Boozing Elsewhere, Vacating Tenants & Police Misconduct

Briefing 7/29: Boozing Elsewhere, Vacating Tenants & Police Misconduct

The MTA Mask Force giving out free masks to straphangers. (Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)It’
1 min read
Jul
29
These Kids Will Be All Right: Meet The New Milken Scholars

These Kids Will Be All Right: Meet The New Milken Scholars

Naomi Nesmith (left) and Ayan Rahman. (Photos were given by Nesmith and Rahman) BROOKLYN – For Naomi Nesmith (18) and Ayan
8 min read
Jul
28
Briefing 7/28: Marches, Vigils & Coronavirus Testing

Briefing 7/28: Marches, Vigils & Coronavirus Testing

Free Mobile Covid-19 testing site in Ocean Hill Brooklyn on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)It’
2 min read