Zainab is a staff reporter at Bklyner who sometimes writes poetry in her free time || zainab@bklyner.com
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerIt’s Monday! The weather is cooler today than it was last week. Remember to keep wearing your face coverings when you are around your neighbors. * There were 443 new positive coronavirus cases in NYC and 18 new confirmed coronavirus-related deaths in the city. * Borough President Eric
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Alhassan Umar (right) at a protest. (Photo via Mamadou Barry, [https://www.instagram.com/leboss.official/] Leboss Shoots Photography, [https://www.instagram.com/lebosshoots/] with permission)THE BRONX – When Alhassan Umar was almost two years old, he moved to the Bronx from Ghana. A few months later, 23-year-old Amadou Diallo
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Photo via David L. Bowles, @aquanasium [https://www.instagram.com/aquanasium/], with permission.PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Thousands of people in masks and white clothing rallied outside the Brooklyn Museum and then took part in a silent march for Black transgender lives. Earlier this week, two Black transgender women, Riah Milton from
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The sky yesterday. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)It’s finally Friday! We hope you have a relaxing weekend. Remember to wear face-covering when you are outside, and remember to social distance! * There were 441 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to the 394 cases from yesterday. There were
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Photo via Hercules Reid.EAST FLATBUSH – Hercules Reid, 27, is not a native Brooklynite. He was born and raised upstate and moved to Delaware to attend college. He didn’t move to Brooklyn until 2015. Four years later, he ran to be the next District 45 Council Member but didn’
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerIt’s Thursday! I hope you enjoyed the rain today. There’s a lot happening, so let’s get right into it: * There were 394 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to the 435 cases from yesterday. There were 45 new confirmed coronavirus-related deaths, compared
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MIDWOOD – There will be free COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody testing inside the Pakistani American Youth Society (PAYS) headquarters on the corner of Newkirk and Coney Island Avenues between 6-8 pm tonight. Neighbor Anthony Finkel saw there was a need in the Midwood, Ditmas Park, Kensington community in terms of access
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General Lee Ave at Fort Hamilton Army Base. GoogleFORT HAMILTON – Three years ago [/congresswoman-continues-to-call-for-fort-hamilton-street-renaiming/], local politicians and community leaders gathered in Fort Hamilton Park to call on the renaming of two street signs named after confederate generals. Now, they have renewed that call. The streets—General Lee Avenue and Stonewall
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerIt’s Wednesday! We hope you are all doing well. Remember to take care of yourselves and check on your neighbors. * There were 435 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to the 323 cases from yesterday. There were 52 confirmed coronavirus-related deaths in the City,
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Photo via Gareth Bryant.BEDFORD STUYVESANT – Gareth Bryant has been on Earth for 38 years thus far. In these 38 years, he has experienced a lot. He’s dealt with racism and xenophobia. He lost himself and then found himself. He discovered faith. And he never let anything stop him.
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The view from the BQE. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)It’s Tuesday! The weather is getting nicer and nicer. Please remember to continue wearing a face covering when you are outside. Here are some new numbers from this afternoon: * There were 323 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared
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BARCLAYS CENTER – The cop who aggressively pushed a young woman at a protest when she asked him why she had to back up, turned himself in, and was charged. On the evening of May 29, at around 8:44 p.m., a video went viral on Twitter that showed 28-year-old