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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
Apr
20
New Jersey Man Shot To Death At Gas Station

New Jersey Man Shot To Death At Gas Station

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerEAST NEW YORK – Cops are looking for the person that shot a New Jersey man to death
1 min read
Apr
20
Briefing 4/20: Gathering Inside A Barbershop, All Permits For City Events In June Are Canceled

Briefing 4/20: Gathering Inside A Barbershop, All Permits For City Events In June Are Canceled

Outside NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island last week. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.)Happy Monday! We hope your weekend
2 min read
Apr
17
Friday Crime Blotter: Robberies & Arrests

Friday Crime Blotter: Robberies & Arrests

WILLIAMSBURG – Cops are looking for two men that robbed a woman and struck her and another man in the face.
3 min read
Apr
17
Briefing 4/17: 500 Coronavirus Patients Safely Discharged From Maimonides Medical Center & More

Briefing 4/17: 500 Coronavirus Patients Safely Discharged From Maimonides Medical Center & More

Mayor Bill de Blasio visited NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island to thank and applaud medical staff, and deliver 600 care
2 min read
Apr
16
‘Why Don’t They Believe Me?’ Muslim Boy Asks

‘Why Don’t They Believe Me?’ Muslim Boy Asks

Young men in a mosque. (Photo: Rifky Nur Setyadi on Unsplash)BAY RIDGE – The Department of Education (DOE) argued that
6 min read
Apr
16
USG Gives $13k To Brooklyn College Food Pantry

USG Gives $13k To Brooklyn College Food Pantry

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – In the age of the coronavirus, pantries are working overtime [/coronavirus-in-brooklyn-what-you-can-do-to-help/] to provide for people depend
3 min read
Apr
16
Briefing 4/16: Trump Accuses NYC Of Inflating Death Toll, Retail Tenants Want Help With Rent

Briefing 4/16: Trump Accuses NYC Of Inflating Death Toll, Retail Tenants Want Help With Rent

People in line at The Campaign Against Hunger food pantry in Brooklyn. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)Good morning!
2 min read
Apr
15
Flatbush Thrives On Small Businesses. Here’s How They Can Get Support

Flatbush Thrives On Small Businesses. Here’s How They Can Get Support

Flatbush. Liena Zagare/BklynerFLATBUSH – To support small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, two Brooklynites launched Flatbush Thrives, [https://flatbushthrives.org/
4 min read
Apr
15
Briefing 4/15: Uptick In Domestic Violence, Remote City Council Meeting, $500k In Benefits

Briefing 4/15: Uptick In Domestic Violence, Remote City Council Meeting, $500k In Benefits

After the storm on the waterfront in Red Hook, Brooklyn on Monday, April 13, 2020. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography
2 min read
Apr
14
Driver Dead After Speeding Through Red Light

Driver Dead After Speeding Through Red Light

CONEY ISLAND – A 30-year-old man is dead after speeding through a red light and crashing into another car. On Sunday,
1 min read