Zoe Grueskin

Zoe Grueskin is a reporter and audio producer trained in Alaska and North Carolina, living in Brooklyn.

Whitney Hu Ends Campaign for City Council District 38, Will Focus on Mutual Aid

Whitney Hu at South Brooklyn Mutual Aid – Brooklyn Army Terminal – 11/28/20There is no typical week for South Brooklyn Mutual Aid (SBKMA) founder Whitney Hu, but every week is chock full. Amid coordinating projects as diverse as a free toy store and a house cleaners’ collective, Hu spends several

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Eight Months Into the Pandemic, Brooklyn Mutual Aid Groups Widen Focus

Bed-Stuy Strong volunteer Natalia Paez has been organizing neighborhood clean-ups since August. Photo by Zoe Grueskin/BklynerAs the coronavirus spread through New York this spring, shuttering schools and businesses, mutual aid groups of “neighbors helping neighbors” sprang up around the city. More than eight months later, many mutual aid groups