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# Briefing 4/15: Uptick In Domestic Violence, Remote City Council Meeting, $500k In Benefits
- URL: https://bklyner.com/briefing-4-15/
- Published: 2020-04-15T14:44:55.000Z
- Updated: 2020-04-15T14:44:55.000Z
- Author: Zainab Iqbal
- Tags: Central Brooklyn, COVID-19, Eastern Brooklyn, Neighbors, News, North Western Brooklyn, northern brooklyn, Southern Brooklyn, Western Brooklyn, Coronavirus, COVID-19, #wp

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After the storm on the waterfront in Red Hook, Brooklyn on Monday, April 13, 2020\. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)

Happy Wednesday! It’s a bit cold outside, so please continue to stay indoors. Here are some new numbers this morning.

- As of 1 p.m. yesterday, there are a total of 107,263 positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC. And as of 4 p.m. yesterday, coronavirus related deaths in NYC have gone up to 7,905.
- The Linden Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation allegedly kept dead bodies in a room with an air conditioner with the windows opened to keep the smell from spreading, [the Daily News reported.](https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-brooklyn-funeral-home-20200415-4gcesl37c5dfnon3ncjcbpj4bu-story.html?ref=bklyner.com)
- Operation Feed Brooklyn, a local group, is feeding local hospital workers. So far, they have given out 3,500 meals and countless cups of coffee,[ ABC7 reported.](https://abc7ny.com/food/local-group-helps-feed-health-care-workers-in-brooklyn/6103943/?ref=bklyner.com)
- Have you listened to [this episode of The Daily podcast?](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-brooklyn-hospital.html?ref=bklyner.com) It’s about 24 hours inside the Brooklyn Hospital Center, which has been doing incredible work fighting the coronavirus.
- Families of MTA workers who died from the coronavirus [will get $500,000 in benefits.](/mta-promises-families-of-workers-lost-to-covid-19-500k/)
- NYS sees an uptick in domestic violence reports, [CBS News reported. ](https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/04/03/coronavirus-domestic-violence-new-york/?ref=bklyner.com)If you are in danger, please call the NYC DV hotline: 1-800-621-HOPE
- The NYC Council will hold a Stated meeting next Wednesday, April 22\. It will be the first remote meeting, Speaker Corey Johnson announced.
- Despite the pandemic, NYC is still set to launch text-to-911 service in June, the [Daily News reported.](https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-nyc-text-911-launch-june-pandemic-system-emergency-20200414-kfxypp45ljablbwnd4yxr7ojcy-story.html?ref=bklyner.com)
- Read this [heartbreaking NY Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/nyregion/coronavirus-woodhull-madhvi-aya-dead.html?ref=bklyner.com) story about Dr. Madhvi Aya who worked long hours in Woodhull Medical Center fighting the coronavirus. Then, she caught it herself and died.
- The Department of Transportation informs that the City is issuing temporary Citywide on-street parking permits to healthcare personnel working in hospitals during COVID-19, [we reported.](/parking-permits-for-healthcare-workers-extensions-for-expired-clergy-disabled-permits/)
- A 30-year-old man is dead after speeding through a red light and crashing into another car, [we reported yesterday.](/driver-dead-speeding-red-light/)