Aug 6, 2020 2 min read community

Briefing 8/6: Eviction Moratorium Has Been Extended, Daycare Struggling To Survive & More

Transit crews removing trees that fell on the Sheepshead Bay (B/Q) Subway Station. (Photo: Marc A. Hermann/MTA New York City Transit)

It’s Thursday! The storm is long gone and the sun is out. We are still in the middle of a pandemic, so please continue wearing your face coverings when you are out and about.

Gym rats, now without a home, are moving their exercise routines outdoors and adopting workouts that don’t rely on traditional fitness equipment.
Medgar Evers College, a senior CUNY institution, is officially searching for a new president to lead the half-a-century old institution, we reported.
The fate of one of the biggest projects on the docket this year — the rezoning of Industry City — is now up in the air, we wrote.
Open Streets have popped up all around the city, designed to help restaurants and other businesses (as well as residents) weather this pandemic with a little more outdoor space. Here are some of our favorites.
Two-wheel traffic is up on bridges, but the cash-strapped city can’t expand crowded bike lanes, THE CITY reported.
A daycare in Brooklyn is struggling to survive amid the coronavirus, WCBS 880 reported.
Keke Palmer has been announced as the host of the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, which will take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Aug. 30, the Post reported.
“A Crown Heights restaurant found ignoring the ban on indoor dining and a 150-person rooftop party in Sheepshead Bay are the latest Brooklyn spots found violating rules meant to help stop the spread of the coronavirus,” Patch reported.
“Hundreds of New Yorkers took the to the streets of Bensonhurst on Saturday to show their support for an 89-year-old Asian woman who was attacked by a stranger — and to condemn the police’s decision not to classify the incident as a hate crime,” AMNY reported.
The eviction moratorium has been extended another 30 days, the Governor announced.
“Brownsville’s new commanding officer really knows his precinct area — he grew up there,” NY1 reported.
“A new rolodex of Black, Brown and women owned small businesses in New York City is being launched online this National Black Business Month,” BK Reader wrote.
“A bill to ensure that incarcerated parents are sent to detention facilities closer to their children’s homes passed in the New York State legislature on July 21 — nine years after a Brooklyn lawmaker first introduced the bill,” the Brooklyn Paper wrote.