Central Brooklyn
Many New Yorkers opted to vote in-person on Tuesday after requesting but not receiving their absentee ballot. Scores of others who did receive absentee ballots decided to vote in-person anyway, whether out of fear over not getting their vote counted, solidarity with ancestors who fought for the right to vote,
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It’s Tuesday! Today is Election Day– Primary Elections that is. Preliminary results will be out later tonight, but it may take a while to get the full results since absentee ballots are counted and opened a week after elections. * There were 331 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC,
Announcements
Starting next Monday, June 29th, residential streets will be cleaned no more than once per week, Mayor de Blasio and Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia announced this morning. Commercial and metered streets will be cleaned as before. Streets with multiple Alternate Side Parking (ASP) days will be cleaned on the last
News
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.The Mayor is finally doing something about the fireworks that have been lighting up the sky over the city for the last few weeks. He’s convening a task force.
Carroll Gardens
Photo by Bill Oxford on UnsplashBy Eric Umansky, originally published in ProPublica [https://www.propublica.org/article/my-family-saw-a-police-car-hit-a-kid-on-halloween-then-i-learned-how-nypd-impunity-works?token=mtRqVqWf3m79M17eu5HGekP4E211ceqH&fbclid=IwAR0R67inNGLQjjtviop1_Pu4_YCLprt6BcmwO6Rj7FToJNbn0Ldjvkt9CqU] . Last Halloween, my wife and then-6-year-old daughter were making their way home after trick-or-treating in Brooklyn. Suddenly, an unmarked NYPD car with sirens wailing began
canarsie
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCANARSIE – A man riding a motorized scooter is dead after a driver crashed into him and ran away from the scene. On Tuesday, June 23 at around 12:30 a.m., a man was riding his motorized scooter and was on the intersection at East 98 Street
Central Brooklyn
BROOKLYN – Primary elections are today! Like we wrote yesterday, [/dont-forget-to-vote-on-tuesday-heres-how/] the Primary is the election that truly matters, particularly in this borough. Primaries are also notorious for low turnout, and this year matters are further complicated by the current pandemic restrictions and the fact that many of those who requested
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Loony’s Juice bar on Cortelyou Road.It’s Monday! And summer has officially started. Despite the wonderful weather, the pandemic is still not over yet. So please keep your distance and wear a face covering when around people. * There were 249 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC. There
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN – Primary elections are tomorrow, and in Brooklyn, Primary is the election that matters [/in-brooklyn-june-primary-is-the-election-day/]! Why? In a heavily Democratic county, the November election just rubber stamps the primary election’s selections as residents tend to vote down the line for Democrats. On the ballots this year,
Central Brooklyn
By Adrian Childress/BklynerLast week AG James held two public hearings and listened to 17 hours of testimony from one hundred members of the public. You will find below the statement that Police Commissioner Dermot Shea read at the public hearing on police and public interaction during protests, held earlier
Big Story
Photo via Almas Shafiq.MIDWOOD – When Almas Shafiq, 23, got accepted into the NYC Teaching Collaborative [http://nycteachingcollaborative.org/] a few months ago as a partner teacher, her father was proud of her. She remembers getting the acceptance letter with her anticipated salary. She remembers her dad got up, hugged
Business
By Greg David, originally published in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/6/22/21299263/nyc-phase-two-hits-likely-bottom-on-job-loss] The city lost 20% of its jobs in three months, with low-wage workers hardest hit. As Phase 2 of return begins, a full rebound is four years away, economists predict. After three months