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Bus driver suffered a medical episode while driving, injured 5. Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerBus driver suffered a medical episode while driving, injured 5. Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerBus driver suffered a medical episode while driving, injured 5. Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerBus driver suffered a medical episode while driving, injured 5. Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerBus driver
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Lights in Downtown Brooklyn. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)It’s Tuesday! The coronavirus is still out there. Please continue to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue wearing face coverings. Here are some new numbers as of this afternoon: * There were 577 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Charles Deluvio on UnsplashNew York State on Pause (Executive Order 202.6, the provisions of which have been extended through mid-June) has never given explicit guidance about whether parents who have “non-essential” jobs are allowed to continue to have nannies come into their home. The result of this
Central Brooklyn
Chancellor Carranza speaks at Mayor Bill de Blasio’s press conference on COVID-19. City Hall. Monday, March 23, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Alex Zimmerman, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/5/19/21264071/nyc-summer-school-doe-coronavirus] More than one in six New York
COVID-19
Amber Adler and her children. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography, with permission) HOMECREST – Amber Adler, 36, has always given back to the community. The more you scroll down her Facebook feed, the various photos and posts you will see of her distributing meals, volunteering and talking to neighbors about what they
Business
George’s Diner on Coney Island Avenue. Liena Zagare/Bklyner. George’s has reopened for takeout and delivery.Councilmember Brad Lander, Assemblymember Robert Carroll, the Hebrew Free Loan Society, and The Change Reaction have joined forces to provide a new option for interest-free loans to small businesses. Hoping to remedy
kensington
Photo by Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerEarly Tuesday morning, around 12:30 am, a vehicle was making a right turn from Ocean Parkway onto Foster Avenue when another vehicle driving southbound on Ocean Parkway service road sped through the stop sign and hit the vehicle making the turn, and then flipped over
affordable housing
A row of houses in East New York. Photo: Allison Dikanovic/THE CITYBy Allison Dikanovic, additional reporting by Trone Dowd, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/05/de-blasio-pulls-foundation-from-under-his-tiny-houses-push.html] During a pandemic where many homeowners are struggling to make payments and homelessness is running high, Claudette Macintosh
Announcements
Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeHappy Monday! It’s a bit cloudy outside but the birds are chirping and the weather is nice enough for a walk (by social distancing, of course). Here are some new numbers as of this afternoon: * There were 665 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in
Announcements
Former President Barack Obama speaking at the graduation. (Screenshot used with permission)AMERICA – Every year, graduates look forward to walking down the aisle in their caps and gowns. It took them years to get to where they are; to achieve such a tremendous milestone. This year, ‘Show Me Your Walk,
Business
A Prospect Cleaning Service staff member disinfects an office. Courtesy of Prospect Cleaning ServiceA largely unnoticed, and perhaps underappreciated [https://www.vox.com/covid-19-coronavirus-explainers/2020/4/23/21228971/essential-workers-stories-coronavirus-hazard-pay-stimulus-covid-19] , group of workers are among the heroes who are enabling New York City to emerge from lockdown. They are on the
community
Volunteers Brian Bacchiocchi and Eana Bacchiocchi, father and daughter. Courtesy of Brian and Eana Bacchiocchi.Residents of the 570 Westminster Road co-op in Ditmas Park are a force to be reckoned with. When the pandemic hit New York, Chrissie Dowler, a co-op resident for the past 14 years and the