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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGood morning! There’s still a pandemic, but we hope you are doing well, all things considered. Here are some new numbers as of 2:30 p.m. yesterday: * There were 3,551 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to the 2,407 cases from
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Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.At this morning’s press conference Mayor Bill de Blasio finally focused on the residents of New York City’s public housing (NYCHA). He announced more deliveries of disposable gloves
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Photo by Patricia Prudente on UnsplashChristina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/21/21230508/nyc-students-need-an-ipad-for-remote-learning-the-deadline-to-request-one-is-thursday] Time is ticking for students who need a city-issued device to participate in remote learning while school buildings are closed due to the coronavirus. Families must submit a
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Health + Hospitals Kings County ER. Liena Zagare/BklynerNYC Health + Hospitals, the city’s public hospital network, is currently hiring 500 non-clinical staff members to assist with patient transport, clerical work, and cleaning. [https://access.nyc.gov/coronavirus-covid-19-updates/] No medical background is required for any of these positions and hiring is
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – A dead woman wrapped in a tarp covering was found on a street in Flatbush early this morning. At around 3:56 a.m., cops found the wrapped body on East 21st Street near Ditmas Avenue. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. According to
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Photo byElement5 Digital [https://unsplash.com/@element5digital?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/kindergarten?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Christina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/
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A yellow cab driver in Brooklyn. (Photo via Avery Leigh White)BROOKLYN – State Senator Julia Salazar from Brooklyn, and Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a candidate running for Assembly in Queens are stepping up to help the city’s cab drivers who have been hard hit by the pandemic. Cabbies, whether driving
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Our heroes at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.)Good morning Brooklynites! Today is Earth Day. The weather is a bit windy, so please continue staying indoors. Here are the new numbers as of 1 p.m. Tuesday: * There were 2,407 new positive confirmed
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CROWN HEIGHTS – Cops are looking for the person that stabbed a man to death last night in Crown Heights.On Tuesday, April 21 at around 7:35 p.m., cops were called on Lincoln Place near Ralph Avenue where they found a 46-year-old man with a stab wound to the
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Businesses on Sunset Park’s 8th Avenue are open and welcoming customers. Ana Lucia Murillo/Bklyner.We, like you, are still trying to figure out how to navigate this new reality we’ve found ourselves in. There are a lot of uncertainties, but one thing we know for certain is
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At the scene of the crime. (Photo via Loudlabs)BED STUY – A 43-year-old man is dead after someone shot him in the head last night. On Monday, April 20 at around 7:30 p.m., cops were called to a shooting outside Sumner Houses on Myrtle Avenue near Stockton Street.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio visited the Brooklyn Navy Yard where local companies are manufacturing thousands of protective hospital gowns to supply the city’s health care workers on Monday, April 6, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeThe New York City Council will introduce a package of bills tomorrow, April 22,