Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGood morning! It’s a brand new day. Please take care of yourself and stay indoors! * As of 2:30 p.m. yesterday, there were 2,679 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, bringing the total to 132,467 cases in NYC. In Brooklyn, there are
COVID-19
Getting your first job marks one of the most significant stages in our transition into adulthood. For decades, millions of New York City youth have taken this step through the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), with the largest number of SYEP participants working in our hospitals. My first paid job
Business
Business in Flatbush. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce released the results of a survey today detailing the widespread failure of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), meant to be a lifeline for small businesses during this pandemic. According to their results, 84% of the Brooklyn businesses surveyed had not
Announcements
BROOKLYN – All New Yorkers, regardless of their immigration status, are now included in citywide COVID-19 response and relief efforts. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $20 million fund that will assist 20,000 immigrant workers and their families with direct, one-time emergency relief. Last week, stimulus checks from the federal
Arts & Culture
On March 30th, a group of 28 artists based in Gowanus received news that their contract at their studio space, managed through Spaceworks, would be ending. The management company was closing its doors, but informed tenants that the current landlord, PDS Development Corporation, may be willing to negotiate a similar
Arts & Culture
Back in November when Sheetshirts [https://www.instagram.com/sheetshirt/] participated in the 27th Fashion Institute of Technology’s (FIT) runaway show, 32-Year-Old Taz was excited to elevate the ambitions of his clothing brand for the new year ahead. Growing his brand was the goal of 2020 until the pandemic
Bensonhurst
Councilmember Mark Treyger.By Josefa Velasquez, Yoav Gonen and Ann Choi. Additional Reporting By Ese Olumhense, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/new-yorks-deadliest-nursing-homes-list-omits-many-deaths.html] . An inventory of COVID-19 deaths at New York nursing homes released by the Cuomo administration Friday provides an incomplete picture of how
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerEAST NEW YORK – Cops are looking for the person that shot a New Jersey man to death over the weekend. On Sunday, April 19 at around 8:55 a.m., cops arrived at Pennsylvania Avenue and Linden Boulevard at a gas station to find 33-year-old Michael Ingram
Announcements
Outside NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island last week. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.)Happy Monday! We hope your weekend was a good one. We have some good news: The one-day death toll [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html] reported on Sunday in New York was
Central Brooklyn
Train passing.By Jose Martinez, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/two-nyc-subway-riders-die-in-day-as-fatalities-rise.html] . A woman died on a Brooklyn subway platform Wednesday after exhibiting what an MTA report describes as “symptoms of COVID-19” — making her the second person to die in the system that morning and
Announcements
WILLIAMSBURG – Cops are looking for two men that robbed a woman and struck her and another man in the face. On Wednesday, April 8 at around 3:45 p.m., two men approached a 44-year-old woman inside a PAYOMATIC on Graham Avenue near Boerum Street. One of the men displayed
COVID-19
Medgar Evers college. File Photo/BklynerA new COVID-19 testing site for healthcare and essential workers opened today at Medgar Evers College. Mayor de Blasio announced during this morning’s press conference that 10 new COVID-19 testing sites would be opening soon. Five of these sites, including the site at Medgar