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Oct
27
New COVID-19 Screening & Testing Program For MTA Employees

New COVID-19 Screening & Testing Program For MTA Employees

The MTA Mask Force handing out masks. (Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)NEW YORK – The MTA
2 min read
Oct
15
Juneteenth Is Now An Official NYS Public Holiday

Juneteenth Is Now An Official NYS Public Holiday

Unite NY Rally on Juneteenth 2020. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)NEW YORK – Juneteenth is now an official public holiday in
3 min read
Jul
08
NYC Public Schools Plan To Reopen On Part-Time Basis

NYC Public Schools Plan To Reopen On Part-Time Basis

(Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – NYC public schools are planning on reopening on a part-time basis in the
4 min read
Oct
14
State Orders National Grid to Immediately Connect 1,157 Customers with Gas Service, Alleges Company Violated Law

State Orders National Grid to Immediately Connect 1,157 Customers with Gas Service, Alleges Company Violated Law

National grid working by a hotel in Gowanus that will become a homeless shelter this fall. Liena Zagare/BklynerNational Grid
3 min read
Jul
12
Local Pols Push To Honor Medgar Evers At Central BK Subway Stations

Local Pols Push To Honor Medgar Evers At Central BK Subway Stations

State Sen. Zellnor Myrie and Assemblywoman Diana Richardson embrace during Myrie’s inauguration at SUNY Downstate in East Flatbush (Photo:
2 min read
Jun
11
Brooklyn BP Tells Albany to Put Prevailing Wage Law on Ice

Brooklyn BP Tells Albany to Put Prevailing Wage Law on Ice

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams speaks at the press conference outside City Hall (Photo by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)CITY HALL—
3 min read
Jun
10
Brooklyn Residents Rally in Flatbush Ahead of Rent Law Deadline

Brooklyn Residents Rally in Flatbush Ahead of Rent Law Deadline

A Flatbush Tenant Coalition-led rally in Flatbush (Image via Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)FLATBUSH—A crowd of advocates filled the streets
3 min read
May
31
Anti-Semitic Incident At Jewish Children’s Museum

Anti-Semitic Incident At Jewish Children’s Museum

Photo: Mordechai LightstoneCROWN HEIGHTS – Another act of anti-Semitism. Last night, a note saying “Hitler is coming” was on a billboard
2 min read
Aug
10
A Musical Theater Nerd’s Fight For Progress

A Musical Theater Nerd’s Fight For Progress

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – When Corrinne Greene was in kindergarten, she asked her principal to add “This Land Is Your
6 min read
Jul
30
Cynthia Nixon, Jumaane Williams Endorse Each Other

Cynthia Nixon, Jumaane Williams Endorse Each Other

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerPROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDEN – Cynthia Nixon endorsed Council Member Jumaane Williams for Lieutenant Governor and Williams endorsed Nixon
6 min read