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May
01
Tenants Demand Rent Cancelation For At Least Four Months, #RentStrike

Tenants Demand Rent Cancelation For At Least Four Months, #RentStrike

Brooklyn building. Photo by Anthony Fomin [https://unsplash.com/@aginsbrook?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=
4 min read
May
01
Brooklyn Briefing 5/1: Another Crowded Boro Park Funeral & New Open Streets

Brooklyn Briefing 5/1: Another Crowded Boro Park Funeral & New Open Streets

Oranges at the Campaign Against Hunger food pantry in Brooklyn. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)It’s Friday and
2 min read
Apr
30
67-Year-Old Cyclist ‘Sideswiped’ By MTA Bus & Killed

67-Year-Old Cyclist ‘Sideswiped’ By MTA Bus & Killed

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerEAST FLATBUSH – A cyclist is dead after being sideswiped by an MTA bus on Tuesday. On April
1 min read
Apr
30
Briefing 4/30: Dead Bodies In U-Haul Trucks, Man Stealing Stimulus Checks & More

Briefing 4/30: Dead Bodies In U-Haul Trucks, Man Stealing Stimulus Checks & More

Our heroes. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)Good morning! It’s the last day of April. We hope next
2 min read
Apr
29
Williamsburg Funeral Draws Large Crowds & No Social Distancing

Williamsburg Funeral Draws Large Crowds & No Social Distancing

Funeral of Rabbi Chaim Mertz in Williamsburg. Scott Stein/BklynerWILLIAMSBURG – About 2,500 people gathered on a Williamsburg street last
3 min read
Apr
29
Train Conductor Hero Ben Schaeffer Dies From The Coronavirus

Train Conductor Hero Ben Schaeffer Dies From The Coronavirus

Ben Schaeffer. (Photo via TWU Local 100)MIDWOOD – Longtime community activist and MTA train conductor Benjamin Schaeffer, who once evacuated
2 min read
Apr
29
Briefing 4/29: About 2,500 Mourners At Funeral, Another Cafe Shut Down & Mental Health Hotline Available

Briefing 4/29: About 2,500 Mourners At Funeral, Another Cafe Shut Down & Mental Health Hotline Available

Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds teams conduct a flyover New York City to honor medical workers. (Photo: Michael
2 min read
Apr
28
Tuesday Crime Blotter: Robberies, Assaults & Attempted Murder

Tuesday Crime Blotter: Robberies, Assaults & Attempted Murder

7-Eleven robbery.CANARSIE – Cops are looking for a man in connection to a gunpoint robbery inside a 7-Eleven last month.
3 min read
Apr
28
Briefing 4/28: New Grading Requirements For Students & Another Teacher Dead

Briefing 4/28: New Grading Requirements For Students & Another Teacher Dead

A person getting tested for the coronavirus. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)It’s Tuesday! The quarantine is still
2 min read
Apr
27
Kensington/Windsor Terrace Mutual Aid: “If you need help, ask. If you have something to give, give.”

Kensington/Windsor Terrace Mutual Aid: “If you need help, ask. If you have something to give, give.”

Kensington during the pandemic. (Photo via Taslima Akhter, with permission) KENSINGTON/WINDSOR TERRACE – The once vibrant neighborhood filled with chatter
4 min read