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Sep
24
Gravesend/Homecrest at 6.0% COVID Infection Rate, Southern BK above 3%, City Threatens Localized Restrictions

Gravesend/Homecrest at 6.0% COVID Infection Rate, Southern BK above 3%, City Threatens Localized Restrictions

Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography OfficeFollowing the closure of two Yeshivas [/two-yeshivas-shut-down-amid-coronavirus-spike-in-southern-brooklyn/] (undisclosed) by the City’s Department of Health (DOH)
1 min read
Sep
22
URGENT: Cases Triple In Ocean Parkway Cluster, Williamsburg, City Worries About Increase Community Transmission

URGENT: Cases Triple In Ocean Parkway Cluster, Williamsburg, City Worries About Increase Community Transmission

Via NYC DOH [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data-recent.page]We just received an email from the NYC
2 min read
Aug
31
Concern and Frustration Over Lack of Detail on School Reopening Worry Southern Brooklyn Parents and Educators

Concern and Frustration Over Lack of Detail on School Reopening Worry Southern Brooklyn Parents and Educators

BAY RIDGE/CONEY ISLAND –  Last Thursday night some 60 residents Zoomed into the Southern Brooklyn Community Roundtable on School Reopening,
4 min read
Aug
17
EXCLUSIVE: School District 20 Superintendent Karina Costantino To Retire

EXCLUSIVE: School District 20 Superintendent Karina Costantino To Retire

District 20 Outgoing Superintendent Carina Kostantino with schoolchildren [https://www.facebook.com/CECDistrict20/photos/a.1217949231635561/1217953831635101/?type=1&
6 min read
Aug
10
Elderly Asian Woman Was Lit On Fire In Bensonhurst, Not A Hate Crime?

Elderly Asian Woman Was Lit On Fire In Bensonhurst, Not A Hate Crime?

Treyger speaking at the press conference this afternoon. (Photo via Treyger’s office)BENSONHURST – Following months of hateful harassment of
4 min read
Jul
30
Luxury Affordable Housing in the Heart of Downtown Brooklyn

Luxury Affordable Housing in the Heart of Downtown Brooklyn

250 Ashland Place Studio Apartment. Courtesy of The Ashland.The Ashland at 250 Ashland Place [https://www.ashlandmiddleincome.com/?utm_
3 min read
Apr
23
Domestic Workers Help Others Even As They Face An Uncertain Future Themselves

Domestic Workers Help Others Even As They Face An Uncertain Future Themselves

Members of the WJP women’s committee sewing face masks. Courtesy of WJP.Analilia Leon is a domestic worker who
5 min read
Apr
20
State’s Deadliest Nursing Homes List Omits Hundreds Of Fatalities

State’s Deadliest Nursing Homes List Omits Hundreds Of Fatalities

Councilmember Mark Treyger.By Josefa Velasquez, Yoav Gonen and Ann Choi.  Additional Reporting By Ese Olumhense, Originally published in THE
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Apr
09
Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Mourns Loss Of Two Priests, Tries To Lift Congregants’ Spirits

Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Mourns Loss Of Two Priests, Tries To Lift Congregants’ Spirits

St. Athanasius Church in Bensonhurst. Courtesy of St. Athanasius.The past few weeks have been difficult for everyone. The coronavirus
4 min read
Apr
03
Man Detained By ICE In Violent Brooklyn Raid Is Free Pending Deportation Hearing

Man Detained By ICE In Violent Brooklyn Raid Is Free Pending Deportation Hearing

Gaspar Avendaño-Hernández was released from ICE custody during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Courtesy of Cruz FamilyBy Claudia Irizarry Aponte, Originally
4 min read