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By Jill Marshall, single parent of two elementary school kids in Greenwood Heights Like most parents these days, I’ve acquired a myriad of new day jobs on top of the already crowded plate I balanced carefully before COVID-19 barreled into our lives last spring. I am now the administrator
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Dine In Park Slope [https://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com/event/dine-in-park-slope-2/], now in its third year running, holds a slightly heavier weight than usual. With restaurants, especially small, locally run restaurants, struggling to weather a pandemic, businesses need every bit of help they can get. Mark Caserta, the Executive Director of the
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Since last fall my youngest son has been ready to go to school just like his big brother. Even before he turned three he was working on his self-portrait. He’s been practicing writing his name. And it breaks my heart every day when he says, “I’m going to
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Bradberry in Boro Park, Aziza MirtalipovaBy Aziza Mirtalipova, employee at Breadberry When the ceiling came down in the Breadberry supermarket in Brooklyn’s Jewish neighborhood, it was just one more devastating blow to a community already ravaged by COVID-19. But amid this tragedy – just as this community has done countless
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Brian Villanueva and Autumn Moultrie of Back Alley BreadIt started with an edible green called Amaranth. With a burst of purplish-red at the center of each leaf, amaranth is found at markets across New York’s many Chinatowns, and its nutrient-dense seeds are cooked and eaten like a grain. The
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Back in January and February, the Fort Hamilton Army commissary was able to get eggs for just about $1 a dozen from Hillandale Farms, however, as the shutdown was announced across the city, the price for eggs tripled. The dozen white extra-large eggs cost $1.18 on March 11, by
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Bushwick small business owners and community members rally in support of commercial rent relief. Photo by Sam Rappaport/Bklyner.Dozens of Bushwick’s small business owners and community members gathered at Wyckoff Plaza, Thursday, August 8, to rally behind efforts to relieve commercial tenants of their rent burdens. “Now that
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“We need smart public investment and outside-the-box thinking to meet this moment. It’s time for a comprehensive strategy to infuse local economies with aid, provide tax relief to small businesses, cut red tape, and modernize our infrastructure to support New Yorkers working and raising families in our new normal,
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Caption: Darren Tomasso (left) leads a fitness class in Dumbo. Photo courtesy of Darren Tomasso.Gyms are gone, and we don’t know when they’re coming back. But that’s not stopping Brooklyn residents from finding other ways of staying in shape. Gym rats, now without a home, are
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Outdoor dining on Park Slope’s 5th Avenue. Ellie Plass, Bklyner.Open Streets have popped up all around the city, designed to help restaurants and other businesses (as well as residents) weather this pandemic with a little more outdoor space. The program, which was introduced by Mayor Bill de Blasio,
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Restaurant owners operating in Brooklyn, and even all across America, haven’t had many reasons to be optimistic lately. Government pandemic assistance has largely fallen flat, predictions about closings are bleak, and regular customers are lower than ever on extra spending money. It’s understandable that many in the industry
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Warehouses in Brooklyn’s Industry City | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Greg David, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/7/30/21348752/brooklyn-industry-city-waterfront-development-housing-gentrification] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] A Brooklyn City Council member’s decision to oppose an expansion of Industry City that promised 20,000 new jobs