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Photo by Macau Photo Agency on UnsplashAs of today, if you get quarantined as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19), you will get paid leave for the duration of the quarantine. The Senate today passed S 8091 [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s8091], which takes effect immediately. What does
Business
We, like you, are still trying to figure out how to navigate this new reality we’ve found ourselves in. There are a lot of uncertainties, but one thing we know for certain is that we love our local restaurants and we want to support them in any and all
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By Gabriel Sandoval, Originally published in THE CITY on March 18 Rick Echevarría visited dozens of Brooklyn stores in recent days, asking owners to sign a pledge promising they wouldn’t price gouge during the coronavirus pandemic. As he collected “about 40” signatures at delis, bodegas and 99-cent stores along
Arts & Culture
Businesses across the city are closing their doors as coronavirus spreads, with all non-essential businesses expected to shut down. But bookstores are essential to many of us, and two Latina-owned bookstores in Brooklyn are finding ways to connect with their customers through bike deliveries and their online sales. Cafe con
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To start, we’d like to wish you all a Happy St. Patrick’s Day and wish you well. Most Brooklyn neighborhoods are an eerie sight today. With most things closed, sidewalks and stores are increasingly empty as people start to practice social distancing. New York’s restaurants and bars
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Grocery shelves. Liena Zagare/BklynerBROOKLYN — A host of Brooklyn lawmakers called on Mayor Bill de Blasio Monday to implement new retail guidelines to protect the city’s most vulnerable as the coronavirus pandemic engulfs the city. In a joint statement, Rep. Max Rose, State Sen. Andrew Gounardes, Councilman Mark Treyger,
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Ajwa grocery. Maria Newsom/BklynerOn ordinary days, the AJWA Grocery at the intersection of Coney Island and Foster Avenues in Midwood, does a lively business. Catering to a largely Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Indian clientele, and a growing Uzbeki community, customers come for the well-stocked shelves of grains, beans and basmati
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Brooklyn. Liena Zagare/BklynerThings are moving very fast and the bottom line is that the city is really shutting down now, and you should stay home if you can, and help out those who need it. Schools are closed today, libraries [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/coronavirus] are closed, restaurants will
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The first Ample Hills Creamery store located at 623 Vanderbilt Avenue, Prospect Heights (Photo: BKLYNER)Brooklyn-based ice-cream chain Ample Hills filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy [https://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/bankruptcy/bankruptcy-basics/chapter-11-bankruptcy-basics] on Sunday, March 15, raising questions about the fate of staff and plans to open a fourteenth
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The re-named New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)By City Council Member Brad Lander It’s time for New York to move much more aggressively to implement social distancing. Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio must work together to order a thoughtful closure of our schools,
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Welcome back to this week’s openings and closings. We expect more places will close at least temporarily as the city self-isolates, in addition to the four Sunset Park restaurants who closed this week citing decreased business from Coronavirus fears. We say hello to a new slice shop and two
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Coney Island Avenue. Liena Zagare/BklynerYesterday, March 9, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced measures to help businesses affected or about to be affected by the coronavirus. The city is asking businesses to carry on, but if possible to allow employees to work remotely, or at stagger the hours so that