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PS 90 in 2007. By Nicholas Strini/PropertySharkThe 2020 murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd thrust the Movement For Black Lives firmly into the public consciousness. When centuries of anger, frustration, and despair spilled out into the streets, I hoped that our political and civic leaders would finally take
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A rendering of the proposed redevelopment at 991 St. John’s Place in Crown Heights. (Image: PKSB Architects)A developer’s relatively minor request for a zoning code modification at the site of a landmarked Crown Heights church turned into a referendum on the company’s track record at a
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Ashley Crawford art for Black ArtStory / Photo courtesy of Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn PartnershipThe Myrtle Avenue Black ArtStory [https://myrtleavenue.org/blackartstory2021/] is back to celebrate Black History Month in the neighborhood. The art-history-social-justice event is organized every year by the local merchants’ group Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, and this will
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The Associated Supermarket at 975 Nostrand Avenue (Image: Google Maps)After news of the imminent closure of a long-standing Crown Heights supermarket [/crown-heights-supermarket-given-90-days-to-vacate-in-advance-of-redevelopment/] prompted anger and protests, the site’s owner says it plans to open a new supermarket as part a larger, mixed-use development there. The site, 975 Nostrand
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Rebecca Quiñones. Courtesy of ILA.Rebecca Quiñones, a second-grade dual-language Spanish teacher at Ditmas Park’s P.S. 139, has been named an honoree on the International Literacy Association (ILA)’s 30 Under 30 [https://www.literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/communications/literacy-today/ila-2021-30-under-30.pdf?sfvrsn=5279b38e_8] list for 2021.
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A 2016 meeting of the 68th Precinct Community Council in Dyker Heights. (Photo by Benjamin Cohn)Among the bevy of ambitious but often vaguely-defined [https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2021/01/28/lofty-promises-but-few-details-in-de-blasios-final-state-of-the-city-1361089] proposals announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio at his State of the City address
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Since winter break, NYC schools have had to shutter for at least 10 days more than 700 times. Laura Faith Kebede / ChalkbeatBy Amy Zimmer, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/2/3/22264725/nyc-school-closures-covid-disruptions] Maria Nicolai’s fourth grade son did not return to his classroom the week
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Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Errol Stephenson, a 28-year-old male who lives in the Bronx neighborhood
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Tevina Willis, lead community organizer for the nonprofit Red Hook Initiative, listened to officials explain rezoning plans for District 15 at a meeting that was held at P.S. 676.Are you a parent concerned with the future of public school education [https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/
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Medgar Evers College will host a Healthcare Career Hub, Mayor de Blasio announced last week. “In the years ahead, we will make New York City the public health capital of the world,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio in his State of the City Address. “We’re going to create opportunities
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A rendering of the proposed development at 960 Franklin Avenue.The City Planning Commission (CPC) voted on Monday to certify a controversial Crown Heights rezoning proposal [/960-franklin-avenue-project-proposal/] at 960 Franklin Avenue, the Old Spice Factory, allowing the proposal to proceed through the city’s uniform land use review process (ULURP)
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One of Amy ‘Amz’ Collado’s favorite New York staples is a cup of coffee and butter roll from the bodega. When she was thinking of names for her new skate club, the classic food item moniker stuck. Amy Collado/Author photo“I love coffee. And for a dollar, you