Central Brooklyn

Oct
06
OPINION: I Wish Our City And Schools Stepped Up For Immigrant Mothers.

OPINION: I Wish Our City And Schools Stepped Up For Immigrant Mothers.

Photo by Kelly Sikkema [https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on
4 min read
Oct
06
Mayor’s Misleading ZIP Code Talk Means Zip

Mayor’s Misleading ZIP Code Talk Means Zip

There has been so much talk of ZIP codes recently. COVID-19 hot spot areas, watch areas, areas where schools are
4 min read
Oct
06
Brooklyn Rabbi’s Family Losses Fuel Personal Quest to Enforce COVID-19 Safety Measures

Brooklyn Rabbi’s Family Losses Fuel Personal Quest to Enforce COVID-19 Safety Measures

Rabbi Robert Blustein of Ocean Parkway Jewish Center in Brooklyn makes sure everyone has a mask — and is wearing it
5 min read
Oct
05
Latest On Brooklyn’s COVID19 Hotspots – 10/5

Latest On Brooklyn’s COVID19 Hotspots – 10/5

Today Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closing of public and private schools for in-person instruction in the affected zip codes
3 min read
Oct
05
Hundreds of Brooklyn Schools Ordered to Close Tomorrow In COVID19 Hot Spots

Hundreds of Brooklyn Schools Ordered to Close Tomorrow In COVID19 Hot Spots

Earlier today Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that public and private schools in COVID-19 hotspot clusters – those exceeding 3% infection rate
4 min read
Oct
02
Get Involved With Census 2020—There Is Still Some Time Left!

Get Involved With Census 2020—There Is Still Some Time Left!

Photo by Enayet Raheem [https://unsplash.com/@raheemsphoto?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on
2 min read
Oct
02
Postcards In The Park: Appealing To Voters A Different Way

Postcards In The Park: Appealing To Voters A Different Way

At their postcarding event last Saturday where 1,200 postcards were completed. (Photo: Lia Minkoff)PARK SLOPE – Every Saturday for
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Oct
02
A Tree Falls In Brooklyn. Two Months After Isaias, Still There.

A Tree Falls In Brooklyn. Two Months After Isaias, Still There.

The fallen tree. (Photo: Ryan Lynch)DITMAS PARK – Tropical Storm Isaias hit Brooklyn in early August. [/was-brooklyn-prepared-for-tropical-storm-isaias/] It left 22,
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Oct
02
Quanda Francis – A Data Driven, Progressive, Independent Brooklynite for Mayor

Quanda Francis – A Data Driven, Progressive, Independent Brooklynite for Mayor

Quanda Francis, campaign photo.Quanda Francis did not have it easy growing up in Brooklyn [https://quandafrancis.com/meet-the-candidate]. The
4 min read
Oct
02
MTA Renames Two Brooklyn Stations To Recognize Medgar Evers

MTA Renames Two Brooklyn Stations To Recognize Medgar Evers

Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City TransitElected officials, MTA staff, and Medgar Evers College celebrated yesterday two newly renamed
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