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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries speaks as Rep Yvette Clarke looks on. Ben Brachfeld/Bklyner.CADMAN PLAZA – Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Tuesday that the US Postal Service’s controversial planned service changes, including reductions in overtime, guidance to mail carriers to leave some mail behind, and removal of mailboxes and sorting
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EAST FLATBUSH – A 26-year-old man is dead after being shot in the head last night. On Tuesday, August 18 at around 7:20 p.m., cops got a call for a 26-year-old man shot by East 92 Street and Kings Highway. When they arrived, they found him with a gunshot
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MTA officials announced front-door boarding and fare collection on all local and SBS buses will resume Monday, August 31. Photo: Jessie Mislavsky / MTA NYC TransitNo more free bus. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced it will resume front-door boarding and fare collection on all local and SBS buses on
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A torn up car after the crash on Ocean Avenue and Beverly Road. (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – An early morning car crash on Ocean Avenue and Beverly Road has left two people in the hospital, with one in very serious condition. In the month of July alone, there were
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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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Photo by David Ballew [https://unsplash.com/@daveballew?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/school?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Alex Zimmerman, Originally published by Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.
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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
Central Brooklyn
There have been three murders in the last three days in Brooklyn – two at Parkside, and one in East Flatbush. On Friday, August 14 at around 4 p.m., 28-year-old Deshawn Reid was shot right outside his home on Ocean Avenue near Crooke Avenue. He was found unconscious and unresponsive
Arts & Culture
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
Business
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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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] Buttermilk Channel – Just after 1:30 pm today, Thursday, August 13,
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Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability with Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza in the Blue Room at City Hall on Monday, August 10 , 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBy Alex Zimmerman, originally published on Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/8/11/21363943/ilearn-summer-school-nyc-gitches] After the coronavirus