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Kids participate in a Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation youth program. Courtesy of Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation.Mayor de Blasio announced last Sunday [/mayor-de-blasio-announces-cuts-to-policing-change-to-street-vendor-enforcement/] that he planned to cut funding for the NYPD, and to divert part of that funding to the city’s youth and social services. More
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Photo via David L. Bowles, @aquanasium [https://www.instagram.com/aquanasium/], with permission.PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Thousands of people in masks and white clothing rallied outside the Brooklyn Museum and then took part in a silent march for Black transgender lives. Earlier this week, two Black transgender women, Riah Milton from
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Photo via Hercules Reid.EAST FLATBUSH – Hercules Reid, 27, is not a native Brooklynite. He was born and raised upstate and moved to Delaware to attend college. He didn’t move to Brooklyn until 2015. Four years later, he ran to be the next District 45 Council Member but didn’
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Public Notice New York State Attorney General Letitia James Public Hearing Via Video Conference on Police/Public Interactions During Recent Protests Wednesday, June 17th @ 11:00 AM The Office of the Attorney General has been designated by the Governor to investigate interactions between police officers and the public during recent
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MIDWOOD – There will be free COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody testing inside the Pakistani American Youth Society (PAYS) headquarters on the corner of Newkirk and Coney Island Avenues between 6-8 pm tonight. Neighbor Anthony Finkel saw there was a need in the Midwood, Ditmas Park, Kensington community in terms of access
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NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Christina Veiga, Alex Zimmerman, and Reema Amin, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/9/21286091/nyc-schools-fall-carranza-reopen] New York City schools Chancellor Richard Carranza on Tuesday hinted at what restarting schools could look
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Via PS 235 PTA Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/ps235pta/photos/pcb.1693715120767939/1693712927434825/?type=3&theater] .By Ashleigh Garrison, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/9/21285623/brooklyn-principal-hospitalized-covid-19-coronavirus-months-remote-learning-newyork-schools] During his 22-year tenure at a Brooklyn elementary and middle school, principal Larry
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Councilmember Chaim Deutsch (D-Brooklyn) chairs a hearing on veterans, Sept. 17, 2019. William Alatriste/New York City CouncilBy Clifford Michel, originally published in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2020/6/9/21285995/chaim-deutsch-scorches-earth-in-stealth-campaign-to-topple-rep-yvette-clarke] The Brooklyn City Council member circulates apocalyptic video blaming current leaders for New York’s
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Officials announced 213,548 more passengers took buses and subway on Monday, June 8, the first day of Phase 1 reopening of the city, compared to the week before. MTA New York City Transit staff on Sunday, June 7 prepared for the the subway’s safe return as New York
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Photo via Omar Ali, with permission.BROOKLYN – Abdullah Akl is an 18-year-old Egyptian-American. He was born and raised in Brooklyn and moved to Staten Island a few years ago. He used to say the N-word when he hung out with his friends. And then, he stopped. He educated himself, he
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Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)Following 10 days of mostly peaceful protests against police brutality, marred by at times violent clashes between NYPD and the protesters, as well as calls from residents and local politicians to cut NYPD’s budget, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yesterday a
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Photo by Element5 Digital on UnsplashAlex Zimmerman and Reema Amin, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/5/21282156/cuomo-oks-in-person-special-education-this-summer-but-unclear-if-nyc-will-opt-in] It’s not clear if the order will nudge New York City education officials to offer these services face-to-face this summer. School districts throughout New