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Blackout in Mill Basin, July 21, 2019 (Photo: Todd Maisel/Bklyner)“We’re about to get into the warm weather in a serious way, starting today and this weekend. And that means summer’s around the corner and that’s a whole new reality,” Mayor said this morning, addressing City’
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Anna with her son Jesse. (Photo by Jordan Rathkopf, with permission)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – During the coronavirus pandemic, people have been stepping up and helping out their neighbors by raising money, handing out food boxes, along with doing everything in between. And then there is Anna and Jordan Rathkopf. This Bay
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When Rob Fraley first started developing his app, WhatToOrder, in 2016, he had no way of knowing what the restaurant industry would look like four years later when it would officially launch in 2020. The app, which is not a delivery app or a reservation app itself, aims to level
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Photo byBill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/handcuffs?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Alexandra H. Smith, Sarah Young, and Michael Pate of the Brooklyn Criminal
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BROOKLYN – There were six deaths in five days in the borough. Four of them were murders, and two are yet to be determined. We wrote on Monday about two that occurred on Mother’s Day [/weekend-crime-blotter-two-murders-on-mothers-day-serial-sexual-abuser-arrested-and-more/] , and now there are three more. According to NYPD data [https://compstat.nypdonline.org/
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Campaign photoThis June 23 is the Democratic primary, which in most NYC districts is the actual election as residents vote overwhelmingly for the individual on the Democratic ticket in the general election.Justin Cohen [https://www.justincohen2020.com/] is running against Stefani Zinerman to represent Bed-Stuy and Northern Crown Heights
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Photo via the Hanif sisters.KENSINGTON – Shahana and Sabia Hanif are two Bangladeshi-American sisters who call Kensington their home. Both are active in the community in their own ways. Sabia is a talented henna artist who is now on her personal journey to get closer to God. And Shahana is
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via NYCHAThese job listings are provided as public service to help as many of our neighbors as we can find temporary or permanent income. Not all jobs require education. Please share widely: H+H Contact Tracers [https://bachrachgroup.com/covid-19-jobs/]: > We’re hiring 2,500 contact tracers by early
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Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza speaks at a news conference at the Office of Emergency Management about the Coronavirus, March 2, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Greg B. Smith, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/05/how-nyc-schools-officials-played-down-the-covid-19-threat.html] . After Mayor Bill de Blasio shut down the city’
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BRIGHTON BEACH – This past Sunday, May 10, shortly before 8 am, police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious man inside of 3064 Brighton 3 Street. They found a 41-year-old man with stab wounds to his torso, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The Medical Examiner will determine
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Photo via Operation Feed Brooklyn.BROOKLYN – Operation Feed Brooklyn [https://www.operationfeedbrooklyn.com/] is yet another great local initiative that organizes meal deliveries from local restaurants to those who need it, funded through donations. So far more than 12,000 meals, 8,500 coffees, and 1,500 snacks have been
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Navy Yard. Liena Zagare/BklynerCOVID-19 pandemic has shown the world just how harsh the inequalities in our society are. Communities that were already suffering from lack of healthcare, adequate nutrition, and lived in overcrowded residences in polluted parts of the city [https://www.pnas.org/content/116/13/6001] have