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Jul
10
How To Stay Safe During Tropical Storm Fay

How To Stay Safe During Tropical Storm Fay

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN – Tropical Storm Fay is here! It is expected to be windy and rain all day today
3 min read
Jul
09
How 25 People Served 426 Years In Prison For Crimes They Did Not Commit

How 25 People Served 426 Years In Prison For Crimes They Did Not Commit

Photo by Bill Oxford on UnsplashBROOKLYN – “Brian and I were born just one year apart and raised in Brooklyn by
4 min read
Jul
09
New York Jobless Face New Woes With End of $600 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

New York Jobless Face New Woes With End of $600 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

Bushwick resident and former restaurant Kendra Avila’s unemployment benefits are calculated without her tips, making her even more reliant
6 min read
Jul
09
Uncertainty And Lack Of Leadership Takes School Reopening From Hopeful to Terrifying. OPINION

Uncertainty And Lack Of Leadership Takes School Reopening From Hopeful to Terrifying. OPINION

Photo by Element5 Digital on UnsplashBy Justin Krebs A 9-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio. Small groups of kids working together consistently. Loads
4 min read
Jul
08
NYC Public Schools Plan To Reopen On Part-Time Basis

NYC Public Schools Plan To Reopen On Part-Time Basis

(Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – NYC public schools are planning on reopening on a part-time basis in the
4 min read
Jul
07
NYC To Expand Internet For Low-Income Families

NYC To Expand Internet For Low-Income Families

The internet. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – In a time where New Yorkers need access to the internet more than
3 min read
Jul
07
“All Black lives matter” – A Black Trans Woman Navigates the Black Lives Matter-COVID Era

“All Black lives matter” – A Black Trans Woman Navigates the Black Lives Matter-COVID Era

Nina. Photo courtesy of Nina.Three years ago, after a car accident left her contemplating the possibility that she might
6 min read
Jul
06
Fatal Fire Kills Two In Flatbush, Including 12 Year Old Boy

Fatal Fire Kills Two In Flatbush, Including 12 Year Old Boy

Shortly before 2 am this Monday, July 6, morning a deadly fire started inside of 30 Linden Boulevard in Flatbush.
1 min read
Jul
06

Neighbor Mariya Ursachenko Killed In Sunday’s Crash In Midwood

MIDWOOD – Yesterday evening’s multiple car crash has killed neighbor Mariya Ursachenko, 58, a block from her home. Sunday, July
1 min read
Jul
06
B99 Is Brooklyn’s Latest Bus Route Connecting Midwood To Manhattan’s Westside

B99 Is Brooklyn’s Latest Bus Route Connecting Midwood To Manhattan’s Westside

MTA New York City Transit demonstrates prototypes of permanent protective barriers at the Bus Operator’s position on local and
3 min read