Business
Under a new law that is being introduced by Park Slope Council Member Brad Lander, all employers of a certain size would be required to call back those they laid off due to COVID-19. Lander at the rally in Manhattan.Lander made the announcement at a rally in Manhattan organized
Central Brooklyn
The June 22nd Democratic primary is just a few months away, and all eyes are on the mayor’s race. But there are also several highly competitive races for City Council, Borough President and judicial seats happening in Brooklyn. In the absence of formal polling, contribution numbers can give us
Central Brooklyn
Students at M.S. 51 in Park Slope, Brooklyn streamed into the building, socially distanced and masked. A new federal stimulus bill will send billions of new dollars to New York City schools. Amy Zimmer / ChalkbeatBy Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/16/22334388/nyc-schools-federal-stimulus-billions-learning-loss]
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Josue Pierre, Campaign photo.For those who’ve been involved in local Flatbush civic affairs, Josue Pierre [https://pierre2021.com/] is a familiar face. Pierre, a Haitian immigrant, is the Democratic District Leader for the 42nd Assembly District, and a co-founder of the Shirley Chisholm Democratic Club. He came to
Central Brooklyn
Salimata Zonon works as a home health aide. Every morning she wakes up at 5:30am to go from Brownsville, Brooklyn to Manhattan to take her daughter Jasmine to school. She then travels to the Upper West Side to take care of Rita Asen, 94 her only client. We told
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Chava Sharabani, right, has unsuccessfully pushed for more than a decade to convince her ex-husband to sign a legal Jewish divorce. She appears here with Amber Adler, a City Council candidate who said she had previously struggled with similar issues, and Adler’s two children. (Image: Anna Rathkopf)Chava Sharabani
Arts & Culture
Unite NY Rally on Juneteenth 2020. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)When Brooklyn couple Aja Davis and Molly Ola Pinney read the imperative, “white people, do something!’ in a piece of online artwork around the time of last summer’s protests, they took it quite literally. In the roughly nine months
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Protestors gathered outside Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in East Flatbush on Thursday, March 11th, 2021. (Image: Billy Richling)Several dozen activists, hospital staff and clergy gathered outside Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in East Flatbush on Thursday to demand the state abandon its plan to transform the struggling hospital. One Brooklyn
Bay Ridge
FDNY responding to a fire at a truck repair shop in East Flatbush. (Image: Hillel Lichtenstein)Unfortunately, it’s been a busy few days for Brooklyn’s first responders, with multiple gun violence incidents, a fatal car crash and a fire at a truck repair shop all reported in the
Central Brooklyn
Kenya Handy-HilliardKenya Handy-Hilliard [https://www.kenyaforthepeople.com/] is running in a crowded field to replace the 3.5 term councilmember Mathieu Eugene, who is term-limited after almost 15 years in office. There are currently 12 candidates vying for the seat to represent Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush, and Ditmas Park in
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Edwin Raymond. (Photo via Raymond)Twelve of Brooklyn’s 16 councilmembers are term-limited, and the number of individuals running for office is massive. One of those term-limited is Council Member Mathieu Eugene, who represents District 40— Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Park, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. A
Central Brooklyn
A virtual fundraiser in support of Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr.’s run [https://robertecornegyjr.com/] for Brooklyn Borough President last night featured well-known entertainers Spike Lee and Tracy Morgan—but more importantly, it also included several notable city and state officials, some of whom hadn’t previously made public