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Mar
17
NYC schools could get $4.5 billion in federal aid. The big question is how to spend it.

NYC schools could get $4.5 billion in federal aid. The big question is how to spend it.

Students at M.S. 51 in Park Slope, Brooklyn streamed into the building, socially distanced and masked. A new federal
6 min read
Mar
16
Meet Josue Pierre: Running To Represent Flatbush In City Council

Meet Josue Pierre: Running To Represent Flatbush In City Council

Josue Pierre, Campaign photo.For those who’ve been involved in local Flatbush civic affairs, Josue Pierre [https://pierre2021.com/
11 min read
Mar
16
OPINION: Essential Workers Supported Us This Year, Now We Must Support Them

OPINION: Essential Workers Supported Us This Year, Now We Must Support Them

Salimata Zonon works as a home health aide. Every morning she wakes up at 5:30am to go from Brownsville,
4 min read
Mar
15
Orthodox Women Rally to Break the Chains of Unwanted Marriage, Using Social Media As a Bolt Cutter

Orthodox Women Rally to Break the Chains of Unwanted Marriage, Using Social Media As a Bolt Cutter

Chava Sharabani, right, has unsuccessfully pushed for more than a decade to convince her ex-husband to sign a legal Jewish
5 min read
Mar
12
‘White People. DOING Something’ Wants You to Have the Hard Conversations

‘White People. DOING Something’ Wants You to Have the Hard Conversations

Unite NY Rally on Juneteenth 2020. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)When Brooklyn couple Aja Davis and Molly Ola Pinney read
5 min read
Mar
11
Protestors Call for Cancellation of Kingsbrook Hospital Consolidation

Protestors Call for Cancellation of Kingsbrook Hospital Consolidation

Protestors gathered outside Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in East Flatbush on Thursday, March 11th, 2021. (Image: Billy Richling)Several dozen
4 min read
Mar
11
Crime & Safety Roundup: East Flatbush Fire, Gowanus Expressway Crash

Crime & Safety Roundup: East Flatbush Fire, Gowanus Expressway Crash

FDNY responding to a fire at a truck repair shop in East Flatbush. (Image: Hillel Lichtenstein)Unfortunately, it’s been
3 min read
Mar
11
Q&A With Kenya Handy-Hilliard On Her Run For City Council District 40

Q&A With Kenya Handy-Hilliard On Her Run For City Council District 40

Kenya Handy-HilliardKenya Handy-Hilliard [https://www.kenyaforthepeople.com/] is running in a crowded field to replace the 3.5 term councilmember
10 min read
Mar
10
Q&A With Edwin Raymond On His Run For City Council District 40

Q&A With Edwin Raymond On His Run For City Council District 40

Edwin Raymond. (Photo via Raymond)Twelve of Brooklyn’s 16 councilmembers are term-limited, and the number of individuals running for
7 min read
Mar
10
Cornegy Locks in Support from Establishment Democrats in Borough President Race

Cornegy Locks in Support from Establishment Democrats in Borough President Race

A virtual fundraiser in support of Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr.’s run [https://robertecornegyjr.com/] for Brooklyn Borough President
2 min read