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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 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]

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/] 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

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, 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

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 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

‘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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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