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Apr
02
Delivering Food To Seniors Is Only Half The Battle, The Need For Help Is Overwhelming

Delivering Food To Seniors Is Only Half The Battle, The Need For Help Is Overwhelming

Photo by Annie Spratt on UnsplashReceiving phone calls from elderly clients who just want to talk is not unusual for
3 min read
Apr
02
Muslims And Jews Struggle To Observe Burial Traditions As Loved Ones Die In The Pandemic

Muslims And Jews Struggle To Observe Burial Traditions As Loved Ones Die In The Pandemic

Imam Ahmed Ali (center, standing) at a janazah at the Marlboro Muslim Memorial Cemetery in New Jersey. (Photo via Ali)
6 min read
Apr
01
Coronavirus School Closures Shorten Spring Break To Just Two Days

Coronavirus School Closures Shorten Spring Break To Just Two Days

NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/
2 min read
Apr
01
Our Government Can And Must End Wholesale Price Gouging. (Opinion)

Our Government Can And Must End Wholesale Price Gouging. (Opinion)

Courtesy of Rick EchevarriaLysol has been a go-to product to fight epidemics since the 1880’s. It was used to
4 min read
Mar
31
Moving In The Age Of Coronavirus – More Folks Are Staying Put

Moving In The Age Of Coronavirus – More Folks Are Staying Put

NYC Great Movers team wearing face masks. Courtesy of NYC Great Movers.Moving house is a strenuous, logistically complex process
4 min read
Mar
31
Feeding The Hungry: Free Meals For Homebound Elderly

Feeding The Hungry: Free Meals For Homebound Elderly

Photo: MCPSBROOKLYN – Before the coronavirus pandemic, Muslim Community Patrol and Services (MCPS) [/muslim-community-patrol-services/] prepared and distributed 150 hot meals to
3 min read
Mar
31
Boro Park Man Hoarded Medical Supplies, Coughed On FBI Agents

Boro Park Man Hoarded Medical Supplies, Coughed On FBI Agents

BORO PARK – A man was arrested by the FBI for allegedly coughing on the agents and lying about hoarding ‘scarce
2 min read
Mar
31
ER Doctors At SUNY Downstate Are Taking It One Day At A Time: “I don’t look till tomorrow. I think that will break all of us.”

ER Doctors At SUNY Downstate Are Taking It One Day At A Time: “I don’t look till tomorrow. I think that will break all of us.”

As the coronavirus pandemic burns through Brooklyn, nearly every bed in SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s emergency department is dedicated
4 min read
Mar
31
Brooklyn is Preparing for Virtual Seders During the Pandemic

Brooklyn is Preparing for Virtual Seders During the Pandemic

Photo by Erica Sherman/BklynerThe holidays are about connecting. From services, where dozens pray side-by-side and touch their siddur, or
3 min read
Mar
27
$50 Million Needed To Help Emergency Food Programs

$50 Million Needed To Help Emergency Food Programs

New York City’s emergency food programs are being hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with approximately 32% already closed,
1 min read