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BAY RIDGE – The NYPD needs help looking for a man who broke into a tobacco shop to steal money and energy drinks. On Tuesday, April 21, at around 8 a.m., a man approached Mist Tobacco Shop, located on Third Avenue between 83rd and 84th Streets, and attempted to pry
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Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeToday is Friday. Ramadan Mubarak to all of our Muslim neighbors! May this month bring you peace, happiness, and humility. As of 1:30 p.m. yesterday, here are some new numbers: * There were 3,329 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to
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The Quran. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – At this time last year, streets in Muslim-majority communities were packed. People were buying last-minute food items: a box of dates, a big bottle of Rooh Afza (a syrup that makes the most refreshing drink when mixed with water), and frozen samosas for
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Volunteers Christina Das and John Wasserman volunteering with People in Need. Courtesy of Nowshin Ali.New mutual aid groups, grassroots organizations that operate on the idea that communities can and should care for one another out of solidarity, have been springing up all around Brooklyn since the early days of
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A yellow cab driver in Brooklyn. (Photo via Avery Leigh White)BROOKLYN – State Senator Julia Salazar from Brooklyn, and Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a candidate running for Assembly in Queens are stepping up to help the city’s cab drivers who have been hard hit by the pandemic. Cabbies, whether driving
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Our heroes at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.)Good morning Brooklynites! Today is Earth Day. The weather is a bit windy, so please continue staying indoors. Here are the new numbers as of 1 p.m. Tuesday: * There were 2,407 new positive confirmed
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At the scene of the crime. (Photo via Loudlabs)BED STUY – A 43-year-old man is dead after someone shot him in the head last night. On Monday, April 20 at around 7:30 p.m., cops were called to a shooting outside Sumner Houses on Myrtle Avenue near Stockton Street.
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGood morning! It’s a brand new day. Please take care of yourself and stay indoors! * As of 2:30 p.m. yesterday, there were 2,679 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, bringing the total to 132,467 cases in NYC. In Brooklyn, there are
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Business in Flatbush. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce released the results of a survey today detailing the widespread failure of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), meant to be a lifeline for small businesses during this pandemic. According to their results, 84% of the Brooklyn businesses surveyed had not
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BROOKLYN – All New Yorkers, regardless of their immigration status, are now included in citywide COVID-19 response and relief efforts. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $20 million fund that will assist 20,000 immigrant workers and their families with direct, one-time emergency relief. Last week, stimulus checks from the federal
Arts & Culture
On March 30th, a group of 28 artists based in Gowanus received news that their contract at their studio space, managed through Spaceworks, would be ending. The management company was closing its doors, but informed tenants that the current landlord, PDS Development Corporation, may be willing to negotiate a similar
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerEAST NEW YORK – Cops are looking for the person that shot a New Jersey man to death over the weekend. On Sunday, April 19 at around 8:55 a.m., cops arrived at Pennsylvania Avenue and Linden Boulevard at a gas station to find 33-year-old Michael Ingram