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Erica Wilde waving to her student before dropping off the books. (Photo via Wilde, with permission)BROOKLYN – The coronavirus pandemic closed all schools causing students to take part in distance learning. But learning from home isn’t easy when parents can’t speak English. Fatima Uddin has a son that
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Cops are looking for three suspects involved in two assaults that took place in Red Hook and Brownsville. RED HOOK – On Saturday, April 4 at around 10:15 a.m., an unknown individual approached a 34-year-old employee at Hicks Mega Laundromat, located at 779 Hicks Street. They both engaged in
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A cloudy sky this morning. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Happy Friday! There’s still a coronavirus pandemic so please stay indoors and enjoy your weekend! * As of 5 p.m. last night, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC is 87,725. In Brooklyn, the number is 23,
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Mark Treyger. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – Council Member Mark Treyger is calling on the City to provide public and private employees with at least two weeks of paid sick leave for anyone who’s believed to be sick with the coronavirus. This morning, Treyger sent a letter to Mayor
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A grave being dug at a cemetery in New Jersey. (Photo: Ahmed Ali, used with permission)SUNSET PARK – A funeral home in Sunset Park has been raising money to purchase a refrigerated trailer because it claims “hospitals are running out of space, and are now taking their trailer-filled containers to
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Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Good morning! Coronavirus numbers keep going up, so please continue staying at home! * As of 5:30 p.m. last night, the total number of confirmed cases in NYC is 80,204. In Brooklyn, that number is now 21,580. The number of coronavirus-related
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The Brooklyn Navy Yard where local companies are manufacturing thousands of protective hospital gowns to supply the city’s healthcare worker. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)Passover begins tonight. Chag Pesach Sameach! The coronavirus is still out there, so please continue staying at home. We have had too many
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Dr. Lucy PontrelliCROWN HEIGHTS – Dr. Lucy Pontrelli, 55, has been a doctor for 25 years. Currently, she works in private practice. Though she may not be helping fight the coronavirus battle from an emergency room, the work she does is ever so important. Pontrelli had wanted to be a doctor
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WILLIAMSBURG – On Tuesday, April 6 at around 2:33 a.m., a man was stabbed in the neck and back inside the northbound J train at the Lorimer Street subway station, cops inform us. After the stabbing, the suspect fled the location. The victim remained inside the train until it
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Photo via NYPD.SUNSET PARK – Cops are looking for the man who poured an unknown substance on a woman, which left her with chemical burns on her body. On Sunday, April 5 at around 10:53 p.m., a man approached a 39-year-old woman in front of a building on
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Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeAnother day, another briefing. There’s still a coronavirus pandemic, so please continue staying indoors. Today is World Health Day, a day to honor our healthcare workers. Let’s thank them for all they have done. They are truly our heroes. * As of 5:30
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Photo: COPCPBROOKLYN – Young people have been stepping up and volunteering amid the coronavirus pandemic for weeks now. [/youth-volunteers-coronavirus/] Last week, the City Line Ozone Park Civilian Patrol [https://www.facebook.com/copcp2020/] (COPCP) partnered up with the Islamic Society and Muslim Women’s Educational Initiative at Brooklyn College (ISO/MWEI)