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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerThe month of June has finally ended and we are now in July! The coronavirus pandemic is still out there, so please continue to wear face coverings and keep a distance. * Emergency personnel are currently on scene of a building collapse at Court Street & Union Street
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Outdoor dining in Park Slope. Ellie Plass, Bklyner.This morning Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo announced their decision to hold off on reopening indoor dining at local restaurants, originally scheduled to start next week. The announcement came on the heels of reports of cases spiking in many
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Whitney Hu. (Rathkopf Photography [https://www.rathkopf.com/], with permission) SUNSET PARK/RED HOOK – Whitney Hu, 29, announced her run for District 38 in City Council in March. A week later, the pandemic shut down the city. She put her campaign on pause and thought about stopping it right there.
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A small business with a Black Lives Matter sign on its doors. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)It’s the last day of June! We hope July brings you lots of happiness and peace. And we hope we can get back to some sort of normal. * The coronavirus death toll drops
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The MTA is deploying a dozen vending machines at 10 subway stations allowing customers to buy Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE). The new machines, part of a pilot program, will offer reusable face masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, and sanitizing wipes. Photo: Marc Herman / MTA NYC TransitThe MTA is piloting a
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Jersey shore looks tempting for a New York resident.Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced earlier today that those coming to New York from California, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, and Tennessee now also have to quarantine for 14 days. “As an increasing number of states around the country fight
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Mayor Bill de Blasio visits the site of the Brooklyn Black Lives Matter mural. Joralemon Street, Brooklyn. Friday, June 26, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.It’s finally Friday! The school is over for public school students across NYC! We hope you have a wonderful and relaxing weekend.
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Flatbush Library, file photo. Liena Zagare/BklynerBrooklyn Public Library (BPL) along with New York Public Library and Queens Public Library announced yesterday plans to start reopening some of its branches [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/nyc-public-libraries-0?fbclid=IwAR27Op-UGI9sHudgXaB9bop-SbFjSxUT0P2UubTl9CmilY90HxCrTIl8lhI] starting Monday, July 13 for limited service. The library has devised
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Mama Falcon visits her baby chicks atop the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Bridge on Wed., May 21, 2020, where Chris Nadareski examines and applies tracking bands to new peregrine falcons that have hatched in a nest built atop the structure for them. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityIt’s Thursday! We took a
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Removed basketball hoop at St. Andrew’s Playground on the corner of Atlantic Ave. and Kingston Ave. Curtis Brodner/BklynerIt was almost exactly three months ago [/basketball-hoops-coronavirus-brooklyn/] that Mayor Bill de Blasio instructed the Parks department to remove hoops from some 80 playgrounds in hopes to reduce the spread of
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Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his executive budget at City Hall, April 25, 2019. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Greg David, This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/6/24/21302298/de-blasio-layoffs-new-york-city-taxes-budget] on Jun 24 by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Uncertainties over everything from property tax
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Barber shops are now open! (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) It’s Wednesday! The weather is beautiful outside. Please remember to keep wearing face-covering when outside and keep a distance. * There were 292 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to the 331 cases from yesterday. There were