COVID-19
People wear protective masks at Brooklyn’s Marcy Houses. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Josefa Velasquez, Ann Choi, Claudia Irizarry Aponte, Ese Olumhense, Yoav Gonen, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/05/covid-hospital-case-rate-higher-in-areas-with-public-housing.html] .New York City neighborhoods home to public housing developments logged a 30% higher
Announcements
Volunteering at a food pantry. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)It’s Thursday! The sun is shining and we have some new numbers for you as of this afternoon: * There were 1,087 new confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to the 887 cases from yesterday, bringing the total
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Anna with her son Jesse. (Photo by Jordan Rathkopf, with permission)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – During the coronavirus pandemic, people have been stepping up and helping out their neighbors by raising money, handing out food boxes, along with doing everything in between. And then there is Anna and Jordan Rathkopf. This Bay
Arts & Culture
Jamie Betesh Carter with her daughter. Family photo.Every night when I cozy up to my 11-month-old daughter, I bring out her bin of books and let her pick two for me to read to her at bedtime. Recently, without fail, she grabs “Good Night New York City” and “Good
Business
When Rob Fraley first started developing his app, WhatToOrder, in 2016, he had no way of knowing what the restaurant industry would look like four years later when it would officially launch in 2020. The app, which is not a delivery app or a reservation app itself, aims to level
Business
Southern Brooklyn’s elected officials logged onto Facebook Live [https://www.facebook.com/FrontusAD46/videos/1445852378930428/] Wednesday night to help local business owners struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic. The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce reported that one-third of Brooklyn businesses are at risk of closing permanently [https://www.brooklynchamber.
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerIt’s Wednesday! The coronavirus is still out there, so please remember to practice social distancing and keep wearing a mask. Here are some new numbers as of this afternoon: * There were 887 new confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to the 657 cases from yesterday, bringing
Central Brooklyn
Photo byBill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/handcuffs?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Alexandra H. Smith, Sarah Young, and Michael Pate of the Brooklyn Criminal
Business
The panelists met over Zoom this morning to share support.Early this morning, city restaurateurs, councilmembers, and members of the NYC Hospitality Alliance [https://www.thenycalliance.org/] gathered remotely to spread their support for bills brought before the New York City City Council today. The bills, part of the COVID-19
COVID-19
This morning Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the next installment of open streets [https://bklyner.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nyc-open-streets-2020.pdf] , one short block at a time, and concentrated in the neighborhoods least hit by the coronavirus, from what we can tell. Here are the
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Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.It’s Tuesday! The sun is out and the birds are chirping. The coronavirus is still out there, so please don’t forget to wear a face-covering if you are outside! Here are some new numbers as of this afternoon: * There were 657 new
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerWILLIAMSBURG – A couple was arrested after allegedly shouting anti-Semitic slurs at three Jewish men, while also trying to take off their face covering and blaming them for the coronavirus. The incident is being treated as a hate crime. On Sunday, May 10 at around 8:30 p.