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Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Chancellor Richard Carranza sits far left. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Alex Zimmerman and Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/28/21240100/nyc-school-grading-policy-coronavirus] New York City schools will relax normal
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Sheepshead Bay. Liena Zagare/BklynerWhile we are seeing a positive trend in data, with deaths, hospitalizations, and critical care cases going down, the aftershocks of this virus are going to linger for quite some time. For millions across the country, COVID has resulted in a loss of income and employment.
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When quarantine began, Libby Mattern saw an opportunity to help. As the founder of Course of Trade [https://www.courseoftrade.com/information], a nonprofit that teaches industrial sewing skills to needy New Yorkers, and the production runner of Malia Mills [http://maliamills.com/], she knew the capabilities that Brooklyn’s
COVID-19
Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, April 27, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Gabriel Sandoval and Jose Martinez, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/floyd-bennett-field-on-lockdown-as-mta-bus-parking-lot.html] The MTA has begun using Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field as a makeshift bus storage facility — sealing off a
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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/ BklynerThis is one of those moments when you realize you are not in control. You are a child at the top of the Ferris wheel when it stops moving. When it starts swaying you ask your dad, “How do we know it won’t fall?” Our
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A person getting tested for the coronavirus. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)It’s Tuesday! The quarantine is still in effect, but if you are going crazy in your tiny apartments, you can go outside for a walk! Just make sure to wear a face-covering and keep a distance
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Off Their Plate [https://offtheirplate.org/] is working to ease the overwhelming burden placed on both restaurant and hospital workers by the coronavirus pandemic, one $10 meal at a time. Started in Boston in mid-March by founder Natalie Guo, the volunteer-run national grassroots organization has been delivering thousands of what
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Sky above Kensington, Brooklyn. Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBy Christine Chung, Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Ann Choi, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/south-asian-leaders-say-community-covid-toll-undercounted.html] City health officials estimate that 830 New Yorkers of Asian descent have died from coronavirus as of Tuesday, the fewest deaths of any
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Kensington during the pandemic. (Photo via Taslima Akhter, with permission) KENSINGTON/WINDSOR TERRACE – The once vibrant neighborhood filled with chatter and women walking by wearing shalwar kameez with every color in existence, is now a ghost town. People are grieving their loved ones that died [https://twitter.com/ShahanaFromBK/status/
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Photo from @enotecaoncourt on Instagram.The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce held a webinar Monday afternoon, discussing the experience of COVID-19 with local industry owners and experts. The panel, which began at 2:00 pm, featured Melissa Autilio Fleishcut, the President and CEO of the NY State Restaurant Association, Marco Chirico,
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Parkside Av. Liena Zagare/BklynerThis morning Mayor Bill de Blasio said the City will, over the next month – May – “create a minimum of 40 miles of open streets” with the goal “to get up to a hundred miles of those open streets,” though that would depend on how long the
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerHappy Monday! There is still a pandemic, so please continue to stay indoors. Here are some new numbers as of 2 p.m. today: * There were 2,896 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to the 2,628 new cases from Sunday, bringing the total