COVID-19

Feb
24
Letter To The Editor: Rethinking Brooklyn Hospital Consolidation

Letter To The Editor: Rethinking Brooklyn Hospital Consolidation

Dear Ms. Zagare, I want to thank you for the coverage in Bklyner you have dedicated to the transformation of
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Feb
23
Brooklyn’s Largest Vaccine Site, At Medgar Evers College, Opens Wednesday

Brooklyn’s Largest Vaccine Site, At Medgar Evers College, Opens Wednesday

Governor Andrew Cuomo at Medgar Evers College on Monday. (Image: Governor’s office)A mass vaccination site at Medgar Evers
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Feb
19
First Lady Chirlane McCray Tells Canarsie Vaccine Site Workers: “You are Loved”

First Lady Chirlane McCray Tells Canarsie Vaccine Site Workers: “You are Loved”

Chirlane McCray, center left, visits a Canarsie vaccination site. Around her, from left to right, are Department of Health First
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Feb
19
East Brooklyn Mutual Aid Needs Help Funding Food Deliveries

East Brooklyn Mutual Aid Needs Help Funding Food Deliveries

East Brooklyn Mutual Aid volunteers./ Photo Provided by Natasha SantosThe East Brooklyn Mutual Aid (EMBA) [https://www.eastbrooklynmutualaid.org/about]
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Feb
18
Advocates Urge Politicians To Bring Vaccines To North Brooklyn Elderly

Advocates Urge Politicians To Bring Vaccines To North Brooklyn Elderly

NYCHA vaccination site at Nostrand Houses in Brooklyn on Friday, February 12, 2021. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeThe slow rollout
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Feb
18
New Guidance From DOH – Double Mask Up!

New Guidance From DOH – Double Mask Up!

Dr. Dave A. Chokshi, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. City Hall. Thursday, February
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Feb
18
Here’s how NYC will admit students to ‘gifted’ programs for 2021

Here’s how NYC will admit students to ‘gifted’ programs for 2021

Photo by Kelly Sikkema [https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on
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Feb
17
Parents And Educators Brace For Exodus From The Department of Education

Parents And Educators Brace For Exodus From The Department of Education

Mayor Bill de Blasio at City Hall. Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.When Bay Ridge
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Feb
17
Masbia’s Brooklyn Soup Kitchens To Double in Size To Meet Unprecedented Demand

Masbia’s Brooklyn Soup Kitchens To Double in Size To Meet Unprecedented Demand

A line forms outside Masbia’s Borough Park location in May 2020. (Image: Alexander Rapaport/Masbia)Masbia, the Borough Park-based
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Feb
16
City Releases Vaccine Data By Zip, Shows Least Hit Neighborhoods Getting Vaccinated Faster

City Releases Vaccine Data By Zip, Shows Least Hit Neighborhoods Getting Vaccinated Faster

This morning NYC DOH released current vaccination data by zip code, and – no surprise – the neighborhoods that were least hit
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