Announcements
Via Governor Cuomo’s office.Updated throughout the day. Good morning! Here’s the latest on Coronavirus. New numbers are expected to come in at 6 p.m.: * Last night, over 7,500 New Yorkers were tested for the coronavirus. And 1,871 new positive cases were found. The total
Business
Brooklyn is rich in small businesses. But small businesses aren’t rich. Coronavirus is threatening the livelihoods of bars and restaurants, which have been shuttered to avoid spreading the virus. But another category of the small businesses that power the Brooklyn economy are personal service businesses like beauty parlors and
Business
We, like you, are still trying to figure out how to navigate this new reality we’ve found ourselves in. There are a lot of uncertainties, but one thing we know for certain is that we love our local restaurants and we want to support them in any and all
brownsville
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerThe New York State presidential primary election is scheduled for April 28. That would be less than a week before the projected peak of the Coronavirus crisis [/brooklyn-coronavirus-briefing-march-17-social-distancing-on-st-patricks-day/] in New York, according to predictions by Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier this week. Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Ohio
COVID-19
By now, many New Yorkers are doing their best to social distance to keep from getting coronavirus. But how do you do that if you’re behind bars? Cramped quarters means sickness spreads quickly in prisons, jails and detention centers. Yesterday an officer at Rikers Island tested positive for coronavirus,
brownsville
A Kingsbrook ambulance heads toward the hospital after picking up someone from a bus on Nostrand Avenue, March 18, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Josefa Velasquez, Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Yoav Gonen, originally published in THE CITY on 03/18/2020 [https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/brooklyn-hospitals-planned-shrinkage-paused-to-tackle-virus.html] . A
Business
We, like you, are still trying to figure out how to navigate this new reality we’ve found ourselves in. There are a lot of uncertainties, but one thing we know for certain is that we love our local restaurants and we want to support them in any and all
COVID-19
Updated throughout the day. * The numbers are hard to keep up. In NYC cases are up from 814 (157 in Brooklyn) to 1,339 (Brooklyn numbers have not been released, and it does not look like the Mayor will have a briefing today). That is an increase of 695 cases,
Announcements
Photo by Macau Photo Agency on UnsplashAs of today, if you get quarantined as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19), you will get paid leave for the duration of the quarantine. The Senate today passed S 8091 [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s8091], which takes effect immediately. What does
Big Story
Hassan Iqbal buttoning up his thobe before going to the masjid. (Photo via Avery Leigh White)MIDWOOD/KENSINGTON – Being a cab driver in NYC was never easy. It takes a certain kind of grit to sit in one place for 12 hours a time, seven days a week. Now multiply
Borough Park
Multiple sects across Brooklyn’s Haredi community have begun shutting down synagogues, schools, and other institutions after being ordered to by community leaders and representatives. The orders came after hundreds of confirmed cases of the coronavirus were reportedly found in several neighborhoods with large Haredi populations, including Crown Heights, Williamsburg,
COVID-19
PS 132 Photo courtesy of Ben WeissA teacher at P.S. 132, an elementary school in Williamsburg, tested positive for coronavirus this past weekend, a day before Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that all city schools will be closed until at least April 20th. “I am writing to inform you