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New York State Department of Labor released September employment data today showing that unemployment in Brooklyn fell to 14.1% from 16.5% in August. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var e in a.
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Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] BROWNSVILLE – A 22-year-old man was shot multiple times and killed over
Central Brooklyn
As over 200 people piled into a virtual rally on Oct. 15, emotions rang high. Students, teachers, council members, and more voiced their concerns for the proposed budget cuts of Learning To Work (LTW) [https://camba.org/programs/learning-to-work/], a program that helps support and re-engage students who have dropped
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Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] CANARSIE – A 19-year-old boy was shot and killed as he was
Central Brooklyn
First Lady Chirlane McCray and Chancellor Richard Carranza join school leadership at the Parkside School to highlight the work being done to support students’ social and emotional wellbeing as they start the new school year on Friday, October 2, 2020 Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBy Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York
Central Brooklyn
Karina Torres could lose out on a paid internship that has helped her family stay afloat if new funding cuts are approved. Courtesy of Karina Torres (Via Chalkbeat)By Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/10/13/21515137/transfer-school-yabc-cuts] Not long after the coronavirus began tearing
brownsville
Brother Paul Muhammad (right) and his son, Chris. Jeff Winter/BklynerActivists, advocates, and elected officials stood in the wet cold outside City Hall Tuesday morning, October 13, calling to abolish New York City’s tax lien sale. The rain was appropriate, organizer Albert Scott said, “These are the tears of
Central Brooklyn
BRIGHTON BEACH – Cops are looking for a man they believe was involved in a burglary early last month. On Tuesday, September 8 at around 5:10 p.m., a man entered Taqueria El Buen Gusto through an unlocked basement door, located on Neptune Avenue near Brighton 5th Street. According to
Central Brooklyn
An ad on a LinkNYC kiosk in Crown Heights warns Brooklyn voters about faulty absentee ballots. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Greg B. Smith, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/10/11/21511828/brooklyn-absentee-ballot-election-trump-refund] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Calls are growing for the city to take action
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BROWNSVILLE – One person is dead and three are injured after a shooting that took place last night around 10:40 p.m. According to the NYPD, four men were shot on Hegeman Avenue near Osborn Street. One of them was found with a gunshot wound to the chest, and died
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Ocean Parkway (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)We are already a week into October! We wish we had some good news, but coronavirus cases are rising again. Some neighborhoods in “red zones” in certain zip codes are starting to be shut down. [/latest-on-southern-brooklyns-covid-cluster-return-to-lockdown/]Our editor and publisher Liena Zagare wrote an
Central Brooklyn
In mid-March, a $700 million state plan to restructure three central Brooklyn hospitals was put on hold [https://www.thecity.nyc/health/2020/3/18/21210431/brooklyn-hospitals-planned-shrinkage-paused-to-tackle-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR1Zl639xFjACnHxj1kGqmCOSwgVjl7UYcKqDls3CtviA13eLsYYfXURezU] to ensure the institutions could accommodate the soaring number of coronavirus patients showing up at their doors. Now, the plan to