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Eastern Brooklyn

Oct
05
Latest On Brooklyn’s COVID19 Hotspots – 10/5

Latest On Brooklyn’s COVID19 Hotspots – 10/5

Today Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closing of public and private schools for in-person instruction in the affected zip codes
3 min read
Oct
05
Hundreds of Brooklyn Schools Ordered to Close Tomorrow In COVID19 Hot Spots

Hundreds of Brooklyn Schools Ordered to Close Tomorrow In COVID19 Hot Spots

Earlier today Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that public and private schools in COVID-19 hotspot clusters – those exceeding 3% infection rate
4 min read
Oct
05
Six People Hurt In Pitkin Avenue Fire This Morning, Including Four-Year-Old Boy

Six People Hurt In Pitkin Avenue Fire This Morning, Including Four-Year-Old Boy

Fire on Pitkin Avenue early this morning. (Photo: Loudlabs NYC)EAST NEW YORK – A four-year-old boy and five more people
1 min read
Oct
02
Quanda Francis – A Data Driven, Progressive, Independent Brooklynite for Mayor

Quanda Francis – A Data Driven, Progressive, Independent Brooklynite for Mayor

Quanda Francis, campaign photo.Quanda Francis did not have it easy growing up in Brooklyn [https://quandafrancis.com/meet-the-candidate]. The
4 min read
Oct
02
Working to Make Brooklyn’s Indigenous Communities Count

Working to Make Brooklyn’s Indigenous Communities Count

A Mixteca member looks at census fliers in Nahuatl, an Indigenous language. Sophia Lebowitz/BklynerMixteca Organization [http://www.mixteca.org/
4 min read
Oct
01
Absentee Ballot Vendor Donated Over $100k To GOP Campaigns

Absentee Ballot Vendor Donated Over $100k To GOP Campaigns

BROOKLYN – Last month the Board of Elections (BOE) sent out nearly 100,000 absentee ballots with return envelopes that had
3 min read
Sep
30
Four People Shot, Two Dead In Two Shootings

Four People Shot, Two Dead In Two Shootings

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText]
2 min read
Sep
30
Raccoon Vaccination Begins In Brooklyn

Raccoon Vaccination Begins In Brooklyn

The Health Department, along with City agencies, federal and academic partners, is launching its annual effort to vaccinate raccoons against
2 min read
Sep
29
Three People Shot & Killed In Two Separate Monday Shootings

Three People Shot & Killed In Two Separate Monday Shootings

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText]
1 min read
Sep
29
Voters Across Brooklyn Get Absentee Ballot Return Envelopes with Wrong Name and Address

Voters Across Brooklyn Get Absentee Ballot Return Envelopes with Wrong Name and Address

A ballot sent to Brooklyn voterBy Greg B. Smith, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/9/28/21492665/voters-brooklyn-wrong-absentee-ballot-envelopes-presidential-election]
4 min read