Bushwick
Bushwick resident and former restaurant Kendra Avila’s unemployment benefits are calculated without her tips, making her even more reliant on the $600 weekly check. | Jose Martinez/THE CITYBy Cara Eisenpress and Greg David, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/7/8/21318152/new-york-city-jobless-600-pandemic-unemployment-assistance] in THE CITY Despite being
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Element5 Digital on UnsplashBy Justin Krebs A 9-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio. Small groups of kids working together consistently. Loads of outside time. Taking advantage of a city beyond school walls. A reduction in standardized testing. Enough flexibility to allow different families to work with different schedules. If I heard
East New York
EAST NY – During a wellness check, cops found a 64-year-old man dead with trauma to his body. On Tuesday, July 7 at around 1:47 p.m., cops were called to a wellness check at a building on Schenck Avenue near Stanley Avenue, where they fund a 64-year-old man dead
Announcements
The internet. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – In a time where New Yorkers need access to the internet more than ever, the city will be accelerating broadband internet deployment in all five boroughs in an effort to connect 600,000 underserved people to jobs, training, education, mental health supports, and
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – A 27-year-old man was found dead inside his bathroom last night. On Monday, July 6 at around 7:30 p.m., cops found Josiah Forde unconscious and unresponsive inside the bathroom in his home on Hull Street near Broadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene. As of now,
Central Brooklyn
Nina. Photo courtesy of Nina.Three years ago, after a car accident left her contemplating the possibility that she might die without anyone knowing her true gender identity, Nina (not her real name) finally decided to come out as a transgender woman. She made the announcement during a family reunion,
East New York
The city announced today that the following areas in Brooklyn will be part of the first set of seasonal efforts to reduce mosquito populations across the city. Larviciding treatments will be dropped from low flying helicopters across marshes and wetland areas of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island from
Cypress Hills
Houses on Drew Street. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Afiya Lahens, Niani Taylor and Albert Scott Jr. In 2008, Barack Obama was elected President of the United States with hopes and promises of a better tomorrow. Many naively believed Obama’s election single handedly ended racism and the American dream was truly
Central Brooklyn
BUSHWICK – Cops are looking for a man who demanded a sexual act from a woman and then forced her hands on his private parts. On Wednesday, June 17 at around 12:15 a.m., a 29-year-old woman was walking to a local bodega on the corner of Cooper Street and
Big Story
Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBROOKLYN – At the end of May, it was announced that through a federal relief effort, the state was approved to disperse the Coronavirus Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer or P-EBT. The sweeping program [https://otda.ny.gov/news/2020/2020-05-12.asp] would automatically send families the
Central Brooklyn
The results trickling in from the city Board of Elections for Tuesday’s primary election show many races too close to call. We are unlikely to know the final results for a while, possibly weeks, because of the abnormally high number of absentee voters this year due to coronavirus. This
Announcements
BROOKLYN – Summer is finally here! After months of quarantine, the Mayor announced that beaches will be opening on July 1. He also announced the expansion of Cool It! NYC, a plan to help New Yorkers beat the heat this summer. The Wall Street Journal broke the story [https://www.wsj.