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Announcements

MTA Promises Families Of Workers Lost To COVID-19 $500K

Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City TransitBy Jose Martinez, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/mta-promises-families-of-workers-lost-to-covid-19-500k.html] . After being rocked by 59 worker deaths from coronavirus, the MTA has agreed to provide next of kin with a $500,000 lump-sum payment. That’s 10

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NYC’s Teachers Aides Hardest Hit By Coronavirus Deaths

Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/04/13/nycs-teachers-aides-hardest-hit-by-coronavirus-deaths-new-education-department-figures-show/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Christina Veiga on April 13, 2020 After facing mounting pressure to disclose the toll of the coronavirus pandemic on the education department, officials announced Monday

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Tune In To The Holy Week Services (PSA for Catholics)

As we enter into the holiest days on the Christian calendar, the Diocese of Brooklyn is announcing its plans to commemorate the passion and death of Jesus Christ. There are several opportunities to join spiritually together in prayer beginning tonight, Holy Thursday, with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper.

Announcements

An Open Letter to All New Yorkers from the Emergency Department Frontline

This morning NYC Heath+Hospitals shared the following Open Letter to New Yorkers regarding COVID-19 has been signed by over 100 emergency room physicians from hospitals and health systems across the City. Posted here, with most current signers. [https://www.change.org/p/new-yorkers-plea-from-ed-doctors-to-listen-to-covid-19-public-health-advise?recruiter=1073227909&utm_source=share_

Announcements

Drive Through Testing Facility To Open Tomorrow In Flatbush, Walk-In In Brownsville Next Week

Sears in Flatbush. File photo/BklynerGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced five new testing facilities, of which one – a drive-through mobile testing facility – will open at the Sears Parking Lot at 2307 Beverly Road in Flatbush tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. (Its the large lot behind Kings Theater). Next

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NYC Blacks And Hispanics Dying Of COVID-19 At Twice The Rate Of Whites, Asians

Via DOH [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-deaths-race-ethnicity-04082020-1.pdf] .By Yoav Gonen, Ann Choi and Josefa Velasquez, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/nyc-blacks-and-hispanics-dying-of-covid-19-at-twice-the-rate.html] . Black and Latino city residents have died from coronavirus at twice the rate of white or Asian

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City Worries About Unreported Child Abuse And Neglect During “Stay At Home” Order, Urges Residents To Be Vigilant

With the school out, it is even more important for New Yorkers to be vigilant in reporting suspected instances of child abuse and neglect during New York’s coronavirus outbreak lockdown. New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is urging residents to keep a watchful eye on

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Teaching Special Ed and English-Language-Learning Students Remotely Presents Special Challenges

Adjusting to the remote learning environment has been a particular struggle for students who are just learning English, live in low-income households and are in special education classrooms. “They need a lot of help. This online learning doesn’t allow for that on any level. So it’s very difficult,

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Bus Drivers Hardest Hit By Deaths As COVID-19 Devastates MTA

A Brooklyn bus driver covers their face behind the wheel, April 7, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Jose Martinez, originally published in THE CITY on April 8, 2020 [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/bus-drivers-hardest-hit-by-deaths-as-covid-19-devastates-mta.html] For 15 years, Ernesto Hernandez drove MTA buses around his home borough of Brooklyn,

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With June Regents canceled, here’s how New York schools will decide who graduates

Photo by Brett Jordan on UnsplashOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/04/07/with-june-regents-canceled-heres-how-new-york-schools-will-decide-who-graduates/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Reema Amin on April 7, 2020 New York students who were set to take one or more Regents exams this

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Safety Plans Of Domestic Violence Victims Likely To Disintegrate The Longer The Crisis Continues

Photo by Sydney Sims on UnsplashAs the country quarantines in response to the spread of Coronavirus, some people find the home to be a dangerous place. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is already reporting that domestic abusers have been using the pandemic to further isolate their victims [https://twitter.com/

Animals

The Dog Days of COVID-19

Walks, playtime, and lots of cheese—that’s what the coronavirus outbreak has meant for Teo. He is a 2-year-old Australian Shepherd-Catahoula mix, recently adopted from Muddy Paws Rescue [https://www.muddypawsrescue.org/] by Brooklyn resident Kate Selden. A dog named Brooklyn on a walk with ProspectBArk, in the very