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Photo: MCPSBROOKLYN – Before the coronavirus pandemic, Muslim Community Patrol and Services (MCPS) [/muslim-community-patrol-services/] prepared and distributed 150 hot meals to the homeless every Friday. Now, they aren’t able to gather as many volunteers and they fear it’s not safe to gather a lot of people in one spot.
Business
Photo via Local Roots CSAWith an order to stay at home [/new-york-state-will-go-on-pause-sunday-night-what-that-means/] as much as possible, some New Yorkers are turning to CSA’s to get fresh produce without leaving their apartment. CSA’s, short for community supported agriculture, bring produce from local farms straight to you. With long grocery
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
Central Brooklyn
New York City’s emergency food programs are being hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with approximately 32% already closed, according to Food Bank for NYC. Caught between a skyrocketing demand for meals as hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are laid off, and rising prices and operating difficulties, many
Business
On Thursday of last week, Greg Baxtrom and Max Katzenberg, the owners and operators of Brooklyn’s Olmsted [http://olmstednyc.com] and Maison Yaki [http://maisonyaki.com], saw an urgent need. Sales tax for restaurants was due the next day, and with the mandatory closures, many would be forced to
Central Brooklyn
NYC School lunch. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Greg B. Smith, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/plan-in-works-to-expand-free-nyc-school-meals-to-adults.html] . Mayor Bill de Blasio is considering handing out free meals to adults for the asking after his plan to supply students with breakfast, lunch and
Bay Ridge
Cora O’Regan with the first Blend delivery. Photo by Samantha Hernandez.Brooklyn hospital workers are spending every day fighting the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s a warzone… It’s brutal. It’s mentally and physically exhausting,” said Cora O’Regan, an emergency room (ER) nurse at NYU Langone Hospital’s
Business
8th Avenue in Sunset Park’s Chinatown before the pandemic struck. Ana Lucia Murillo/Bklyner“Longterm, we could see the complete collapse of our small business infrastructure that has supported our neighborhoods for generations,” Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce [https://www.ibrooklyn.com/] President and CEO Randy Peers said in a
Business
Brooklyn Borough Hall Liena Zagare/BklynerWe, 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
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
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
Central Brooklyn
Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/20/heres-the-latest-on-nycs-child-care-centers-opening-monday-amid-a-citywide-school-shutdown-due-to-coronavirus/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Christina Veiga on March 20, 2020 New York City is ready to open 93 regional centers on Monday that