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Jun
24
Briefing 6/24: Food Mask Distribution, Family Of Five In One Bedroom & More

Briefing 6/24: Food Mask Distribution, Family Of Five In One Bedroom & More

Barber shops are now open! (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) It’s Wednesday! The weather is beautiful outside. Please
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Jun
24
Wondering When You Will Get The $420 Per Public School Student Food Benefits?

Wondering When You Will Get The $420 Per Public School Student Food Benefits?

Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBROOKLYN –  At the end of May, it was announced that through a federal relief effort,
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Jun
24
Quarantine Imposed On Visitors From Florida And Other States With High COVID-19 Numbers

Quarantine Imposed On Visitors From Florida And Other States With High COVID-19 Numbers

Hosting family? Planning a business trip? Thinking of a long weekend away from your home state? Starting at midnight tonight
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Jun
23
Briefing 6/23: Outdoor Dining, Another Lawsuit Filed Against Funeral Home & More

Briefing 6/23: Outdoor Dining, Another Lawsuit Filed Against Funeral Home & More

It’s Tuesday! Today is Election Day– Primary Elections that is. Preliminary results will be out later tonight, but it
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Jun
23
Irregularities At Poll Sites Across Brooklyn

Irregularities At Poll Sites Across Brooklyn

BROOKLYN – Primary elections are today! Like we wrote yesterday, [/dont-forget-to-vote-on-tuesday-heres-how/] the Primary is the election that truly matters, particularly in
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Jun
22
Briefing 6/22: Barbershops, Salons, Houses of Worship Reopen And More

Briefing 6/22: Barbershops, Salons, Houses of Worship Reopen And More

Loony’s Juice bar on Cortelyou Road.It’s Monday! And summer has officially started. Despite the wonderful weather, the
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Jun
22
Remembering Shafiq Hussain, Taken Too Soon By COVID-19

Remembering Shafiq Hussain, Taken Too Soon By COVID-19

Photo via Almas Shafiq.MIDWOOD –  When Almas Shafiq, 23, got accepted into the NYC Teaching Collaborative [http://nycteachingcollaborative.org/] a
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Jun
19
Briefing 6/19: Happy Juneteenth, Talks About Bike Lane On Brooklyn Bridge Roadway & More

Briefing 6/19: Happy Juneteenth, Talks About Bike Lane On Brooklyn Bridge Roadway & More

Adrian Childress/BklynerIt’s finally Friday! What a week, huh? Today is also Juneteenth. We did a post about it
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Jun
18
Briefing 6/18: Playgrounds To Open On Monday, Boxing Gym Pleads To Open & More

Briefing 6/18: Playgrounds To Open On Monday, Boxing Gym Pleads To Open & More

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerIt’s Thursday! Tomorrow is Juneteenth. And Sunday is Father’s Day. We hope you’re staying
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Jun
17
Briefing 6/17: Street With Black Lives Matter Mural To Be Pedestrian-Only Plaza & More

Briefing 6/17: Street With Black Lives Matter Mural To Be Pedestrian-Only Plaza & More

The Mayor painting the BLM mural in Bed Stuy. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.)It’s Wednesday! We hope
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