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Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.It’s Tuesday! The sun is out and the birds are chirping. The coronavirus is still out there, so please don’t forget to wear a face-covering if you are outside! Here are some new numbers as of this afternoon: * There were 657 new
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerWILLIAMSBURG – A couple was arrested after allegedly shouting anti-Semitic slurs at three Jewish men, while also trying to take off their face covering and blaming them for the coronavirus. The incident is being treated as a hate crime. On Sunday, May 10 at around 8:30 p.
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Photo via the Hanif sisters.KENSINGTON – Shahana and Sabia Hanif are two Bangladeshi-American sisters who call Kensington their home. Both are active in the community in their own ways. Sabia is a talented henna artist who is now on her personal journey to get closer to God. And Shahana is
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Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeHappy Monday! Did you enjoy the rain pour for a bit from the comfort of your home? Here are some new numbers as of yesterday afternoon, today’s numbers (that are supposed to be released at 1 p.m. have not yet been made public)
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Katherine Walsh, courtesy of Katherine Walsh.On Saturday, Governor Andrew Cuomo released a detailed checklist for New York State that will determine when businesses can begin to reopen and life can go to a “new normal.” What was “normal?” More than 25,000 New Yorkers have died from coronavirus. So
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Photo via Operation Feed Brooklyn.BROOKLYN – Operation Feed Brooklyn [https://www.operationfeedbrooklyn.com/] is yet another great local initiative that organizes meal deliveries from local restaurants to those who need it, funded through donations. So far more than 12,000 meals, 8,500 coffees, and 1,500 snacks have been
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerIt’s finally Friday! We hope you have a wonderful weekend and are able to celebrate Mother’s Day with the mother figures in your life. Here are some new numbers as of this afternoon: * There were 1,377 new confirmed positive coronavirus cases in NYC, compared
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PARK SLOPE – All Terri Zimmerman wanted for her husband’s birthday was a cake from Häagen-Dazs. For as long as she could remember, he’s gotten an ice cream cake from there every May 1st. She didn’t want this pandemic and his long hours working in the hospital to
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A rainbow postcard hand-painted by NYC reporter Anna Sanders. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Happy Thursday! There is still a pandemic out in this world, so please stay safe and try to stay at home. Here are some new numbers as of this afternoon: * There were 1,421 new positive confirmed
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Michael and Alice Halkias. (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE – Michael Halkias, a Brooklyn legend and the owner of the Grand Prospect Hall, died yesterday afternoon. He was 82. Halkias, described as a philanthropist and a “lover of Greek letters and culture,” was fighting the coronavirus at Lenox Hill Hospital
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Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Today is Wednesday. It’s National Nurses Day! It’s also a bit cooler than it was yesterday so please stay indoors. Here are some new numbers as of this afternoon: * There were 1,565 new confirmed positive coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to
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The city is set to distribute millions of free face coverings, and this is the latest set of locations [https://maps.nyc.gov/face-coverings/#] for distributions this week. There are 17 locations in total in Brooklyn, and most of them assume you do not work during the day: THURSDAY: Bensonhurst