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Photo byAmisha Nakhwa [https://unsplash.com/@amishanakhwa?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/old-hands?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Coronavirus has been the most deadly to our elderly and disabled neighbors, many of
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The Quran. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – At this time last year, streets in Muslim-majority communities were packed. People were buying last-minute food items: a box of dates, a big bottle of Rooh Afza (a syrup that makes the most refreshing drink when mixed with water), and frozen samosas for
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Members of the WJP women’s committee sewing face masks. Courtesy of WJP.Analilia Leon is a domestic worker who lives in Bensonhurst. About five or six weeks ago, as the coronavirus pandemic began to shut down New York City, Leon’s employer told her to stay home as a
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The re-named New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)By Virginia Breen, originally published in THE CITY. [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/moms-left-alone-in-maternity-wards-despite-cuomo-order.html] Anxious first-time mom-to-be Keri Lynn Patton spent two hours awaiting transfer to a labor and delivery area of New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
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Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.At this morning’s press conference Mayor Bill de Blasio finally focused on the residents of New York City’s public housing (NYCHA). He announced more deliveries of disposable gloves
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A yellow cab driver in Brooklyn. (Photo via Avery Leigh White)BROOKLYN – State Senator Julia Salazar from Brooklyn, and Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a candidate running for Assembly in Queens are stepping up to help the city’s cab drivers who have been hard hit by the pandemic. Cabbies, whether driving
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Our heroes at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.)Good morning Brooklynites! Today is Earth Day. The weather is a bit windy, so please continue staying indoors. Here are the new numbers as of 1 p.m. Tuesday: * There were 2,407 new positive confirmed
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGood morning! It’s a brand new day. Please take care of yourself and stay indoors! * As of 2:30 p.m. yesterday, there were 2,679 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, bringing the total to 132,467 cases in NYC. In Brooklyn, there are
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BROOKLYN – All New Yorkers, regardless of their immigration status, are now included in citywide COVID-19 response and relief efforts. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $20 million fund that will assist 20,000 immigrant workers and their families with direct, one-time emergency relief. Last week, stimulus checks from the federal
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Councilmember Mark Treyger.By Josefa Velasquez, Yoav Gonen and Ann Choi. Additional Reporting By Ese Olumhense, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/new-yorks-deadliest-nursing-homes-list-omits-many-deaths.html] . An inventory of COVID-19 deaths at New York nursing homes released by the Cuomo administration Friday provides an incomplete picture of how
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Outside NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island last week. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.)Happy Monday! We hope your weekend was a good one. We have some good news: The one-day death toll [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html] reported on Sunday in New York was
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Train passing.By Jose Martinez, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/two-nyc-subway-riders-die-in-day-as-fatalities-rise.html] . A woman died on a Brooklyn subway platform Wednesday after exhibiting what an MTA report describes as “symptoms of COVID-19” — making her the second person to die in the system that morning and