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If you want to take a break from sledding, build a snowman instead. (Photo: Keira Wingate/Bklyner)We’re nearing the end of the year, and what a year this has been! We hope you are all staying warm and keeping safe because we are still in a pandemic. The
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Via Kingsbrook Jewish Medical CenterWith coronavirus cases on the rise again [https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/ny-hospitalizations-soar-64-in-2-weeks-daily-deaths-top-100-mayor-calls-for-pause-in-nyc/2783378/] in New York, a state-led plan to consolidate three struggling central Brooklyn hospitals has been put on pause for the second time in a year. In a virtual meeting on Tuesday
Animals
Approximately two dozen horses live at GallopNYC’s stables, including privately-owned boarder horses like this one. Cheyenne Ligon/BklynerIn The Hole — an oft-overlooked neighborhood that straddles the border of Brooklyn and Queens — something surprising is tucked away right off the highway. Beyond the white picket fence that runs along a
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Whitney Hu at South Brooklyn Mutual Aid – Brooklyn Army Terminal – 11/28/20There is no typical week for South Brooklyn Mutual Aid [https://southbkmutualaid.com/] (SBKMA) founder Whitney Hu, but every week is chock full. Amid coordinating projects as diverse as a free toy store and a house cleaners’ collective,
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Brandon West. (Photo via West’s office)Twelve of Brooklyn’s 16 councilmembers are term-limited, and the number of individuals running for office is massive. One of those term-limited is Council Member Brad Lander who represents District 39— which encompasses Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor
COVID-19
The winter is finally here, or at least it feels like it. With it, as we spend more time indoors, COVID-19 is spreading fast, and the higher the rates the faster they seem to be growing. Of the 20,366 Brooklyn tests, 841 came back positive for a positivity rate
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Antonio Reynoso. (Photo via Reynoso’s office)The list of candidates running for Brooklyn Borough President in 2021 is growing. The seat is currently held by Eric Adams, who is term-limited and is running for NYC Mayor. Council Member Antonio Reynoso –who was born and raised in Williamsburg to parents
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Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray donate blood at the New York Blood Center in Manhattan on Thursday, May 21, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeNew York Blood Center (NYBC) is asking New Yorkers this holiday season to give the gift of life. The goal is to
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Syed Bukhari.MIDWOOD – Last year, Syed Bukhari, 37, got tired of driving a cab, something he had been doing for the last 15 years. The pay isn’t good, there are no benefits, and the business was declining. [/cabbie-coronavirus/] So, he applied for work at the MTA, but then the
COVID-19
Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeAs the cases of COVID-19 across New York City increase rapidly, so are related hospitalizations. The result is that the number of available beds at hospitals is dropping. Today the City’s Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi issued an advisory asking older residents and those especially
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Verrazzano Bridge. Liena Zagare/BklynerIt’s the day before December! Where has the time gone? We hope you are staying safe and wearing your face masks. And we hope your Thanksgiving was relaxing. Here is some more information on the numbers, how many people have been getting tested, and what
COVID-19
Yesterday’s reporting from the NY State, of 19,803 people tested, 491 were positive for CIVID-19 – 2.5%. The 7-day positivity average is 2.3% in Brooklyn. The Yellow zone rate keeps going up and is now at 4.44% 7-day rolling, up from 4.12% yesterday. Still one