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Dec
20
This Week In Brooklyn: Tipping Delivery Workers, Pfizer, And Suing The NYPD

This Week In Brooklyn: Tipping Delivery Workers, Pfizer, And Suing The NYPD

If you want to take a break from sledding, build a snowman instead. (Photo: Keira Wingate/Bklyner)We’re nearing
3 min read
Dec
17
Controversial Brooklyn Hospital Consolidation Postponed… Again

Controversial Brooklyn Hospital Consolidation Postponed… Again

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
4 min read
Dec
15
GallopNYC Gets New Yorkers with Disabilities Back in the Saddle

GallopNYC Gets New Yorkers with Disabilities Back in the Saddle

Approximately two dozen horses live at GallopNYC’s stables, including privately-owned boarder horses like this one. Cheyenne Ligon/BklynerIn The
4 min read
Dec
08
Whitney Hu Ends Campaign for City Council District 38, Will Focus on Mutual Aid

Whitney Hu Ends Campaign for City Council District 38, Will Focus on Mutual Aid

Whitney Hu at South Brooklyn Mutual Aid – Brooklyn Army Terminal – 11/28/20There is no typical week for South Brooklyn
5 min read
Dec
03
Q&A With Brandon West On His Run For City Council District 39

Q&A With Brandon West On His Run For City Council District 39

Brandon West. (Photo via West’s office)Twelve of Brooklyn’s 16 councilmembers are term-limited, and the number of individuals
9 min read
Dec
02
Brooklyn COVID-19 Numbers & Code Blue

Brooklyn COVID-19 Numbers & Code Blue

The winter is finally here, or at least it feels like it. With it, as we spend more time indoors,
2 min read
Dec
02
Q&A With Antonio Reynoso On His Run For Brooklyn Borough President

Q&A With Antonio Reynoso On His Run For Brooklyn Borough President

Antonio Reynoso. (Photo via Reynoso’s office)The list of candidates running for Brooklyn Borough President in 2021 is growing.
10 min read
Dec
01
Give Blood If You Can!

Give Blood If You Can!

Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray donate blood at the New York Blood Center in Manhattan on
2 min read
Dec
01
Syed Bukhari, A Midwood Cabbie, Delivered 40,000 Meals During Pandemic

Syed Bukhari, A Midwood Cabbie, Delivered 40,000 Meals During Pandemic

Syed Bukhari.MIDWOOD – Last year, Syed Bukhari, 37, got tired of driving a cab, something he had been doing for
6 min read
Dec
01
NYC Health Commissioner Advises Those Over 65 Or With Underlying Conditions To Stay Home

NYC Health Commissioner Advises Those Over 65 Or With Underlying Conditions To Stay Home

Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeAs the cases of COVID-19 across New York City increase rapidly, so are related hospitalizations.
2 min read