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Police Commissioner Dermot Shea announced yesterday that Jeffrey B. Maddrey, the longtime chief of the NYPD’s Patrol Borough Brooklyn North, will become Chief of Community Affairs, and Judith R. Harrison, who serves as the commanding officer of the department’s Special Victims Division, will be succeeding Chief Maddrey at
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By Greg David, originally published in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/6/22/21299263/nyc-phase-two-hits-likely-bottom-on-job-loss] The city lost 20% of its jobs in three months, with low-wage workers hardest hit. As Phase 2 of return begins, a full rebound is four years away, economists predict. After three months
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Via PS 235 PTA Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/ps235pta/photos/pcb.1693715120767939/1693712927434825/?type=3&theater] .By Ashleigh Garrison, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/9/21285623/brooklyn-principal-hospitalized-covid-19-coronavirus-months-remote-learning-newyork-schools] During his 22-year tenure at a Brooklyn elementary and middle school, principal Larry
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When the COVID-19 pandemic first began hitting New York City, Keavy Landreth decided to close her bakery bar Butter & Scotch, [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiPupqi89TpAhUVhHIEHXEtBsMQFjAAegQIIBAC&
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Adem Bunkeddeko, who is running to unseat Congresswoman Yvette Clarke in District 9, announced today endorsements from 20 community leaders as the June 23rd Primary Election approaches. Whoever wins the primary, will win the election in November in this heavily Democratic district. Bunkeddeko, who narrowly lost the race two years
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Photo by Charles Deluvio on UnsplashNew York State on Pause (Executive Order 202.6, the provisions of which have been extended through mid-June) has never given explicit guidance about whether parents who have “non-essential” jobs are allowed to continue to have nannies come into their home. The result of this
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When Rob Fraley first started developing his app, WhatToOrder, in 2016, he had no way of knowing what the restaurant industry would look like four years later when it would officially launch in 2020. The app, which is not a delivery app or a reservation app itself, aims to level
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via NYCHAThese job listings are provided as public service to help as many of our neighbors as we can find temporary or permanent income. Not all jobs require education. Please share widely: H+H Contact Tracers [https://bachrachgroup.com/covid-19-jobs/]: > We’re hiring 2,500 contact tracers by early
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Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza speaks at a news conference at the Office of Emergency Management about the Coronavirus, March 2, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Greg B. Smith, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/05/how-nyc-schools-officials-played-down-the-covid-19-threat.html] . After Mayor Bill de Blasio shut down the city’
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The Park Slope Food Coop on May 8Park Slope Food Coop members may not be able to shop like they used to, but the grocery is in a stronger position to weather the pandemic because it can depend on them. The fabled low-priced grocery store is asking their 17,000
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Early morning in Coney Island/Fishing. Liena Zagare/BklynerI’ve spent nearly 18 years in the New York foster care system. I’m 20 years old, living here in Brooklyn, and out of all my siblings, I’m the only one still in foster care and am currently “transitioning” out
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Sheepshead Bay. Liena Zagare/BklynerWhile we are seeing a positive trend in data, with deaths, hospitalizations, and critical care cases going down, the aftershocks of this virus are going to linger for quite some time. For millions across the country, COVID has resulted in a loss of income and employment.