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Jan
26
Brooklyn Communities Collaborative Awards Over $300,000 in Grants

Brooklyn Communities Collaborative Awards Over $300,000 in Grants

Yesterday, the Brooklyn Communities Collaborative [https://www.brooklyncommunities.org/] (BCC), a nonprofit organization focused on providing aid for Brooklyn and
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Jan
26
Chancellor To Appoint Trustees To Restore Order to Brownsville’s CEC23

Chancellor To Appoint Trustees To Restore Order to Brownsville’s CEC23

Community Education Council 23 [http://www.d23rising.nyc/] (CEC23) which covers Brownsville, Ocean Hill, and parts of East New York,
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Jan
25
Save Our Storefronts – The Fight For Rent Relief For Small Businesses One Story At A Time

Save Our Storefronts – The Fight For Rent Relief For Small Businesses One Story At A Time

Save Our Storefronts members. Photo via Save Our Storefronts TwitterPARK SLOPE – A coalition of New Yorkers are coming together to
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Jan
25
South Brooklyn Marine Terminal To Become A Wind Turbine Assembly and Maintenance Plant, Bringing 1,200 Jobs To Sunset Park

South Brooklyn Marine Terminal To Become A Wind Turbine Assembly and Maintenance Plant, Bringing 1,200 Jobs To Sunset Park

Elizabeth Yeampierre estimates that her team at UPROSE [https://www.uprose.org/] – the Brooklyn community-based environmental justice organization she oversees
5 min read
Jan
22
A Shot At A Fair Future: Foster Youth Call on Mayor To Fund Essential Programs

A Shot At A Fair Future: Foster Youth Call on Mayor To Fund Essential Programs

Ericka Francois, Fair Futures Youth Advocacy Youth Coordinator. Image from the virtual rally.Foster youth and elected officials called on
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Jan
19
Meet the Green Agitators Who Planted Seeds for Brooklyn’s Coming Wind Turbine Assembly Hub

Meet the Green Agitators Who Planted Seeds for Brooklyn’s Coming Wind Turbine Assembly Hub

By Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/17/22236287/brooklyn-wind-turbine-assembly-hub] by
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Jan
12
Lester Young Jr. makes history as NY’s first Black chancellor for Board of Regents

Lester Young Jr. makes history as NY’s first Black chancellor for Board of Regents

New York’s Board of Regents elected Regent Lester Young Jr. as its first Black chancellor. New York State Education
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Jan
08
Deputy Inspector Joseph Hayward is Now in Charge of the 71st Precinct

Deputy Inspector Joseph Hayward is Now in Charge of the 71st Precinct

NYPD Lieutenant Hayward prepares to strike Brent Schmidt (R) after members of the Occupy Wall Street movement had been removed
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Jan
07
One of Every Ten Brooklyn Chain Stores Closed in 2020

One of Every Ten Brooklyn Chain Stores Closed in 2020

Chain stores on Kings Highway in 2018. Liena Zagare/BklynerMore than one in every ten chain stores across Brooklyn closed
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Jan
06
New Employment Protections For Fast Food Workers

New Employment Protections For Fast Food Workers

McDonald’s restaurant in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Jan. 5, 2021. Salma Elazab/Bklyner Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, essential employees never
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