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Photo by Kelly Sikkema [https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/remote-school?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve heard from my Bangladeshi Kensington neighbors
COVID-19
Abandoned construction site in the schoolyard by PS 9. Carol J. Clouse/Bklyner When parents in Prospect Heights learned in August that work on a capital improvement project to reduce stormwater runoff would begin in the main schoolyard at PS9 Sarah Smith Garnet School, just weeks ahead of the scheduled
Central Brooklyn
Sidewalk marked at 6 feet outside PS249 in Brooklyn in September 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Christina Veiga and Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/9/27/21458520/nyc-principals-union-cede-school-reopening-plans] In a stunning statement, leaders of the union representing New York City principals called Sunday for Mayor Bill
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MARINE PARK – The Ryder Street Rockets, part of the Marine Park Community Association’s [https://www.marineparkcommunityassociation.com/] Gardening Club, met last Saturday, September 19 to plant new flower pots along the sidewalks of Quentin Road, a commercial street near their Ryder Street homes. Brigid McGrath, 10, and Mateo Besada,
Bensonhurst
Via NYC DOH [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data-recent.page]We just received an email from the NYC Department of Health informing that there are several areas in Brooklyn and Queens that “are cause for significant concern” for the city when it comes to COVID infection rates. The
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Mayor Bill de Blasio visits the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island to pack food packages for senior citizens ahead of Rosh Hashanah, on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – It’s Thursday and so much is happening across our borough. Don’t forget
Bed Stuy
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza tour P.S. 59 in Brooklyn with labor leaders. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Bed-Stuy’s Community Education Council of (CEC) 16 is taking legal action against the Department of Education (DOE) related to a decision that allows four schools in the
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A woman checking in for her scheduled appointment via the Plentiful app. Keira Wingate/BklynerAt the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a line formed on the streets outside of the Masbia Soup Kitchen [/masbia-coronavirus-food-pantry/] in Borough Park, where over 200 people waited for a chance to grab as many groceries
Central Brooklyn
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability with Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza and Susan Haskell, Deputy Commissioner, Youth Services DYCD. City Hall. Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Christina Veiga, Reema Amin, and Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/9/
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Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza tour P.S. 59 in Brooklyn with labor leaders on Sept. 2, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Christina Veiga and Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/9/14/21437251/bill-de-blasio-nyc-school-reopening] Crouched over laptops and sitting in
Central Brooklyn
This Saturday, September 12, we celebrate our waterfront. The event is organized by Waterfront Alliance [https://waterfrontalliance.org/who-we-are/about-us/] who has been working for 13 years to connect communities to and advocate for resilient, revitalized, and accessible coastline for all. Out of the 500 some miles of waterfront across
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Remote school. Photo by Kelly Sikkema [https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/remote-learning?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] With school starting next week, after a 10-day delay [/nyc-school-re-opening-pushed-back-ten-days/