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Census 2020 Graphic. Via the U.S. Census Bureau.There’s a pandemic! And this means we are all staying at home (or at least we should be). While you could be cooking, cleaning, or catching up on our coronavirus reporting, [/tag/coronavirus-2020/] you could also be filling out the
Central Brooklyn
Gray morning on Atlantic Ave. Curtis Brodner/BklynerUpdated throughout the day Today is Saint Patrick’s Day! The parade may be postponed, and bars are out of the question, but you can still order delivery or takeout from your favorite Irish pub. Latest numbers: Statewide there are 1,374 cases,
Business
To start, we’d like to wish you all a Happy St. Patrick’s Day and wish you well. Most Brooklyn neighborhoods are an eerie sight today. With most things closed, sidewalks and stores are increasingly empty as people start to practice social distancing. New York’s restaurants and bars
Central Brooklyn
Governor Cuomo. Darren McGee- Office of Governor Andrew CuomoNew York Attorney General Letitia James and New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that — effective immediately — the state will halt the collection of medical and student debt owed to the State of New York and referred to the Office of
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Grocery shelves. Liena Zagare/BklynerBROOKLYN — A host of Brooklyn lawmakers called on Mayor Bill de Blasio Monday to implement new retail guidelines to protect the city’s most vulnerable as the coronavirus pandemic engulfs the city. In a joint statement, Rep. Max Rose, State Sen. Andrew Gounardes, Councilman Mark Treyger,
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Brooklyn. Liena Zagare/BklynerThings are moving very fast and the bottom line is that the city is really shutting down now, and you should stay home if you can, and help out those who need it. Schools are closed today, libraries [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/coronavirus] are closed, restaurants will
Business
The first Ample Hills Creamery store located at 623 Vanderbilt Avenue, Prospect Heights (Photo: BKLYNER)Brooklyn-based ice-cream chain Ample Hills filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy [https://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/bankruptcy/bankruptcy-basics/chapter-11-bankruptcy-basics] on Sunday, March 15, raising questions about the fate of staff and plans to open a fourteenth
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Spring Creek Apartment complex via company website.Spring Creek Towers [http://www.springcreektowers.com/] (the old Starrett City) in East New York is home to 15,000 residents across its 6,000 units. This weekend its owners, a company owned by Rockpoint Group and Brooksville Company, issued a letter to
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Governor Cuomo Calls on President Trump to Take Comprehensive Federal Action to Combat Coronavirus. Photo by Darren McGee/ Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo.New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called on President Trump to send the United States Army Corps to New York in order to prepare the state for expected
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250 Parkville. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD/KENSINGTON – There’s a brick building that sits on Parkville Avenue. It’s between East 8th Street and Newkirk Avenue, right across a charter school, which is right next to a Catholic church. In a time where schools have closed, the city is
COVID-19
Governor Andrew Cuomo just issued an urgent plea: “What we do next week will have a massive impact on the trajectory of this virus in New York. We can only maintain public health by STAYING APART. The decision each of us makes now will impact us all tomorrow, STAY HOME.
COVID-19
Help vulnerable neighbors: Elderly people and other vulnerable groups need supplies and prescriptions. You can sign up [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdodgsH54AyPqrFDKXmosBUMaTpeBQnnCs4nCYr-o5NNL6hqA/viewform] with the Brooklyn organization Heights and Hills [https://www.heightsandhills.org/] to volunteer to help, or find people who need help on your local