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Jun
09
Busses Transported More Passengers Than Subway Yesterday, Brooklyn Slighted In New Bus Lane Plan

Busses Transported More Passengers Than Subway Yesterday, Brooklyn Slighted In New Bus Lane Plan

Officials announced 213,548 more passengers took buses and subway on Monday, June 8, the first day of Phase 1
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Jun
09
Brooklyn Community Board Considers Suspending Its 2020 Election Over Pandemic Disruptions, Sparking Backlash

Brooklyn Community Board Considers Suspending Its 2020 Election Over Pandemic Disruptions, Sparking Backlash

One South towers over Williamsburg. (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, Originally published in THE CITY [https://www.
4 min read
Jun
09
From Brooklyn To Staten Island To Brooklyn: Abdullah Akl Just Wants To Make A Difference

From Brooklyn To Staten Island To Brooklyn: Abdullah Akl Just Wants To Make A Difference

Photo via Omar Ali, with permission.BROOKLYN – Abdullah Akl is an 18-year-old Egyptian-American. He was born and raised in Brooklyn
6 min read
Jun
08
Mayor De Blasio Announces Cuts to Policing, Changes To Street Vendor Enforcement

Mayor De Blasio Announces Cuts to Policing, Changes To Street Vendor Enforcement

Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)Following 10 days of mostly peaceful protests against police brutality, marred by
3 min read
Jun
08
Cuomo OKs In-person Special Education This Summer, Unclear if NYC Will Opt In

Cuomo OKs In-person Special Education This Summer, Unclear if NYC Will Opt In

Photo by Element5 Digital on UnsplashAlex Zimmerman and Reema Amin, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/
2 min read
Jun
05
Cuomo said camps can reopen June 29, but programs for thousands of low-income New Yorkers might not have the funding

Cuomo said camps can reopen June 29, but programs for thousands of low-income New Yorkers might not have the funding

Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on UnsplashBy Reema Amin, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/
5 min read
Jun
03
How to Apply For Affordable Housing

How to Apply For Affordable Housing

187 Kent Ave, rendering via CW RealtyAfter our last post on Brooklyn’s “affordable” housing lotteries [/brooklyn-affordable-housing-lottery/], we received numerous
2 min read
Jun
02
“If you want peace, you bring justice. If you want quiet, you bring curfew,” Officials Speak Up

“If you want peace, you bring justice. If you want quiet, you bring curfew,” Officials Speak Up

Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd – on May 29. By Adrian Childress/BklynerNYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson and over a dozen elected
4 min read
Jun
02
‘It’s A Few Bad Apples’: Black Men Murdered By Police Isn’t A Race Issue, Brooklyn Cop Says

‘It’s A Few Bad Apples’: Black Men Murdered By Police Isn’t A Race Issue, Brooklyn Cop Says

Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – The murder of George Floyd, an innocent Black man, by a
6 min read
Jun
02
Here’s how to help young readers, according to literacy experts from the new TV show ‘Let’s Learn NYC!’

Here’s how to help young readers, according to literacy experts from the new TV show ‘Let’s Learn NYC!’

Photo by Mark Zamora on UnsplashBy Christina Veiga, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/
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