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Apr
08
Teaching Special Ed and English-Language-Learning Students Remotely Presents Special Challenges

Teaching Special Ed and English-Language-Learning Students Remotely Presents Special Challenges

Adjusting to the remote learning environment has been a particular struggle for students who are just learning English, live in
3 min read
Apr
08
Bus Drivers Hardest Hit By Deaths As COVID-19 Devastates MTA

Bus Drivers Hardest Hit By Deaths As COVID-19 Devastates MTA

A Brooklyn bus driver covers their face behind the wheel, April 7, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Jose Martinez,
4 min read
Apr
08
With June Regents canceled, here’s how New York schools will decide who graduates

With June Regents canceled, here’s how New York schools will decide who graduates

Photo by Brett Jordan on UnsplashOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/04/07/with-june-regents-canceled-heres-how-new-york-schools-will-decide-who-graduates/?utm_source=
4 min read
Apr
07
Man Stabbed To Death On Train

Man Stabbed To Death On Train

WILLIAMSBURG – On Tuesday, April 6 at around 2:33 a.m., a man was stabbed in the neck and back
1 min read
Apr
07
Safety Plans Of Domestic Violence Victims Likely To Disintegrate The Longer The Crisis Continues

Safety Plans Of Domestic Violence Victims Likely To Disintegrate The Longer The Crisis Continues

Photo by Sydney Sims on UnsplashAs the country quarantines in response to the spread of Coronavirus, some people find the
5 min read
Apr
03
The Dog Days of COVID-19

The Dog Days of COVID-19

Walks, playtime, and lots of cheese—that’s what the coronavirus outbreak has meant for Teo. He is a 2-year-old
7 min read
Apr
02
Where to Order and Take Out Food: Bushwick

Where to Order and Take Out Food: Bushwick

We, like you, are still trying to figure out how to navigate this new reality we’ve found ourselves in.
3 min read
Apr
01
Coronavirus School Closures Shorten Spring Break To Just Two Days

Coronavirus School Closures Shorten Spring Break To Just Two Days

NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/
2 min read
Apr
01
Our Government Can And Must End Wholesale Price Gouging. (Opinion)

Our Government Can And Must End Wholesale Price Gouging. (Opinion)

Courtesy of Rick EchevarriaLysol has been a go-to product to fight epidemics since the 1880’s. It was used to
4 min read
Mar
31
Moving In The Age Of Coronavirus – More Folks Are Staying Put

Moving In The Age Of Coronavirus – More Folks Are Staying Put

NYC Great Movers team wearing face masks. Courtesy of NYC Great Movers.Moving house is a strenuous, logistically complex process
4 min read