Central Brooklyn
Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd – on May 29. By Adrian Childress [https://unfucktheworldnow.org/]/BklynerLast night neighbors joined neighbors to protest. To stand in solidarity. To say enough is enough. It was not enough. > You do know there are answers to these questions, right? https://t.co/gaopr7fypu — Jumaane Williams
Announcements
BUSHWICK – The NYPD needs help to search for a person who stabbed a man and fled early this week. On Tuesday, May 26 at around 1:40 p.m., two men were involved in a dispute on Knickerbocker Avenue near Schaefer Street. The dispute turned physical when one man took
Announcements
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s daily Coronavirus briefing at the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club in Brooklyn, where he was joined by Brooklynites Chris Rock and Rosie Perez. The actors were on hand to promote testing and the wearing of PPE while in public. (Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of
Cobble Hill
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCOBBLE HILL – A 34-year-old man was shot and killed inside an apartment yesterday afternoon. On Tuesday, May 26, at around 3:50 p.m., cops arrived at Gowanus Houses on Hoyt Street near Douglass Street to find a 34-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the torso
Central Brooklyn
Daycare in Brooklyn, Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Christina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/5/21/21266712/childcare-nyc-coronavirus-reopen] Whenever New York City is ready to begin reopening its economy after months of sheltering in place, child care will be essential for families returning to work.
Announcements
Adem Bunkeddeko, who is running to unseat Congresswoman Yvette Clarke in District 9, announced today endorsements from 20 community leaders as the June 23rd Primary Election approaches. Whoever wins the primary, will win the election in November in this heavily Democratic district. Bunkeddeko, who narrowly lost the race two years
Arts & Culture
Dancers of Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn performing at the DanceAfrica 2006 dress rehearsal. Courtesy of Jack Vartoogian/FrontRowPhotos. BAM’s beloved DanceAfrica [https://www.bam.org/danceafrica2020] – a typically weekend-long festival celebrating dance traditions from Africa and the African diaspora – is back for its 43rd year. Instead of
community
Levin with her kids holding the Brooklyn Cares logo on their stoop. (Photo via Levin)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Two teachers from the private St. Ann’s School are giving back to their community during the coronavirus pandemic by fundraising, organizing, and donating meals to essential workers– all while teaching virtually full-time.
Central Brooklyn
NYC Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza is helping out right now to ensure our students stay healthy and full during the COVID-19 outbreak by announcing students can pick up food from any @NYCSchools location this week from 7:30 am — 1:30 pm. PS 130, Manhattan. Monday, March 16, 2020.
Central Brooklyn
Shaquana Boykin is running to represent her community.Shaquana Boykin [https://www.shaquanaforbrooklyn.com/] is running for an office she did not know existed last year. The determined resident of Walt Whitman houses admits she used to not be interested in politics until her neighbors asked her to represent them
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Pepi Stojanovski on UnsplashBy Allison Dikanovic and Lauren Costantino, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/05/how-to-spot-coronavirus-scams-and-covid-con-artists-in-nyc.html] . Even as the coronavirus crisis brings out the best in some people [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/counting-ways-nyc-is-getting-creative-promoting-the-census.html] , scammers are seizing the opportunity to take advantage
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Charles Deluvio on UnsplashNew York State on Pause (Executive Order 202.6, the provisions of which have been extended through mid-June) has never given explicit guidance about whether parents who have “non-essential” jobs are allowed to continue to have nannies come into their home. The result of this