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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
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Mar
31
Brooklyn is Preparing for Virtual Seders During the Pandemic

Brooklyn is Preparing for Virtual Seders During the Pandemic

Photo by Erica Sherman/BklynerThe holidays are about connecting. From services, where dozens pray side-by-side and touch their siddur, or
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Mar
30
Rep. Nydia Velázquez Diagnosed With ‘Presumed Coronavirus Infection’

Rep. Nydia Velázquez Diagnosed With ‘Presumed Coronavirus Infection’

Nydia Velázquez. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez confirmed that she was diagnosed with ‘presumed coronavirus infection’ and
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Mar
27
$50 Million Needed To Help Emergency Food Programs

$50 Million Needed To Help Emergency Food Programs

New York City’s emergency food programs are being hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with approximately 32% already closed,
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Mar
27
Data Shows Central, Southern Brooklyn Hard Hit By Coronavirus

Data Shows Central, Southern Brooklyn Hard Hit By Coronavirus

Central and Southern Brooklyn have Brooklyn’s highest shares of patients testing positive for the coronavirus, new data released by
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Mar
27
Restaurant Owners Organize To Fight For Their Businesses

Restaurant Owners Organize To Fight For Their Businesses

On Thursday of last week, Greg Baxtrom and Max Katzenberg, the owners and operators of Brooklyn’s Olmsted [http://olmstednyc.
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Mar
27
Plan In Works To Expand Free NYC School Meals To Adults, Too

Plan In Works To Expand Free NYC School Meals To Adults, Too

NYC School lunch. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Greg B. Smith, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.
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Mar
27
Internet Providers Blocked Families With Unpaid Bills From Remote Learning Deals

Internet Providers Blocked Families With Unpaid Bills From Remote Learning Deals

Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability on COVID-19. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat
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Mar
27
A Murder, Stabbing & Two Assaults

A Murder, Stabbing & Two Assaults

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS – A 21-year-old is dead and cops are investigating it as a homicide. On Thursday, March
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Mar
27
Home Births In Demand As Hospitals Shut Partners Out Of NYC Delivery Rooms

Home Births In Demand As Hospitals Shut Partners Out Of NYC Delivery Rooms

New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)By Reuven Blau, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.
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