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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
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
Man Detained By ICE In Violent Brooklyn Raid Is Free Pending Deportation Hearing

Man Detained By ICE In Violent Brooklyn Raid Is Free Pending Deportation Hearing

Gaspar Avendaño-Hernández was released from ICE custody during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Courtesy of Cruz FamilyBy Claudia Irizarry Aponte, Originally
4 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
Rep. Max Rose Deployed To The National Guard To Assist In Coronavirus Relief Efforts

Rep. Max Rose Deployed To The National Guard To Assist In Coronavirus Relief Efforts

Max Rose. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)STATEN ISLAND – Congressman Max Rose will be deployed to the National Guard today to
1 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
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
3 min read
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,
1 min read
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
1 min read
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.
3 min read