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Oct
22
Carlos Menchaca Announces Run For Mayor

Carlos Menchaca Announces Run For Mayor

Carlos Menchaca. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)NEW YORK CITY – Another Brooklynite has joined the race for mayor. This morning, Council
3 min read
Oct
08
‘It’s Really Unfair:’ Sunset Park Salons React to Cuomo COVID Cluster Closures

‘It’s Really Unfair:’ Sunset Park Salons React to Cuomo COVID Cluster Closures

By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2020/10/7/21507105/sunset-park-salons-cuomo-covid-cluster-closures] by THE CITY [https:
4 min read
Oct
05
Nurse Killed In Sunset Park While Cycling Home From Hospital Shift

Nurse Killed In Sunset Park While Cycling Home From Hospital Shift

Photo: Paul Stremple/BklynerSUNSET PARK – On Saturday, October 3 shortly after 7:30 a.m, Clara Kang was bicycling home,
2 min read
Sep
22
Element9 Distributes Over 800,000 Meals During Pandemic

Element9 Distributes Over 800,000 Meals During Pandemic

During the height of the pandemic, Tamecca Seril and her company, Element9 [http://www.element9.com/] were distributing 54,000
3 min read
Sep
18
Report: With or without Industry City rezoning, Sunset Park has a housing crisis

Report: With or without Industry City rezoning, Sunset Park has a housing crisis

As City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca faces off with developers and his own colleagues [/is-the-industry-city-rezoning-doa/] over the plan to rezone Industry
3 min read
Sep
15
Competing Visions Cloud the Future of Brooklyn’s Industry City as Expansion Plan Reaches City Council

Competing Visions Cloud the Future of Brooklyn’s Industry City as Expansion Plan Reaches City Council

Industry City. August 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Greg David, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/9/14/21436907/brooklyn-industry-city-expansion-plan-city-council-sahadis]
7 min read
Sep
10
In an early test for NYC, two schools report positive cases of COVID-19

In an early test for NYC, two schools report positive cases of COVID-19

Photo by David Ballew [https://unsplash.com/@daveballew?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on
4 min read
Aug
21
P.S. 169 Sunset Park School Equity Team’s Open Letter On School Reopening

P.S. 169 Sunset Park School Equity Team’s Open Letter On School Reopening

P.S. 169 Sunset Park School Equity Team sent the following letter [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HCUYtP54SWLxb4zzOezaIfKMQ8f3AbffmFW0yvUkIqY/edit]
4 min read
Aug
19
Planners’ Green Light for Industry City Expansion Puts Council Speaker Corey Johnson in the Hot Seat

Planners’ Green Light for Industry City Expansion Puts Council Speaker Corey Johnson in the Hot Seat

Industry City, August 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Greg David, originally [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/8/19/21376132/industry-city-expansion-brooklyn-council-corey-johnson-menchaca-amazon] published
5 min read
Aug
18
Sunset Park Hotel Latest To Turn To Providing Shelter For Homeless People

Sunset Park Hotel Latest To Turn To Providing Shelter For Homeless People

Glo Hotel is located at 850 4th Avenue. Photo by a reader.All of the signs that Glo Hotel is
3 min read