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Aug
17
EXCLUSIVE: School District 20 Superintendent Karina Costantino To Retire

EXCLUSIVE: School District 20 Superintendent Karina Costantino To Retire

District 20 Outgoing Superintendent Carina Kostantino with schoolchildren [https://www.facebook.com/CECDistrict20/photos/a.1217949231635561/1217953831635101/?type=1&
6 min read
Aug
12
Sunset Park, A COVID-19 Hot Spot, To Get More Testing

Sunset Park, A COVID-19 Hot Spot, To Get More Testing

Covid Testing Site in the community. Via NYC Mayor’s Office.Mayor Bill De Blasio announced this morning that the
2 min read
Aug
04
Blow to Industry City Expansion Makes Waves Beyond Brooklyn Waterfront

Blow to Industry City Expansion Makes Waves Beyond Brooklyn Waterfront

Warehouses in Brooklyn’s Industry City | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Greg David, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/7/
5 min read
Jul
30
Brooklyn, You’ve Been Warned: It’s Blackout Season

Brooklyn, You’ve Been Warned: It’s Blackout Season

Blackout in Mill Basin, July 21, 2019. Photo: Todd Maisel/Bklyner“We got a warning this morning from Con Edison,
2 min read
Jul
28

Time to Put an End to New York City’s Racist Rezonings – OPINION

Photo by Donny Levit / BklynerThis past week an appeals court in New York reversed a state supreme court judge’s
3 min read
Jul
23
Sunset Park and Kosciuszko Pools Opening Tomorrow, Betsy Head on August 1.

Sunset Park and Kosciuszko Pools Opening Tomorrow, Betsy Head on August 1.

Sunset Park Pool. Courtesy NYC Parks.No, it will not be as crowded as before, but some relief is coming
2 min read
Jul
01
Whitney Hu Is Running For City Council District 38

Whitney Hu Is Running For City Council District 38

Whitney Hu. (Rathkopf Photography [https://www.rathkopf.com/], with permission) SUNSET PARK/RED HOOK – Whitney Hu, 29, announced her run
5 min read
Jun
18
An Assemblyman Accused His Opponents Of Putting “their knees on my neck” During A Debate

An Assemblyman Accused His Opponents Of Putting “their knees on my neck” During A Debate

Screenshot of AD51 Democratic primary debate on June 17, 2020Assemblymember Felix Ortiz, fighting to retain his seat against three major
3 min read
Jun
05
Jamel Floyd Dies After Being Pepper Sprayed In Brooklyn Prison

Jamel Floyd Dies After Being Pepper Sprayed In Brooklyn Prison

Jamel Floyd protest. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)SUNSET PARK – Brooklynites marched 14 blocks yesterday to demand justice for Jamel Floyd,
4 min read
May
11
New York Has a Checklist for “Going Back to Normal,” but “Normal” Wasn’t Working

New York Has a Checklist for “Going Back to Normal,” but “Normal” Wasn’t Working

Katherine Walsh, courtesy of Katherine Walsh.On Saturday, Governor Andrew Cuomo released a detailed checklist for New York State that
4 min read