Western Brooklyn

Feb
12
“Suicide Rate Amongst Our Students Is Rapidly Doubling,” Schools Chancellor Shares At CEC21 Town Hall

“Suicide Rate Amongst Our Students Is Rapidly Doubling,” Schools Chancellor Shares At CEC21 Town Hall

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza at CEC21 Town Hall, January 2021. Zoom Screenshot.Wednesday night Southern Brooklyn Community Education Council (CEC)
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Feb
10
NYC’s Small Landlords of Color Among Those Battling for Survival Amid Rent Moratorium

NYC’s Small Landlords of Color Among Those Battling for Survival Amid Rent Moratorium

Clarence Hamer Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Greg David, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/
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Feb
01
Community Rallies Around ‘Deliveristas’ Who Lost Everything in a Bensonhurst House Fire

Community Rallies Around ‘Deliveristas’ Who Lost Everything in a Bensonhurst House Fire

A fire destroyed the Bensonhurst home of a half dozen delivery cyclists and other immigrant workers. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy
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Jan
29
Taking on Mugwort in Bay Ridge

Taking on Mugwort in Bay Ridge

By the Narrows Botanical Gardens. Photo by Salma Elazab/BklynerJames Johnson, a landscape designer and co-founder of the Narrows Botanical
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Jan
29
Enrollment in NYC schools is down 4% amid the pandemic. How many students has your school lost?

Enrollment in NYC schools is down 4% amid the pandemic. How many students has your school lost?

By Alex Zimmerman and Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/27/22252172/nyc-school-enrollment-decline] The
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Jan
27
City Plans to Open Homeless Shelter on Bath Avenue

City Plans to Open Homeless Shelter on Bath Avenue

The city plans to open a homeless shelter at 2147 Bath Avenue to provide temporary shelter for 150 single men
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Jan
26
Brooklyn Communities Collaborative Awards Over $300,000 in Grants

Brooklyn Communities Collaborative Awards Over $300,000 in Grants

Yesterday, the Brooklyn Communities Collaborative [https://www.brooklyncommunities.org/] (BCC), a nonprofit organization focused on providing aid for Brooklyn and
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Jan
26
New Chipotle Hosts Sunset Park High School PTA Fundraiser Today!

New Chipotle Hosts Sunset Park High School PTA Fundraiser Today!

Today, between 4-8 pm, Sunset Park’s new Chipotle Mexican Grill will be helping the Sunset Park High School PTA
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Jan
25
South Brooklyn Marine Terminal To Become A Wind Turbine Assembly and Maintenance Plant, Bringing 1,200 Jobs To Sunset Park

South Brooklyn Marine Terminal To Become A Wind Turbine Assembly and Maintenance Plant, Bringing 1,200 Jobs To Sunset Park

Elizabeth Yeampierre estimates that her team at UPROSE [https://www.uprose.org/] – the Brooklyn community-based environmental justice organization she oversees
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Jan
22
New Yorkers Celebrate Biden’s End to Trump’s ‘Muslim’ Travel Ban and Rally for More Change

New Yorkers Celebrate Biden’s End to Trump’s ‘Muslim’ Travel Ban and Rally for More Change

Immigration reform advocates hold a rally at Battery Park Thursday morning during the start of the Biden administration. | Ben Fractenberg/
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