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Alarming Southern Brooklyn COVID – 19 Numbers, Again

The city’s COVID-19 positivity rate exceeded 7% for the third straight day [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-goals.page#viz1607355501127] by its own count, though not all tests have yet been processed. The 7-day average based on NY State data stands at 4.6%, and will undoubtedly

One Killed, One Critical After Retaining Wall Collapses

Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerSUNSET PARK/BORO PARK – At around 01:10 pm Monday afternoon, 911 received calls for a retaining wall that collapsed on a few workers in the rear of 454 42nd Street. When first responders got to the scene they discovered a retaining had collapsed on two workers trapping

“Arbitrary, Capricious and Downright Unfair:” Brooklyn Community Boards Push Back on Budget Cuts

On Friday afternoon, the city’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) convened an emergency virtual meeting with the city’s community boards [https://ny.curbed.com/2017/3/15/14918194/nyc-community-board-member-get-involved] . The meeting was called with 30 minutes notice, and only District Managers — the paid staffers who oversee their

Bay Ridge Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To Criminal Tax Fraud

Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/gavel?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] BAY RIDGE – A local tax preparer and his company the Five

NYC announces sweeping changes to middle, high school application process

Erasmus High School in Flatbush. Liena Zagare/BklynerChristina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York The coronavirus pandemic will force major changes in the ways students are admitted to New York City’s competitive middle and high schools this year, the education department announced on Friday. Middle schools will not use test scores

After Grueling Late Night Meeting, Brooklyn Democrats Approve Party Reforms

Brooklyn Democratic Party County Committee Chair Carlo Scissura at Wednesday’s virtual meeting.After a punishing virtual meeting [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=w_eNPFJdydM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2Z9o_LODzzbukERPeKh11vu5Hkc2wvL0GaYx-LoGEuC_rEp2GPgGGnTLw] that lasted nearly 13 hours and was filled with delays, technical problems,

Controversial Brooklyn Hospital Consolidation Postponed… Again

Via Kingsbrook Jewish Medical CenterWith coronavirus cases on the rise again [https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/ny-hospitalizations-soar-64-in-2-weeks-daily-deaths-top-100-mayor-calls-for-pause-in-nyc/2783378/] in New York, a state-led plan to consolidate three struggling central Brooklyn hospitals has been put on pause for the second time in a year. In a virtual meeting on Tuesday

NYCHA, Jason Korn again top Public Advocate’s list of worst landlords

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams at a virtual press conference announcing the release of the 2020 Worst Landlords Watchlist on December 15, 2020.The office of Public Advocate Jumaane Williams published its annual Worst Landlords Watchlist [https://landlordwatchlist.com/] today, which identifies the city’s 100 most negligent landlords as determined

Remembering Dr. Ahmad Jaber, One Of Bay Ridge’s Greatest

Dr. Ahmad Jaber. (Photo: Joey O’Loughlin, Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.)BAY RIDGE – One of the most prominent Muslim and Arab leaders in Brooklyn, Dr. Ahmad Jaber, who founded a number of community-based organizations and masjids after surviving loss and poverty, and someone who was an

Free Online Theater – pen/man/ship by Christina Anderson

Hello Brooklyn Friends, Welcome to Molière in the Park [https://www.moliereinthepark.org/penmanship], Prospect Park’s Free Theater! We are Brooklyn’s proud theater company, dedicated to bringing yearly, free, inclusive theater productions to Prospect Park. Following the success of our virtual performances of Moliere’s The Misanthrope, Tartuffe,