COVID-19

The Week in COVID-19 (01/01/21): Brooklyn, Heres Everything You Need to Know

More than 70,000 New York City residents have had their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but Mayor Bill de Blasio said testing must increase and aims to inoculate 1 million in January.

Jan 1, 2021 5:48 PM Read more >

How to Outsmart Your COVID-19 Fears and Boost Your Mood in 2021

Its all about emotion...

Dec 31, 2020 12:30 PM Read more >

New York Bans All Evictions For Two More Months, Extendable to May

The act allows tenants and some homeowners to file a hardship declaration halting eviction or foreclosure until May 1

Dec 28, 2020 5:28 PM Read more >

Brooklyn Nonprofit Donates 115,000 Masks Across NYC, the US and Latin America

The ethical fashion non-profit Mercado Global shifted to a mask-donating operation, powered by 750 rural Guatemalan women artisans.

Dec 24, 2020 9:45 AM Read more >

Annual LOVEisLOVE Festival Will Stream Live International Art Performances to Help Artists In Need

The 24-hour global fundraising festival with Brooklyn roots will feature performances from artists in multiple disciplines from 24 countries

Dec 22, 2020 2:22 PM Read more >

New Stimulus Bill Would Give Unemployed Brooklynites $300 Weekly Boost

The bill was passed by Congress Monday night and, once signed by President Trump, will also send out one-time stimulus checks of $600

Dec 22, 2020 1:33 PM Read more >

The Week in COVID-19 (12/18/20): Brooklyn, Heres Everything You Need to Know

Vice-President Mike Pence is vaccinated in front of the media to boost public confidence; NYC nurse is first person in the U.S. to receive vaccine; and daily deaths pass 3,000

Dec 18, 2020 4:07 PM Read more >

Five Brooklyn Nonprofits Receive More Than $1M in Grants to Combat Effects of COVID-19, Climate Change and Election Issues

The New York Community Trust has awarded $6.1 million to 42 nonprofits to support work building equitable, thriving and healthy communities

Dec 17, 2020 7:48 PM Read more >

Bed-Stuy Youth Serve Community Through Pandemic in Local Internship Program

Bridge Street Development Corporation has persevered to maintain its youth internship program when it was needed most

Dec 16, 2020 7:47 PM Read more >

Brooklyn Landlord Jason Korn and NYCHA Named NYCs Worst Landlords for Second Year in a Row

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams' Worst Landlord Watchlist shows the highest-violation buildings are in communities of color hardest hit by COVID-19

Dec 16, 2020 12:35 PM Read more >