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Brooklyn Small Businesses Hit Hard By Omicron This Holiday Season

20% of local businesses had to close their doors for a period of time this holiday season due to the surge in COVID-19 cases
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Brooklyn: Here’s Your List of What to do This New Year’s Eve!

Brooklyn: Here’s Your List of What to do This New Year’s Eve!

There won’t be the crowds or hugging strangers we may have hoped for... and we might be rocking sweats and socks. But, together, we will kiss 2021 goodbye!
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2 Bed-Stuy Landlords to Pay $214K for Building Violations, Tenant Harassment

2 Bed-Stuy Landlords to Pay $214K for Building Violations, Tenant Harassment

It is the second round of legal action the two landlords are facing over the seven buildings they own in Brooklyn and Queens
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Ujamaa: Brownsville Community Culinary Center

Ujamaa: Brownsville Community Culinary Center

Cooperative economics helps Brownsville residents start and flourish in culinary careers.
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NYers Will Vote on These 3 'Landmark' Proposals to Make the City More Racially Just

NYers Will Vote on These 3 'Landmark' Proposals to Make the City More Racially Just

On Tuesday, New York City's newly-created Racial Justice Commission marched to the City Clerk to deliver three new ballot proposals for New Yorkers to vote on in the 2022 general election
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Outgoing Councilmember Robert Cornegy Releases Resource Guide for Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights

The 105-page guide has information on local arts and culture organizations, small business resources and more
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Brooklyn Minority and Women-Owned Businesses Eligible for New Grant Program

Brooklyn Minority and Women-Owned Businesses Eligible for New Grant Program

The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and Cross River have partnered to create the new small business grant program
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CDC Shortens Isolation Period for Some, As NYC Offers $100 for Booster Shots

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reduced the isolation period for those who have COVID-19 but are asymptotic to five days
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Ujima: Kofi Thomas

Ujima: Kofi Thomas

Collective work makes a big difference for this Bushwick gardener.
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Biden to Expand Access to at-Home COVID Kits: 4 Essential Reads on the Critical Role of Rapid Tests

Biden to Expand Access to at-Home COVID Kits: 4 Essential Reads on the Critical Role of Rapid Tests

President Joe Biden has outlined plans to massively ramp up COVID-19 testing in an effort to curb – or at least slow – the spread of the highly infectious omicron variant across the U.S.
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