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Healthcare Workers, Public Advocate Call on City to Invest in Sustainable PPE

Healthcare Workers, Public Advocate Call on City to Invest in Sustainable PPE

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams wrote a letter to the City co-signed by healthcare professionals calling for increased production and distribution of reusable PPE
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Rollerskating Returns to Brooklyn Streets

Rollerskating Returns to Brooklyn Streets

Skating instructor Tanya Dean is making it her mission to get people out and pumping again
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Brooklyn Community Steps Out in Generosity for Premature Baby Girl and Her Mom

Brooklyn Community Steps Out in Generosity for Premature Baby Girl and Her Mom

A baby girl born almost 3 months premature amid the COVID-19 pandemic has come home to a house full of supplies thanks to the generosity of the Bed-Stuy community
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Family of Sha-Asia Semple Cry Out for Justice After Daughter's Death at Brooklyn Hospital

Family of Sha-Asia Semple Cry Out for Justice After Daughter's Death at Brooklyn Hospital

Semple died during childbirth at Woodhull Medical Center on July 2, highlighting the maternal death rate for Black women
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Freedom Food: Bushwick Garden Feeds Its Neighborhood Through Pandemic

Freedom Food: Bushwick Garden Feeds Its Neighborhood Through Pandemic

Bushwick gardener Kofi Thomas shows how gardening and growing food can make us more free
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NYC Pulls Prospect Park Thoroughfares From Brooklyn Open Streets Program

NYC Pulls Prospect Park Thoroughfares From Brooklyn Open Streets Program

With little warning, City Hall announced that two main thoroughfares that border Prospect Park will be removed from the program
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Bed-Stuy Hospital Receives 1,800 Paintings For Health Care Workers

The paintings, which each represent a different flower, were created by Los Angeles-based artist Michael Gittes
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New York City Enters Phase 4 of Reopening

New York City Enters Phase 4 of Reopening

But many indoor activities and large gatherings remain off the table, as the governor tries to limit a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic
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Bed-Stuy Farmers Market To Return This Weekend

Bed-Stuy Farmers Market To Return This Weekend

Hattie Carthan Community Market will have social distancing and safety measures in place
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Amid COVID-19 and mass protests, Brooklyn gets a “Day of Healing”

On Thursday, Senator Zellnor Myrie and Kings Against Violence Initiative will hold free online workshops
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