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Crunching the COVID-19 Numbers: NYC Sees Stabilizing Spread, But Major Hot Spots Emerge

Crunching the COVID-19 Numbers: NYC Sees Stabilizing Spread, But Major Hot Spots Emerge

Every major indicator New York City uses to track the spread of COVID-19 points to a stabilizing situation across the Five Boroughs — but the danger is far from over.
70-Year-Old Woman Hit By Car and Killed While Sitting on Her Steps

70-Year-Old Woman Hit By Car and Killed While Sitting on Her Steps

A memorial has been set up at the spot where 70-year-old Brenda Whidbee was hit by a car and dragged several feet. The Brownsville community say she was a pillar in the neighborhood.
Affordable Housing Round-Up: Eight Buildings in Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Manhattan

Affordable Housing Round-Up: Eight Buildings in Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Manhattan

Today's housing lottery round-up features eight buildings in Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Manhattan with available affordable units on Housing Connect with deadlines closing within the next seven days.
Brooklyn Man Charged In Penn Station Rush Hour Shooting: Report

Brooklyn Man Charged In Penn Station Rush Hour Shooting: Report

A 27-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged in the rush-hour shooting of a man who was waiting for his wife outside of Penn Station earlier this week, according to published reports.
MTA Bus Worker Charged with Tax Fraud on Second Business Running Auto Body Shop

MTA Bus Worker Charged with Tax Fraud on Second Business Running Auto Body Shop

An MTA bus worker is charged with stealing almost $40,000 in unpaid taxes from his side hustle running an auto body repair shop in Brooklyn, according to court documents.
Sunset Park Bank Seeks Approval for Millions in Subsidized Deposits for Increased Financial Services

Sunset Park Bank Seeks Approval for Millions in Subsidized Deposits for Increased Financial Services

A Sunset Park bank branch is seeking approval for a state program that would give them millions in public deposits in exchange for offering services for vulnerable populations.
17-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Deadly Shooting at Sweet 16 Party Last Year in Brooklyn

17-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Deadly Shooting at Sweet 16 Party Last Year in Brooklyn

A teenager has been charged with murder for a deadly shooting in Brooklyn last year. Police arrested a 17-year-old boy for a shooting that occurred last November.
How Eric Adams Won The New York City Mayoral Primary

How Eric Adams Won The New York City Mayoral Primary

For two months we've known that Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams won New York City's Democratic primary for mayor with 31 percent of first-place votes (he finally achieved a majority in the ranked-choice election after eight rounds of instant ru
Brooklyn Boy, 16, Dies a Week After He’s Shot Behind Wheel of Mercedes in Unsolved Drive-By

Brooklyn Boy, 16, Dies a Week After He’s Shot Behind Wheel of Mercedes in Unsolved Drive-By

A 16-year-old boy shot behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz in Brooklyn has died, police said Wednesday.
Cameras Capture Illegal Dumping as Sanitation Tries to Clean Up Increasingly Dirty City

Cameras Capture Illegal Dumping as Sanitation Tries to Clean Up Increasingly Dirty City

The driver of a U-Haul truck recently pulled up to a dead-end block in East New York, Brooklyn, unloaded hunks of a cut tree — including branches and the chopped-up stump — and drove away.