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Here’s Where to Get a COVID Test Without Waiting for Hours

Here’s Where to Get a COVID Test Without Waiting for Hours

The COVID testing process in the city has technically never been more accessible — there are hundreds of free city testing sites across the five boroughs, along with urgent-care facilities.
New York’s Restaurant Workers Grapple With the Crushing Mental and Physical Toll of COVID

New York’s Restaurant Workers Grapple With the Crushing Mental and Physical Toll of COVID

Nikol Burgos Sevilla works as a server in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights neighborhood. She says that, since going back to work, she makes approximately two-thirds what she did before the pandemic.
Will Your NYC School Offer 5 Days a Week of In-Person Classes? For Many Principals, Space and Staff Hurdles Persist

Will Your NYC School Offer 5 Days a Week of In-Person Classes? For Many Principals, Space and Staff Hurdles Persist

East Harlem mom Rosa Diaz was elated to learn that her 4-year-old son would be able to go to school in person five days a week. For months, he has been attending in-person classes at P.S.
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 125 Units in Brownsville, Starting at $367 a Month

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 125 Units in Brownsville, Starting at $367 a Month

An affordable housing lottery has opened for a whopping 125 newly constructed units in a 12-story building at 405 Dumont Avenue in Brownsville. The building, known as Van Dyke III, is part of the Van Dyke Houses campus.
Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights Seniors Eligible For Winter Services

Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights Seniors Eligible For Winter Services

Seniors living in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights might be eligible for upcoming services through a "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" set up by their council member. Those 60 years and older who live in Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr.
Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights Seniors Eligible For Winter Services

Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights Seniors Eligible For Winter Services

Seniors living in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights might be eligible for upcoming services through a "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" set up by their council member. Those 60 years and older who live in Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr.
Brooklyn Bail Fund Spent Millions To Free BLM Demonstrators, Immigrants in 2020

Brooklyn Bail Fund Spent Millions To Free BLM Demonstrators, Immigrants in 2020

It has been an extraordinary year for the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund (BCBF).
Hakeem Jeffries’s Post-Election Message

Hakeem Jeffries’s Post-Election Message

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is ready to move past the bickering after weeks of squabbling by House Democrats over messaging tactics following their poor showing in November.
Hakeem Jeffries’s Post-Election Message

Hakeem Jeffries’s Post-Election Message

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is ready to move past the bickering after weeks of squabbling by House Democrats over messaging tactics following their poor showing in November.
EMTs Robbed at Gunpoint in Brooklyn While Responding to Fake 911 Call

EMTs Robbed at Gunpoint in Brooklyn While Responding to Fake 911 Call

A pair of Emergency Medical Technicians working for a Brooklyn hospital were robbed at gunpoint as they responded to a bogus 911 call at a NYCHA apartment building, officials and sources said Tuesday.