In Other Brooklyn News

The NYPD says that roughly 60 people turned a barbershop in Brooklyn into a nightclub for a late-night party, violating the city's social gathering guidelines during the coronavirus pandemic. Click here to view original web page at www.fox5ny.

Judge and former NYC Councilman Noach Dear passed away today after a battle with the coronavirus. He was 67 years old.

Lying in a hospital bed last month, Madhvi Aya understood what was happening to her. She had been a doctor in India, then trained to become a physician assistant after she immigrated to the United States.

As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, prisons and jails remain some of the most vulnerable places for its transmission.

Even before New York became the epicenter of the pandemic, it didn't take much imagination to project that COVID-19 would be a disaster for the roughly half-million people living in the city's 326 public-housing complexes.

As some wealthier Western nations begin easing coronavirus restrictions, many developing countries, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, want to do it too, but they cannot afford the luxury of any missteps.

Nurses at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn are demanding more protective equipment for themselves and their colleagues amid what they say is a string of employee deaths there. Click here to view original web page at www.kpbs.

"We see this moment as a challenge for us to define what it means to be in solidarity with our community, and to thrust ourselves into being of use to those around us." said Alec Duffy, founder and co-director of JACK, in a statement.

Spring arrived in New York City almost unnoticed amid empty streets and shuttered restaurants. But the ecosystem of the city stops for no virus.

Under the agreement, the MTA will pay a $500,000 lump sum to the spouse, beneficiary or estate of each deceased union member who worked on or after Feb. 1, 2020.