In Other Brooklyn News

A New York City Housing Authority retiree ticked off his running tally: an ex-wife sick, a daughter sick, and three old friends dead. In Queens, a young poet learned a friend's parents are in the hospital, one on a ventilator.

Sandra Santos-Vizcaino was a leader in dual language education, a longtime teacher beloved not just by her own family but by scores of children she taught over a 25-year career.

When Darren Ornitz got an urgent text message calling for volunteers to bring supplies to Holocaust survivors trapped at home by the coronavirus crisis , he sprang into action.

At the Olmsted restaurant in Prospect Heights chefs are still in the kitchen. But they're not cooking for take out or delivery - they're preparing meals for hundreds of food service employees thrown out of work by the pandemic.

In Jamaica, Queens, next to an auto body shop and down from a used car lot, sits a utilitarian box-like building now serving as a crucial cog in the effort to control the spread of coronavirus.

Click here to view original web page at talkingpointsmemo.com A refrigerated truck outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. (Courtesy of Marc Kozlow) This story was first published at ProPublica .

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The hospitality industry let out a sigh of relief this week after a $2 trillion coronavirus aid package made its way through the legislative ranks. But the road to recovery for restaurants already hit by the outbreak appears grim.

As of now, the House of Representatives will not be returning to the city until at least April 20. The District's Mayor, Muriel Bowser, announced stricter rules for residents at a press conference Monday. Click here to view original web page at wgme.

We regret to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Yisroel Yechezkel Plutchok ZATZAL, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Derech Chaim in Boro Park. Rav Plutchok was in critical condition from COVID-19 and was Niftar on Thursday afternoon.