In Other Brooklyn News

The campaign of Isiah James, a charismatic Brooklyn congressional candidate, has flamed out. James filed to run for the office held by Rep. Yvette Clarke, a New York Democrat, on January 22, 2019, attracting interest from local activists.

New York City will more than double its open streets footprint this week, banning traffic from a dozen more miles of streets to help New Yorkers spread out in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Starting May 14, the city will open 7.

Nearly 190,000 people were tested for the coronavirus in New York City over the past two weeks, a record number, says the New York Times.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that several regions of the state outside New York City could start reopening their economies this weekend after meeting criteria related to hospitalizations and testing for the coronavirus, demonstrating

New York City's death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than the tally kept by the city and state, according to an analysis released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Jamal Thom parked outside a recreation center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, N.Y., at 9 p.m. last Tuesday, and slept in his car. Before the coronavirus crippled New York City, he was picking up rides on Uber and Lyft.

At least 75 congregations of different faiths and denominations throughout New York City have been left leaderless over the past two months, with several rabbis, priests and ministers dying as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, The New Yor

Flatbush Hatzoloh Volunteers Responded To 6,500 COVID-19 Calls United For Protection together with Flatbush Hatzoloh will be sponsoring a full day of unity through music.

New Yorkers are temporarily donating their empty homes to out-of-town health care workers who need accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking with an artist friend the other day, she mentioned that the stores in her neighborhood were well-stocked with food—meat, fish, fruits and vegetables, a veritable cornucopia of plenty.