In Other Brooklyn News

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.

So many people are dying from COVID-19 at two Brooklyn nursing homes that one of them is running out of room to store bodies.

Fifty New Yorkers who dedicated their careers to educating children have died from novel coronavirus, according to the Department of Education.

I grew up in a small town in upstate New York called Rhinebeck , which is about two hours north of New York City. This year, I moved to a small apartment in Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough — and it was definitely an adjustment.