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New York’s $2.7 Billion Rent Relief Program Cuts First Checks, Amid Scrutiny

New York’s $2.7 Billion Rent Relief Program Cuts First Checks, Amid Scrutiny

New York's stalled rent relief program has started sending checks to a handful of landlords whose tenants have missed rent payments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Gov.
Shady Towers: 34-Story Crown Heights Build Bad for the Neighborhood, Deadly for the Garden, Locals Say

Shady Towers: 34-Story Crown Heights Build Bad for the Neighborhood, Deadly for the Garden, Locals Say

Opponents of the towers say the development will cause plants to die in the Botanical Garden, and will welcome more high-rises to Crown Heights.
New $75M Supportive, Affordable Housing Complex Opens in Brownsville

New $75M Supportive, Affordable Housing Complex Opens in Brownsville

The complex will include 125 new apartments for those needing onsite support services
Students Faced Unequal Distribution of Remote Devices Due to DOE Mismanagement: Audit

Students Faced Unequal Distribution of Remote Devices Due to DOE Mismanagement: Audit

Comptroller Scott Stringer has released the results of an audit showing Department of Education’s handling of remote learning devices led to waste and wanting
‘It’s Not Over’: New Yorkers React to New CDC Guidance on Masking Up Indoors

‘It’s Not Over’: New Yorkers React to New CDC Guidance on Masking Up Indoors

Although she's fully vaccinated, Leah Thode says her mask is not coming off.
Brooklyn DA Dismisses More than 3,500 Marijuana Cases

Brooklyn DA Dismisses More than 3,500 Marijuana Cases

The move has come after marijuana was legalized by the State in March
New Photography Installation Centers Bed-Stuy’s Longstanding Black Residents

New Photography Installation Centers Bed-Stuy’s Longstanding Black Residents

The photography and storytelling project ‘We Are Here’ celebrates the lives and rich cultural legacies that make Bed-Stuy what it is
Bed-Stuy Designer Kicks Off Black Business Month With Fashion Show

Bed-Stuy Designer Kicks Off Black Business Month With Fashion Show

This Sunday, Moshood Afariogun will hold a fashion show at Bed-Stuy’s Restoration Plaza
NYC Will Require Vaccination Or Weekly Testing For All City Workers

NYC Will Require Vaccination Or Weekly Testing For All City Workers

Beginning in mid-September, New York City will require all of its roughly 300,000 municipal workers, including police, firefighters and teachers, to either be vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested weekly.
Brooklyn Students to Hold Basquiat Inspired Art Show at Barclays Center

Brooklyn Students to Hold Basquiat Inspired Art Show at Barclays Center

The show will feature 150 art works by New York’s public school students