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Supreme Court Sides With BK Religious Groups, Ruling Against Cuomo's Limits on Religious Gatherings

In its first major ruling with new Justice Amy Coney Barret, the Supreme Court shifted its stance on allowing states to enforce limitations on religious gatherings during COVID-19

Nov 27, 2020 12:57 PM Read more >

Support Brooklyn Small Businesses This Holiday Season

Brooklyn Business Center launches Small Business Saturday campaign featuring local companies that pivoted during 2020 pandemic

Nov 27, 2020 10:16 AM Read more >

Why Small Biz Saturday and 2020 Holiday Season Could Make or Break Local NYC Stores Amid Pandemic

Brooklyn bookseller Kalima DeSuze wants to be clear — she's not anti-Amazon as much as she's pro-keeping independent retailers alive amid a nasty pandemic that's shut down much of the world's economy.

Nov 27, 2020 9:31 AM Read more >

This Wrongly Convicted Man Spent 25 Thanksgivings in Prison

In 1995, I was a 25-year-old Brooklyn father of a one-and-a-half-year-old son. I had recently joined The Times and had become the paper's youngest newsroom department head since a man named Lester Markel was named Sunday editor in 1923.

Nov 26, 2020 10:04 AM Read more >

Hundreds of Brownsville Families Get Healthy Thanksgiving Meal From Brooklyn Non-Profits

Teens for Food Justice, Collective Fare and Brooklyn Community Collaborative handed out more than 600 meals over the past week

Nov 25, 2020 5:52 PM Read more >

New in Brooklyn: Program to Help Struggling Families Parent Young Kids

The GABI program helps caregivers who have experienced trauma build strong bonds with their children under 4

Nov 25, 2020 4:44 PM Read more >

On Your Mark, Get Set ... Give!

"Giving Tuesday" officially kicked off on Nov. 10 and culminates on Tuesday Dec. 1

Nov 25, 2020 4:25 PM Read more >

Unbought and Unbossed Day at Chez Oskar with Students from P.S. 5

Students from Bed-Stuy's P.S. 5 are celebrating iconic Congressmember Shirley Chisholm's 96th birthday with a fundraiser for Stacey Abrams' Fair Fight fund

Nov 25, 2020 12:07 PM Read more >

She Was My Princess: Grandmother of Brooklyn Sweet 16? Shooting Victim Remembers Teen Destined for Better Things

She came to Brooklyn for a birthday party, and now her family is planning for a Virginia funeral.

Nov 25, 2020 9:44 AM Read more >

Jehovahs Witnesses Hotel in DUMBO to Be Converted Into Affordable Housing

Affordable and supportive housing provider Breaking Ground will transform the building at 90 Sands St into 491 apartments

Nov 24, 2020 12:55 PM Read more >