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Daily Archives: May 18, 2020

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MTA Launches App, Offers Free Car Rides to Essential Workers During Early Mornings, Late Nights

by Yannise Jean May 18, 2020January 28, 2021

New York City’s Mass Transit Authority has launched an app to assist essential workers who work late hours and early mornings get to and from work. Subway service has ceased […]

Kings County Tennis League
Posted inFeatures

Kids from Brooklyn’s NYCHA Sites get Indoor Tennis Lessons

by Alex Williamson May 18, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

Brooklyn Student Wins Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition

by Nigel Roberts May 18, 2020January 28, 2021
coronavirus, home schooling, computers, distance learning, virtual learning, economic disparity
Posted inIn Other Important Coronavirus News

Not all kids have computers – and they’re being left behind with schools closed by the coronavirus

by Brooklyn Reader May 18, 2020January 28, 2021
COVID Sends Public Housing-Zone Residents to Hospitals At Unusually High Rates
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

COVID Sends Public Housing-Zone Residents to Hospitals At Unusually High Rates

by Brooklyn Reader May 18, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

NYC restaurant’s reopening will include changes like masks, food lockers

by Brooklyn Reader May 18, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Shooting death of Brooklyn teen was ‘retaliatory’ for stomping of girl: cops

by Brooklyn Reader May 18, 2020January 28, 2021
Trump Blames Tests and Obama
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Trump Blames Tests and Obama

by Brooklyn Reader May 18, 2020January 28, 2021

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