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Ex Head of Boerum Hill Association on How to Help Atlantic Avenue Shops
Now helming the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation, Howard Kolins outlines the challenges local businesses are facing during the pandemic.
Brooklyn Coronavirus Update and Open Thread: Small Business, Commercial Rent (5/22/20)
The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce has set up a fund to help Brooklyn's 63,000 businesses called Bring Back Brooklyn.
Daily Links: Commercial Rent Payments Drop, NYC Heads Toward June Reopening
In the News
- Can Coney Island Survive This? [NYT]
- Commercial Rent Payments Plummet in NYC [NYT]
- Homeless New Yorkers in Swank Brooklyn Hotel Spark Resident Fears [NYP]
- Housing Court Begins Virtual Conferences on Pending Eviction Matters [Eagle]
- Environmentalists Demand National Grid Halt North Brooklyn Pipeline [BP]
- City On Its Way to Begin Reopening by Early June, de Blasio Says [amNY]
- A Brooklyn Doctor on the Mystery Illness Affecting Children [NYFamily]
- Pantry Seeks Help to Prep Packages for Holocaust Survivors [Greenpointers]
- De Blasio Launches Coronavirus Response Plan for Nursing Homes [Gothamist]
- Public School Families to Receive $420 Per Child for Food Benefits [Chalkbeat]
- Elected Officials to Mayor: Finish the Brooklyn Greenway [Streetsblog]
Brooklyn Coronavirus Update and Open Thread: Unemployment (5/21/20)
Unemployment claims reached 2.4 million in the last week, bringing the total since the shutdown to nearly 39 million claims, or 14.7 percent
Italian Expat Photographer Documents Brooklynites on Their Stoops During Pandemic
"The stoops allow for socializing -- at a 6-foot distance -- and some kind of community building," writer and photographer Francesca Magnani told Brownstoner.
Daily Links: New York Passes Viral Peak, Landmarks to Glow Green for Parks Workers
In the News
- He Was Thriving in New York’s Art Scene. The Virus Changed Everything [NYT]
- Hospitals Move Into Next Phase as New York Passes Viral Peak [NYT]
- MTA Rolling Out 230 Virus-Killing UV Lamps on NYC Subways and Buses [NYP]
- Sex for Rent? U.S. Attorney for Brooklyn Asks Tenants to Report Landlords [Eagle]
- State Pol Calls on City to Rethink Embattled Fort Greene Park Redesign [BP]
- Bay Ridge Pol Advocates for Borough’s Memorial Day Celebration [BP]
- Brooklyn Diesel Tank Blast ‘Scared the Hell Out Of’ Residents [amNY]
- Amplifying the Voice of Sunset Park’s Immigrant Community [BKReader]
- NYC Landmarks Will ‘Go Green’ Thursday to Honor Parks Workers [6sqft]
- Owner of Pasta Hit Lilia Under Fire for Downplaying COVID-19’s Severity [Eater]
Brooklyn Coronavirus Update and Open Thread: Canada, Reopening, Economy (5/20/20)
Some private mortgage lenders have voluntarily started offering relief to COVID-stressed homeowners that parallels federal programs.
Daily Links: Walking on NYC Beaches Will Be Allowed With Social Distancing
In the News
- She Spent Her Last Month of College Lifting Bodies in a Brooklyn Morgue [NYT]
- Conrad Ifill, a Caribbean Baker in East Flatbush, Dies at 81 [NYT]
- ‘Sopranos’ Star Feeds Brooklyn Front-Line Workers After Aunt Beats Virus [NYP]
- As Courts Begin to Reopen, Brooklyn Lawyers Remain Skeptical [Eagle]
- Out-of-Town Trump Backers Rally Outside Williamsburg Barber Shop [BP]
- Parks Plans for Coney Island Fences If Beach Crowds Grow Too Large [amNY]
- Kids From Brooklyn’s NYCHA Sites Get Indoor Tennis Lessons [BKReader]
- De Blasio Knocks Foundation Out From Under His Tiny Houses Push [The City]
- NYC Restaurant Inspections Off the Menu During the Pandemic [The City]
- 24-Hour Virtual Vigil for Americans Who Have Died of Coronavirus [Gothamist]
- Permits Filed For Eight-Story Mixed-Use Building in Clinton Hill [NYY]
New Small Business Loan Program Launched for Brooklyn Businesses
The loan program is only available to businesses in the 39th Council District and the 44th Assembly District, our sister pub Brooklyn Paper reports.
