Brooklyn Life

In the News

• Cuomo Won’t Approve Closing of Businesses in Hard-Hit Areas [NYT]
• When COVID Flared Again in Orthodox Jewish New York [NYT]
• How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Impacted NYC’s Hungry [NYDN]
• Brooklyn Pols Unveil Three-Part Plan to Combat Illegal Guns [BP]
• Some Orthodox Jews Bristle at NYC’s Response to Virus Surge [AP]
• BP Calls on City to Crack Down on Illegal Dumping in East Flatbush [News 12 BK]
• 4-Year-Old Critically Injured by Minivan Driver in Gerritsen Beach [Gothamist]
• Cuomo Postpones Tax Lien Sale Yet Again [TRD]
• Nearly $30 Million in Brooklyn Luxury Contracts Signed Last Week [TRD]
• 12-Story Mixed-Use Building Coming to 4th Avenue in Boerum Hill [NYY]
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• Fearing Second Wave, NYC Will Adopt Restrictions in Hard-Hit Areas [NYT]
• NYPD Warns Officers: Wear Your Masks [NYT]
• NYC’s School Testing Plan May Miss Large Outbreaks, Study Finds [NYT]
• Sunset Park Nurse Fatally Struck by Motorcycle [NYP]
• NYPD Officers in Riot Gear Disrupt Outdoor Concert in Park Slope [Gothamist]
• Sunset Park Family Still Awaits iPad for Remote Learning [Gothamist]
• Brooklyn Friends School to Close Monday, Tuesday Due to Planned Strike [BP]
• The Next Chapter in the Putnam Triangle Experiment [Real Estate Bites]
• Council Could Pave Way for Public Bank to Fund Affordable Homes [City Limits]
• Nearly 10K Eviction Notices Filed This Summer, 74 Percent Drop [City Limits]
• Brooklyn Hospital Center’s Renovation Could Include 1K Affordable Units [TRD]
• Seven-Story Building Coming to Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg [NYY]
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In the News

• New York Becomes First Big City in U.S. to Reopen All Its Schools [NYT]
• For Black Designers, Opening Doors That Have Been Shut [NYT]
• Startling State Report Reveals Grim Future for NYC Restaurants, Bars [NYP]
• Fort Greene Tenants Sue Landlord as They Get NYC’s Help [The City]
• Dyker Heights Italian Restaurant Colandrea Shutters After 84 Years [Eater]
• Hotly Anticipated Sequel to Scratchbread Is Opening in Williamsburg [Eater]
• Many Brooklyn Restaurants Taking Their Time With Indoor Dining [BK Reader]
• Some Orthodox Neighborhoods Seek to Downplay Coronavirus Rates [Gothamist]
• Owners of Endswell Opening New Pub in Fort Greene [CO]
• Ceremony to Name Crown Heights Stations After Medgar Evers [Patch]
• Bushwick Developer Duo Hit With Foreclosure Lawsuit [TRD]
• Six-Story Building Coming to Brooklyn Avenue in East Flatbush [NYY]
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In the News

• Indoor Dining Returns to New York City, But Will Customers? [NYT]
• Fast-Moving Fire Leaves Seven Injured in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens [BP]
• Advocates Demand City Pause Plans for Steiner Film Hub in Sunset Park [BP]
• Convent at Angel Guardian Site Will Be Razed for Housing [Eagle]
• How GOP-Friendly Firm Behind Ballot Bungle Scored $4.6 Million Deal [The City]
• Thousands of New York Children Lost Parent or Guardian to Virus [The City]
• New Study Finds No Direct Link Between Subway & COVID-19 Spread [Gothamist]
• New ‘Vegan Mekelburg’s’ Opens in Clinton Hill [Gothamist]
• Bed Stuy Divided on Future of BLM Mural Space [BK Reader]
• Kellogg’s Diner in Williamsburg Faces Closure [Greenpointers]
• After Industry City, Is ULURP Dead? [TRD]
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In the News

• N.Y.C. Reports Large Uptick in Virus Cases [NYT]
• Elementary Schools Reopen in Person, in Milestone for N.Y.C. [NYT]
• A Beloved Teacher Died From Virus. Now Her School Confronts Reopening [NYT]
• ‘We’re at War’: New York City Faces a Financial Abyss [NYT]
• Deer Runs Wild in Gravesend [NYP]
• New Ballots to be Sent to Nearly 100,000 Brooklyn Voters [Gothamist]
• ‘Indoor Dining Is Going Forward,’ Mayor Says in Light of Virus Uptick [Eater]
• See a Brooklyn Heights Brownstone’s Colorful Twist on Old-School Style [AD]
• From Unthinkable to Reality: Cheap NYC Apartments Sit Vacant [TRD]
• Rezoning Gowanus, de Blasio’s Shot at Redemption, No Sure Thing [TRD]
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