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Coronavirus

Letter Carriers Balk at Entering Brooklyn Post Office Over Coronavirus

March 20, 2020, 5:14 p.m.April 6, 2020, 4:54 p.m.

After a supervisor in Williamsburg tested positive for COVID-19, the U.S. Postal Service workers decided to pick up deliveries outside.

People

Greenpoint Activist Vies to Unseat 47-Year Incumbent Lentol

Dec. 23, 2019, 4:00 a.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:29 a.m.

With her Brooklyn Assembly run, community board member and environmental advocate Emily Gallagher s wave of upstarts rattling entrenched pols.

Brooklyn

Group Floats Separate Swimming for Men and Women at Williamsburg Pool

Sept. 18, 2019, 4:05 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

A Brooklyn pool’s women-only schedule made waves among civil rights activists three years ago. Now the ladies who swim are offering men a deal.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Board Manager Defends SUV Splurge: ‘I’m Not Going to Parties’

May 29, 2019, 9:47 p.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

Gerald Esposito of Williamsburg-Greenpoint Community Board 1 says the rules were followed in buying the $26,000 Toyota with public funds.

Brooklyn

Mayor de Blasio Calls for Probe of Community Board SUV Purchase

May 24, 2019, 11:30 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

He spoke out after THE CITY revealed a Brooklyn board’s $26,000 Toyota splurge. Meanwhile, the City Council will look at board spending citywide.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Community Board Roils Over $26,000 SUV Splurge

May 23, 2019, 4:15 a.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:25 a.m.

Williamsburg’s CB 1 used a City Council grant to buy a Toyota RAV4 – which THE CITY found parked Wednesday night near the board manager’s house.

Government

Making it Count: Immigration Advocates Seek Census Outreach Funding Boost

April 23, 2019, 7:29 p.m.April 6, 2020, 4:57 p.m.

A pending U.S. Supreme Court decision and budget woes could stymie local efforts to get an accurate tally in next year’s count, some fear.

Williamsburg

Letter Carriers Balk at Entering Brooklyn Post Office Over Coronavirus

Greenpoint Activist Vies to Unseat 47-Year Incumbent Lentol

Group Floats Separate Swimming for Men and Women at Williamsburg Pool

Brooklyn Board Manager Defends SUV Splurge: ‘I’m Not Going to Parties’

Mayor de Blasio Calls for Probe of Community Board SUV Purchase

Brooklyn Community Board Roils Over $26,000 SUV Splurge

Making it Count: Immigration Advocates Seek Census Outreach Funding Boost

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