New York City was supposed to see a night of righteous anger, peaceful civil protest, and the peoples message that justice must be served. instead, the night turned to a chaotic, violent mess, with looting, arson, and vandalism. Watch some of what took place here on CrownHeights.info.
Violent riots began in New York City Saturday in protest of the death of a man during a police arrest in Minneapolis last week. As of midnight Motzei Shabbos, major protests continue in Manhattan and Brooklyn, one taking place just minutes from Crown Heights.
New Yorkers have had enough. As part of the #ReOpenNY coalition, 200 stores in Boro Park and Williamsburg have made plans to open their stores Sunday, in open defiance to city and state officials.
During his daily news briefing, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced that the NYPD would be enforcing New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s limit of ten people at religious gatherings.
Brooklyn Borough Hall office released a complete update on Coronavirus (COVID-19), with up to date information, as well as city and state rules and reliefs enacted for the people of New York City.
The NYPD will no longer make arrests or hand out tickets if people flout the mask-covering rules in the Big Apple, the mayor said Friday. The shift in enforcement comes two days after another controversial video emerged of a police interaction with a woman and her young child in the subway over a mask.
New York City will begin testing children for antibodies after at least 38 developed a mysterious illness associated with the novel coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Twitter.
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, New York City and State government have instructed New Yorkers to stay in their homes as much as possible despite the obvious inconvenience. Yet New York’s Department of Sanitation (DSNY) continues to issue summonses to homeowners simply because sidewalks aren’t clean to the demanding perfection of DSNY’s enforcers.
Homeowners Tip: I recently had an issue with my plumbing when the sewage backed up to my basement and wouldn’t clear even with a high power snake. Upon checking with a specialty camera we noticed there was a large crack in the sewage pipe. Fixing it end up costing me close to $6000.
Following multiple viral videos surrounding NYPD’s social distancing enforement, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez has published a statement regarding the use of force and recommendations for enforcement.
As the warmth came to the parks and promenades of New York City this Saturday, so did the city’s residents. Thousands of New Yorkers thronged the streets of the city and visited its parks, few with masks and many completely disregarding social distancing guidelines. The Mayors response, nothing. The Double standard is glaring.
As federal regulators consider the owner’s proposal to sell it to a company that plans to demolish it, the Indian Point Nuclear Energy Center will be shutting down its second reactor.
New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio has again tripped himself up on twitter after calling out Orthodox Jews for not following social distancing guidelines during the funeral of a greatly respected Rabbi in Williamsburg. The tweet storm response was enormous.
Starting at 12:00pm Tuesday, New York City residents were able to watch a flyover of military parade jets in a tribute to the healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 virus. The flyover passed directly over Crown Heights, bringing the rarely heard roar of low flying military jets.
An Air Force and Navy flyover salute to the healthcare workers on the front line of the COVID-19 Pandemic is planned for Tuesday in the skies of New York City. The spectacle will be able to be seen as far as Brooklyn and Staten Island,
New York City has announced that they will be providing three free kosher “grab and go” meals per day for any New Yorker that requests them. The kosher meals will be under the Volove Kashrus organization.
At least 513 more people were killed by COVID-19 in the Big Apple in the past 24 hours — a grim number that nonetheless offered a ray of hope, as it was 209 fewer lives lost than the day before, city data released Saturday reveal.
