The federal government has offered a new way to combat the spread of the virus: providing free Covid testing kits and N95 masks. But how accessible are they, and how can we get them?
Information on positive Covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Bushwick and all of New York City.
The rise of gig work cancellations caused by the hike of Omicron Covid cases is reminding local freelancers of March 2020.
An update on how local music and nightlife venues are reacting to the Omicron surge, including details on New Year’s Eve events.
With Covid cases rising across Bushwick and all of NYC, some are abandoning their holiday plans and spending Christmas by themselves.
Testing lines and closures may remind you of spring 2020, but COVID hospitalizations and deaths remain comparatively low.
Information on where to get a COVID test, what tests are available, how much they cost, if you need an appointment and more.
Children ages 5 to 11 will soon also have to show vaccine cards for indoor dining and entertainment.
All adults living in New York are eligible to receive a free COVID-19 booster shot, administered in local health clinics, pop-up vans, pharmacies and elsewhere.
The advisory falls short of a full mask mandate.
Family members of nursing home residents can now visit their loved ones whenever and for as long as they want.
Plus, the Bushwick schools offering pop-up vaccination sites.
An updated look at Bushwick’s vaccination rates, in the wake of NYC vaccine mandates.
In-school testing results show a shockingly low number of positive COVID cases in Bushwick schools, but there are questions about testing.
City data reveals that more than 10,000 additional people in the Bushwick area have become fully vaccinated over the past three weeks.
City data reveals vaccination rates in Bushwick and surrounding neighborhoods.
Families in Bushwick and around the city, unconvinced by school COVID-19 protocols, want the option to continue remote instruction.
Pumps, one of New York’s “last old school strip clubs,” has survived the COVID pandemic.
‘Our campaign was going to win,’ Ousted Candidates Plan For Next Year
Williams sent letters to both Mayor de Blasio and Gov Cuomo citing both the “strong public health potential of contact tracing programs and the inherent risks associated with of private information”
“Justice was served,” candidate Misba Abdin says of a ruling overturning a Board Of Elections decision that nixed his campaign
A fine art rental subscription company called Curina has launched a COVID-19 benefit project and will donate 100% of its sale commission to delivering PPE
“Testing is going to be a major operation that happens from now until the situation is over. It’s new, it’s technical, it’s complex”
Grove resident Matt Clifford created a Facebook page in which the city and state governments’ response to the COVID crisis is sharply criticized and resources useful to impacted renters are collected.
The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the election for Rafael Espinal’s seat until June but the candidates are still running and “politics is still alive and well in Brooklyn”
Bushwick venues are leaning in to live streaming to help you party during the Coronavirus Quarantine.
City officials spent the morning welcoming the massive 1,000 bed ship which will be housing non-coronavirus patients as NYC hospitals experience overwhelming amounts of patients
National Grid workers had been working ‘in close proximity to each other’ for a week after non-essential workers were ordered home
Gov Cuomo announces a handful of aggressive new measures to prevent the spread of COVID19 during press conference today.