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Friday Fast Fact: A Staggering Number of Bushwick Residents Lack Health Insurance

Friday Fast Fact: A Staggering Number of Bushwick Residents Lack Health Insurance

The neighborhood has one of the highest rates of uninsured residents in the entire city.

Low Cost Health Insurance for Freelancers & Artists in a Nutshell

Low Cost Health Insurance for Freelancers & Artists in a Nutshell

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Do You Have a Health Insurance?

Do You Have a Health Insurance?

No, seriously

The Shape-Up Bushwick Parade Aims to Raise the Community’s Awareness of Living a Healthy Lifestyle

The Shape-Up Bushwick Parade Aims to Raise the Community’s Awareness of Living a Healthy Lifestyle

Join the parade on June 6!

Bushwick Fun Facts: Why Is the Neighborhood So Darn Unhealthy?

Bushwick Fun Facts: Why Is the Neighborhood So Darn Unhealthy?

We dug through some stats on health in Bushwick to find out.

Community-Based Project will  Research the Impacts of Cleaning Supplies on Latinx Domestic Workers

Community-Based Project will Research the Impacts of Cleaning Supplies on Latinx Domestic Workers

Lack of health insurance, coupled with harmful chemical products, only serve to create a potentially life-threatening work environment.

How New Yorkers Can Get Free At-Home Covid Tests and N95 Masks

How New Yorkers Can Get Free At-Home Covid Tests and N95 Masks

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? 

Amid the Recent Increase in Omicron Covid Cases, Freelancers Are Struggling To Stay Afloat

Amid the Recent Increase in Omicron Covid Cases, Freelancers Are Struggling To Stay Afloat

The rise of gig work cancellations caused by the hike of Omicron Covid cases is reminding local freelancers of March 2020.

Espinal Teases Yang Endorsement In Mayor’s Race

Espinal Teases Yang Endorsement In Mayor’s Race

‘I have not formally endorsed yet, but…’ the former Bushwick councilman says, with a wink.

Ex-Mission Chef Dazzles With A New Take On Vietnamese

Ex-Mission Chef Dazzles With A New Take On Vietnamese

Are you a New Yorker struggling with unemployment? Here are some resources to help

Are you a New Yorker struggling with unemployment? Here are some resources to help

A list of resources to help New Yorkers facing unemployment

Congresswoman Sends out Community Stakeholder Coronavirus Update

Congresswoman Sends out Community Stakeholder Coronavirus Update

Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, who holds New York’s 7th Congressional District seat, office has sent out a series of updates regarding COVID-19.

The Bitter Fight for Brooklyn’s City Council Seat is Complicated by Coronavirus

The Bitter Fight for Brooklyn’s City Council Seat is Complicated by Coronavirus

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”

Senate Candidate Julia Salazar Discusses Democratic Socialism at Starr Bar

Senate Candidate Julia Salazar Discusses Democratic Socialism at Starr Bar

  Brian Jones Kraft @JayOwyns Podcaster Virgil Texas interviewed State Senate candidate Julia Salazar this Tuesday in front of a packed house at Starr Bar. “Someone once said there are decades where nothing happens, and weeks where decades happen,” said Patrick Shepherd, a volunteer for Salazar’s campaign for State Senator during the introduction. Attendees were […]

What’s the Closest Thing to Hell in Bushwick? A Visit to the Post Office

What’s the Closest Thing to Hell in Bushwick? A Visit to the Post Office

Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez Wants to See Young New Yorkers and Bushwick Residents Succeed

Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez Wants to See Young New Yorkers and Bushwick Residents Succeed

CANCELLED: Bushwick Entrepreneurs on Alert: Come to the Workshop on Monday

CANCELLED: Bushwick Entrepreneurs on Alert: Come to the Workshop on Monday

The workshop has been cancelled due to blizzard forecast on Monday night

TEDxBushwick is Coming to Our Neighborhood. October 20 is the Last Day to Apply to be a Speaker! [Updated]

TEDxBushwick is Coming to Our Neighborhood. October 20 is the Last Day to Apply to be a Speaker! [Updated]

In case you were in doubt, Bushwick ideas indeed are worth spreading

Do Well & Do Good. Bushwick Entrepreneurs Club Has a Big Super-Useful Workshop Tonight

Do Well & Do Good. Bushwick Entrepreneurs Club Has a Big Super-Useful Workshop Tonight

Her friends were asking if that was her who started that Bushwick blog

10 Major Bushwick Events Everyone Should Attend This Fall!

10 Major Bushwick Events Everyone Should Attend This Fall!

People often say that fall is bitter sweet

How Will the Government Shutdown Affect Bushwick

How Will the Government Shutdown Affect Bushwick

The government’s budget deadline has passed, the Senate and the House were not able to agree on a spending bill because of last-ditch attempts by critics of the Affordable Care Act in the House who voted to defund the program, and the United States is going into federal government shutdown starting this morning

CURIOUS WEDNESDAY // food stamps

CURIOUS WEDNESDAY // food stamps

Over the past few months I have written some fairly subjective stories about this show or that movie, even a story about a creep-tastic stalker accompanied by an amazing video

Art Therapy, Bushwick-Style.

Art Therapy, Bushwick-Style.

“Where we are located has brought a lot of creatives to the space,” says a psychotherapist who specializes in dance and movement therapy.

Opinion: Where is Dilan?

Opinion: Where is Dilan?

Ahead of intense negotiations over the New York state budget, Dilan’s former primary opponent says the assemblyman can’t be found.

Two Years Later: Bushwick Businesses Reflect On An Ongoing Pandemic

Two Years Later: Bushwick Businesses Reflect On An Ongoing Pandemic

“I was able to let go of my grip,” the owner of one French restaurant in Bushwick says

Where to Get a COVID Test in Bushwick

Where to Get a COVID Test in Bushwick

Information on where to get a COVID test, what tests are available, how much they cost, if you need an appointment and more.

Senate Candidate Accused of Attempting to ‘Scam the Elderly’ in Unauthorized COVID Testing Event

Senate Candidate Accused of Attempting to ‘Scam the Elderly’ in Unauthorized COVID Testing Event

“They are taking advantage of my elderly residents”: Tenant Association President Bars State Senate Candidate Andy Marte (left) and District Leader Tommy Torres (right) from NYCHA Grounds.

Prevent Another Outbreak: Coronavirus Testing Centers in Your Neighborhood

Prevent Another Outbreak: Coronavirus Testing Centers in Your Neighborhood

Coronavirus numbers are dropping, let’s keep it that way. Get tested to protect your neighbors and stop the spread.

Resource Guide for Artists and Freelancers During the COVID19 Crisis [Updated]

Resource Guide for Artists and Freelancers During the COVID19 Crisis [Updated]

This Brooklyn Program Is Tackling the Opioid Epidemic ‘After Hours’

This Brooklyn Program Is Tackling the Opioid Epidemic ‘After Hours’

AHP is a syringe exchange program, a social and mental health services provider, an opioid use disorder treatment facility, and about a dozen other things that would be impressive on their own.

Local Dog Rescue Looks To End Korean Dog Meat Trade

Local Dog Rescue Looks To End Korean Dog Meat Trade

Korean K9 Rescue aims to teach Bushwick residents about the trade, and also hopefully send a few fur babies to the right homes.

This 21-Year-Old Ridgewood Man Has HIV and Plans to Get Rich and Famous

This 21-Year-Old Ridgewood Man Has HIV and Plans to Get Rich and Famous

And rule the world.

20 Things You Should Know if You Just Moved to Bushwick

20 Things You Should Know if You Just Moved to Bushwick