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Posted inCoronavirus

Sex Shops Off-Limits for Small Business PPP Loans — But One Brooklyn Store Slips In

June 10, 2020, 8:44 p.m.Aug. 7, 2020, 1:19 p.m.
The CARES Act created the Small Business istration PPP program to hand out $530 billion in forgivable loans during the coronavirus crisis, leaving out businesses of a “prurient sexual nature.”
Posted inHealth

Eye Docs’ Crystal-Clear Message to NYPD: Stop Using Pepper Spray

June 5, 2020, 8:55 p.m.June 6, 2020, 12:56 p.m.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology seeks to end cops’ use of chemical crowd-control agents and rubber bullets amid protests of George Floyd’s death.
Posted inUncategorized

NYPD Pepper Spray Use in George Floyd Protests May Hasten New COVID Wave, Experts Warn

June 3, 2020, 10:26 p.m.June 3, 2020, 10:28 p.m.
New York City health care professionals worry about a spike in coronavirus cases fueled by mass gatherings and chemical crowd-control agents.
Posted inGeorge Floyd Protests

Brooklyn Protesters Slammed by NYPD SUV Vow to Keep Marching

June 2, 2020, 9:50 p.m.June 3, 2020, 7:18 a.m.
Devin Khan and Hazkel Brown spent two days recuperating from Saturday’s police brutality protests, then prepped for a demonstration at The Stonewall Inn.
Posted inPolice Brutality

NYC Shows Anger, Solidarity as Protests Consume Weekend

May 31, 2020, 11:55 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:34 a.m.
Police brutality, racism and systemic injustice weighed heavy on the minds of both New Yorkers who participated in demonstrations — and those who didn’t.
Posted inLife

Struggle in 17 Syllables: Essential Workers Write COVID Haiku

May 26, 2020, 8:44 p.m.May 29, 2020, 12:34 p.m.
Domestic workers, cabbies, subway clerks and others who keep the city going are channeling their creativity through online writers workshops.
Posted inMissing Them

Their Names: NYC Veterans Nursing Home Staff Leaks List of 48 Who Died

May 23, 2020, 10:44 p.m.June 3, 2020, 5:31 p.m.
Workers at state-run Queens home demand justice for fallen veterans with an act of defiance, honor and remembrance ahead of Memorial Day.
Posted inHealth

Queens Teens Get School Meal Hubs to Distribute Menstrual Products

May 13, 2020, 11:06 p.m.May 14, 2020, 8:43 p.m.
Two juniors at Astoria’s Young Women’s Leadership School convinced the NYC Department of Education to give out pads and tampons along with food.
Posted inCoronavirus

Calls for Probe of Nursing Home That Sent Comedian’s Kin to Wrong Cemetery

May 7, 2020, 6:44 p.m.May 13, 2020, 9:53 a.m.
Long-term care watchdog and Bay Ridge pol say state should investigate the home that billed comic Elayne Boosler’s Jewish cousin for Catholic burial.
Posted inCoronavirus

Comedian’s Kin Sent to Wrong Cemetery After Brooklyn Nursing Home Death

May 3, 2020, 12:58 p.m.May 4, 2020, 4:07 p.m.
Elayne Boosler’s Jewish cousin died in a Brooklyn nursing home — and her estate was charged $15K for Christian burial in the wrong place.

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