The outbreak, linked to skepticism about vaccines, has led to extraordinary measures, including $1,000 fines and bans on unvaccinated children in public. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/health/measles-outbreaks-us.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Tag: Brooklyn (NYC)
Facing Segregated Schools, Parents Took Integration Into Their Own Hands. It’s Working.
Changes to middle school enrollment in parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan could force City Hall to take action on school segregation. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/nyregion/new-york-city-school-segregation.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Critic’s Notebook: It’s a Crumbling Road to Despair. Can New York Fix the B.Q.E.?
There are a number of promising plans to repair the detested Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. But solving the problem will take an act of collective will. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/arts/design/bqe-construction-nyc.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
New York Today: Measles Outbreak: The Public Health Emergency and the Crackdown in Brooklyn
Wednesday: What you need to know about the outbreak, and efforts to contain it. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/nyregion/newyorktoday/nyc-news-measles-outbreak-brooklyn.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Pizza-and-Beer Train: New York City’s Hidden Railroad
Most New Yorkers have not heard of the New York & Atlantic Railway, a freight line in the middle of New York City. But the line is growing, as rail freight emerges as a viable option. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/nyregion/rail-freight-nyc.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
If Prisons Don’t Work, What Will?
The Democratic presidential candidates should look at what a growing number of prosecutors are doing to end mass incarceration. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/opinion/mass-incarceration-sentencing-reform.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Boy Wandered Onto the Subway Tracks. A No. 5 Train Operator Sprang Into Action.
The subway operator, Hopeton Kiffin, slowed his express train and gently coaxed the child off the tracks in Brooklyn and safely onto the train. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/nyregion/boy-rescued-subway-tracks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Global Health: Scientists Thought They Had Measles Cornered. They Were Wrong.
Following intensive vaccination efforts, measles cases plunged across the world. Now clusters of new infections — some linked, some not — have confounded health officials. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/health/measles-outbreaks-ukraine-israel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
What’s Behind the Murder Spike in Brooklyn?
Gang violence has contributed to a sharp increase in murders in Brooklyn so far this year when compared to the same period last year. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/nyregion/murders-brooklyn-gangs-nyc.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Spared From the Shredder (for Now): ‘Priceless’ Bank Records of Old New York
A bank is cleaning out its basement in Brooklyn. Archivists want to save a trove of Bowery Savings Bank papers from destruction. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/nyregion/bowery-savings-bank-records.html?partner=rss&emc=rss