"They started ripping off locks, screaming at people to pay rent"

Wednesday July 8, 2020 [Advertisement: The MBA Tour, Accelerate your career, July 18]( ADVERTISEMENT ["You Seem To Have No Conscience": Activists Stop Crown Heights Landlords From Evicting Tenants]( [Activists confronting landlord Gennaro Brooks-Church on Tuesday night]( ["You're the villain from a Dickens novel," one protester shouted.]( [Advertisement: The MBA Tour, Accelerate your career, July 18]( ADVERTISEMENT ICYMI: More Stories From Today [In June, on-campus staff working on the grounds of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale waited to be tested for COVID-19 by nasal swab before they can begin their shifts, in the Bronx.]( [Longer Wait Times For Coronavirus Tests Results Are "Becoming A Problem"]( As testing has become more available, increased demand across the country is lengthening the turnaround time for results at private labs. [NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announces the 2020-2021 school year plans at a news briefing with Mayor Bill de Blasio.]( [De Blasio Unveils Partial In-Person Learning Model For 2020-2021 School Year]( “Blended learning means students will be taught on site in school for part of the week, and will attend school remotely on the other days of the week," Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said. [Vice President Mike Pence listens to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speak during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Education building, in Washington on July 8th.]( [Coronavirus Updates: New Jersey Expands Face Mask Order To Outdoor Settings]( The expanded mask order comes as the state’s rate of transmission for COVID-19 has been creeping up. [Pastrami Sandwich from Katz's ($22.95)]( [Popular Downtown Brooklyn Food Hall Dekalb Market Reopens With Curbside Stands]( About a half dozen vendors have set up "ordering stations" on the sidewalk outside the City Point Mall. [The front of the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn with flag bearing the school's name..]( [NYC Private Schools Received Millions In Federal Payroll Loans]( These schools rank among the wealthiest in New York City, with the Town School’s endowment worth nearly $41 million alone. [da7405b26dji_0446-jpg.jpeg]( [Governors Island Will Reopen On July 15th]( The Brooklyn ferry will move to Red Hook, and NYCHA residents and seniors will ride for free. [Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (red), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland.]( [Coronavirus Statistics: Tracking The Epidemic In New York]( These charts show the growth of COVID-19 in New York City and State, as well as in NYC boroughs. [Advertisement: The MBA Tour, Accelerate your career, July 18]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} from this list](    [update subscription preferences]( New York Public Radio · 160 Varick Street · New York, NY 10013 · USA