"Nothing but police": J'Ouvert 2020 was quiet, with muted celebrations

Monday September 7, 2020 [Advertisement: Click here to shop for gorjana jewelry you'll live in, love always, and layer everyday]( ADVERTISEMENT [J'Ouvert 2020: Empty Streets, Lots Of Cops, And Muted Parties]( [A small crowd gathered in Brownsville on Monday morning, avoiding the normal J'Ouvert parade route]( ["It was pure crickets," said Moses Edouard, a 30-year-old East Flatbush resident. "Nothing but police."]( [Advertisement: Click here to shop for gorjana jewelry you'll live in, love always, and layer everyday]( ADVERTISEMENT ICYMI: More Stories From Today [Two people sit and talk at the edge of the fountain in Washington Square Park on September 1, 2020.]( [SUNY Unveils COVID Tracker As NYU Suspends Students For Violating "Safety And Health Rules"]( Colleges nationwide continue to grapple with the task of bringing students back to campuses while barring them from congregating in groups. [The cavernous MetLife Stadium has empty stands]( [Coronavirus Updates: For A Month Straight, New York's Infection Rate Stays Below 1%]( Two deaths from coronavirus were reported on Sunday. [Mosquito sucking blood from a human arm.]( [These Blood Sucking New Yorkers Aren’t Leaving The City]( Mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus have already been detected in every borough this summer. [NYU placed stickers only three and half feet apart reminding students to stand six feet away from each other.]( [NYU's COVID-19 Reopening Plan Fuels "Inequality And Injustice," Faculty And Staff Warn]( Eleven groups and unions, and 213 people, forming a coalition dubbed “NYU: Keep Our Campus Safe,” signed a letter to NYU expressing their concern. [Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (green), 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. [Police tape]( [Five People Shot, Including 6-Year-Old Boy, At Overnight Party In Crown Heights]( All five victims were transported to Kings County Hospital in stable condition. [Advertisement: Click here to shop for gorjana jewelry you'll live in, love always, and layer everyday]( 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