Although Afrocentric schools have been around since the 1970s, new ones have been popping up across the country in recent years, including in Brooklyn, as parents seek alternatives to the heavily-Eurocentric approach favored in mainstream schools.
ARTS and CULTURE
Tommy Tomita, Tour Guide Who Linked Japan and Harlem, Dies at 80
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Tommy Tomita, a tour guide who dedicated his career to building a cultural bridge between his native Japan and adopted home of Harlem, passed away on January 11 at the age of 80, Shukan NY Seikatsu reports.
Brooklyn
Two Longtime Polish Shops Close in Changing Greenpoint Retail Scene
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Popular grocery store The Garden and Polish butcher shop Sikorski Meat Market closed in 2019, but the neighborhood has also seen new Polish businesses open.
Coronavirus
Chinese Community Group Seeks to Debunk Coronavirus Confusion
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A local parents group is trying to knock down a false rumor circulating among Chinese parents that students couldn’t wear face masks to school.
Bronx
The Tooth of the Matter: Bronx Pol’s Dental Legislation, Campaign Loan Scrutinized
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Bronx Senator Luis Sepulveda has made headlines for big campaign loan he received from a dentist friend. Turns out he wrote dental legislation soon thereafter.
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Fears Scaring Off Customers in Flushing, Business Owners Say
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Though no cases have been diagnosed in New York, businesses in the city’s Chinese-concentrated neighborhoods are already feeling the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China.
Voices of New York
Chinese Language School, Senior Center and Museum Archive Recovering After Mulberry St. Fire
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The fire that took place at 70 Mulberry St. on the night of Jan. 23 brought severe damage to the community organizations in the building.
Brooklyn
Listen: Gentrification’s Winners, Losers and Questions
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Three experts on neighborhood change discuss what the G word has meant for New York City, its neighborhoods and their people.
The Ride
MTA Studies Adding Passenger Service to Rail Line Linking Brooklyn and Queens
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The study will look at the potential of adding “subway, commuter rail, light rail or bus service” along the Bay Ridge Branch, a 16-mile existing freight line that runs from Astoria to Bay Ridge.
Brooklyn
Bill Would Make Brooklyn a Real Estate ‘Cease-and-Desist’ Zone
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Advocates hoping to fend off aggressive investor interest think they might get a new defensive weapon: a cease-and-desist zone covering all of Brooklyn.
Affordable Care Act
City Health Program Expands to BK and Staten Island, Where Most Uninsured are Latinos
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During its first phase in The Bronx, NYC Care reached its goal of 10,000 enrollments two months before its deadline. The city expects to offer coverage across the five boroughs by the end of 2020.