Around Brooklyn: Colton continues to slam school leadership
Colton continues to slam school leadership
Assemblymember William Colton (D – Gravesend, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights) continued to hammer home his view that the city’s public schools are being mismanaged under their current leadership. “There is something terribly wrong with the Department of Education policies for NYC public schools under the lack of leadership by Chancellor Carranza. Such mismanagement is hurting the education of all our children. Parents throughout the city are afraid to send their children to school due to the COVID-19 crisis,” he said.
Unusual Carroll Gardens restaurant reopens
Emma’s Torch, a Carroll Gardens restaurant that doubles as a culinary training program for refugees, has reopened for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic forced it to close in March. The restaurant has reopened because indoor dining is now allowed to return to New York City and because the spread of the coronavirus within New York City has largely been contained outside of certain clusters in Southern Brooklyn and Queens. Since Emma’s Torch opened in 2016 at 345 Smith St., it has provided a free two-part, 10-week training program for refugees and people seeking asylum in the United States, according to New York Eater.