The killing of a 12-year-old boy in the neighborhood captured how a spike in shootings during the pandemic is complicating recovery in less affluent neighborhoods.
Source: New York Times
A Rise in Murders Upends a Sense of Progress in Brooklyn’s East Flatbush
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