NEWS REPOSITORY - BROOKLYN

Your Health - Flu & CoVid Season is Here - You Don't have to be a Victim

Acting NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Morse Provides an Update on NYC Respiratory Diseases, the Updated Vaccines to Prevent them & Vaccine Access

October 22, 2025 / NYC Health. Bronx News NYC / Brooklyn News NYC / Manhattan News NYC / New York City News NYC / Queens News NYC / Staten Island News NYC.

Click this link to view a video of Acting NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Morse providing an update on flu, RSV and CoVid diseases, and the vaccines you can use to keep them at bay.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LHaBx2AaEouKbVoT3gyTauTB4EwL1JKm/view

In the talk video referenced above, there is also information about vaccine access for those who may not be able to afford vaccinations on their own, as NYC and NYS have allocated funds to reduce / remove financial barriers to those who wish to be vaccinated but may not be able to afford the shots. In the video they also mention the NYC Health Map link where visitors can find locations where they may obtain access to vaccines, made affordable or free for eligible applicants. But please call 311 to find out how to go about qualifying first. Click this link to view the NYC Health Map, which also includes quite a bit of other health related information.

The image above or at right shows that the respiratory illness season has begun, including CoVid 19, the Flue and RSV. Flu and RSV are on the rise - but from very low levels currently - while CoVid 19 has been declining. Generally things look good as of this posting.

https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/health-map.page

Flu, CoVid 19 & RSV in NYC - Currently Updated Chart of Data

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/respiratory-illness-data/index.html

Brooklyn News - Weekly Updates

Governor Hochul Bans use of AI in Rent Pricing

October 16, 2025 / Brooklyn Real Estate & Business / Brooklyn Politics / Brooklyn News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Brooklyn BLVD NYC.

On October 16, 2025 Governor Hochul signed into law a bill which bans the use of AI / software used by landlords to price rents. On August 23, 2024, the Biden Administration Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit in tandem with the attorney generals of eight states, including the state of California, to ban the use of algorithyms in rental pricing software, claiming that it was essentially price fixing, which is a violation of anti-trust law.

Governor Hochul Signs Law Banning Use of AI in Rental Pricing

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-legislative-package-bolster-homeownership-and-strengthen-protections

Governor Hochul Signs Bill Banning Price Fixing Rentals by Landlords

https://citylimits.org/governor-signs-bill-banning-ny-landlords-from-setting-rents-via-algorithms/

Biden Administration files Anti-Trust Lawsuit Against AI Rentals Pricing / Price Fixing

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-realpage-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions-american-renters

Are the Charter Revisions on the 2025 Ballot Pro Affordable Housing or Another Real Estate Developer Power Grab?

Billionaires & Big Real Estate Funded Pols Support the Measures, While Community Activists Oppose Them

You Decide - See Below to Inform Yourself & See Onsite Ads 'Don't Wait, Vote by Mail' for Early & Regular Voting Times & Locations

September 9 - October 13, 2025 / Billionaire Press NYC Billionaire TV News / Brooklyn Real Estate & Business / Brooklyn Politics / Brooklyn News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Brooklyn BLVD NYC.

The New York League of Conservation Voters did a nice job of articulating what's on the ballot and identifying what both proponents and naysayers say about each [1st link]. We also posted an OpEd dated October 12, 2025 for details of the position of City Club, a civic-minded community group, on four of the ballot measures. City Club has initiated a lawsuit over Charter Revision changes [2nd link]. And lastly, we've included the report of an informative local news source about the measures [3rd link].

NYC News - New York League of Conservation Voters Describes the Pros / Cons of the Charter Revisions on the 2025 NYC Ballot

https://nylcvef.org/citizens-toolkit/nyc-general-election-2025-whats-on-the-ballot/?sourceid=1014461&emci=38590d43-a0a8-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&emdi=92c289eb-eca8-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&ceid=1384937

NYC News - City Club on NYC Sues to Review Zoning Changes of NYC Ballot Proposals 2, 3 & 4

https://www.gothambuzz.nyc/article/30/nyc-opinions-op-ed-new-york-city

NYC News - Ballot Proposals are a Developer Power Grab that Concentrates Power so It is Easier to Manipulate

https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/09/council-weakening-housing-proposals-survive-board-elections/408000/

While Governor Hochul parroted the real estate developers' talking point [not plural], stating it's 'to solve the [25 year] affordable housing crisis', her statement was tepid [4th link]. But an outright NO would have been better. But all pols in NYC, NYS and the USA are challenged by the Supreme Court Citizens United decision which essentially allows the super rich billionaires to limitlessly spend to buy pols and elections, so that once in office, the pols will do whatever they want in order to get the funding to get re-elected. That said, Hochul appears to have tried to strike a balance versus press releases I've seen from the real estate industry pushing the changes in their favor.

It's worth noting that the billionaires, real estate developers, and the pols they financially support - including Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo - have been working to solve the affordability crisis in NYC for the past twenty-five years - with something close to ZERO success. To keep letting these same people, keep feeding at the public trough [via public land transfers, tax breaks, cheap financing, government subsidies, favorable zoning changes et al], with no end in sight, makes no sense at all.

Albany NYS News - Governor Hochul's Tepid Statement Supporting NYC Charter Revision Ballot Measures

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/statement-governor-kathy-hochul-108

Vote No on #2, #3, #4 & #6 if you want to protect yourself, your community and your children from even more NYC Oligarchy money and power grabs by billionaires and real estate developers. Eric Adams has already done enough damage to New Yorkers' ability to exercise their community rights, so don't let him hit us one last time, with this donor power grab, on his way out onto the street.

NYS Inflation Refund Checks Coming Soon

To be Deposited or Mailed in October & November 2025

September 26, 2025 / NYS / Brooklyn Real Estate & Business / Brooklyn Politics / Brooklyn News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Brooklyn BLVD NYC.

The Hochul Administration began sending NYS Inflation Refund checks to the 8.2 million residents of NYS. The refunds will be $150 / $200 or $400 per person depending on income and tax paying related persons status. The ostensible purpose of the checks is to help New Yorkers combat the negative impact of inflation on New Yorkers' household budgets. For details see -

NYS Albany News - NYS has begun Distributing Inflation Refund Checks

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-inflation-refund-checks-are-now-being-sent-82-million-new-york