What you should know A school district in the northern suburbs of New York City is poised to roll out fully virtual classes this week as the region experiences a surge in COVID-19 cases. The Mount Vernon City School District says remote education will begin Wednesday, December 22 through at least January 18, 2022. Depending … Read more
What you should know The proportion of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in New York City has doubled in three days this week, causing lines to get coronavirus tests long once again. Between rapid and PCR tests, in addition to the ongoing effort to vaccinate and reinforce, New Yorkers are back outside, some … Read more
What you should know Changes in human behavior around masking and other COVID protocols, plus the rapid rate at which the highly contagious delta variant spread this summer may have had more to do with decreased vaccine efficacy than immune decline according to a New York State Department of Health study released Monday. The pre-printed, … Read more
NEW YORK – New York confirmed the second state laboratory-confirmed case of the South African variant of COVID-19 in a Long Island resident, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. The first case was confirmed Sunday and also on Long Island. The variant was detected in a person living in Nassau County and was announced two days … Read more
NEW YORK – After months of closure, New York has begun a reopening process due to the decrease in hospitalization rates and cases related to COVID-19. For this reason, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that movie theaters in New York City and billiards across the state will be able to reopen from March 5, but with … Read more
NEW YORK – Yankee Stadium will open Friday as a mass vaccination center for residents of the Bronx, one of the counties hardest hit by COVID-19, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor of New York confirmed Wednesday. New York City Bill de Blasio. The site will be reserved only for Bronx residents who are … Read more
NEW YORK – Three new COVID-19 vaccination centers will open in New York City on Sunday: one in the Bronx, one in Queens and a third in Brooklyn, the city’s Department of Health announced. In addition, twelve additional centers will open next week across the five boroughs, adding to the more than 125 sites currently … Read more
Governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed Monday that the 70% most contagious mutation of the coronavirus, which was first registered in the UKO, was detected in New York. Cuomo announced Monday that a state laboratory detected the strain, putting New York between four states and 33 countries where the variant has appeared. The variant was found in … Read more
What you should know Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a nation-first plan involving the Los Angeles football team. Buffalo Bills which, according to him, could serve as a way to reopen Broadway and other important venues before “herd immunity” is achieved. 6,700 fans will be able to enter the stadium for the match of playoffs at … Read more
What you should know The first injection of the vaccine was administered to an intensive care nurse in Queens on Monday when the New York City indoor dining hall closed for the second time since the start of the pandemic. There are also more restrictions on the table; the governor inaugurated new yellow zones in … Read more