NEW YORK – The Historic Restaurant 21 Club New York City is closing and is one of the most recent businesses to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “In light of the ongoing global crisis and the anticipated extended recovery period for the hotel industry, the difficult decision was made that it will not be … Read more
What you should know The CDC chief warned Wednesday that the next few months of the pandemic will be among the “most difficult in the history of public health in this nation”; He said the total deaths could reach 450,000 before February. Dr. Robert Redfield’s concerns do not apply at the school level; said he … Read more
NEW YORK – Authorities dismantled a large party on a sprawling 10-acre property on Long Island earlier this week, and police say they are still trying to find out who threw the party in the first place. Suffolk County Police say they arrived at the five-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot home on Hawkins Lake in Brookhaven around 12:30 … Read more
What you should know New York City officials issued a new public warning Tuesday advising people at risk to take greater precautions when hospitalizations reach their highest levels across the city since early June; have doubled in 3 weeks At the same time, hospitalizations statewide topped 3,700, an alarming volume that had not been seen … Read more
NEW YORK – Two weeks after a fire destroyed a beloved Long Island florist, the business was able to reopen, thanks to a vacant restaurant providing space and turning the dining room into a florist’s gallery and the kitchen into a studio of design. The Nov. 13 fire in Freeport injured several firefighters and destroyed … Read more
NEW YORK – New York City sheriffs dismantled another massive party, amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. Over the holiday weekend, the bailiffs found nearly 400 people at a party inside a club in Midtown. Authorities closed the place just before 3:00 a.m. Saturday, located on West 36th Street, next to the … Read more
Some essential workers in our region will receive the back pay they have been fighting for, after a local union struck a deal with a well-known supermarket chain to compensate staff for risk during the pandemic. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union reported Wednesday that it reached an agreement with ShopRite, which gives … Read more
NEW YORK – Since the start of the pandemic in New York City, which was originally the epicenter of the country, officials have stressed the importance of testing for COVID-19 to slow the spread. Mayor Bill de Blasio noted Wednesday that since March more than 1 million New Yorkers have been tested for COVID-19 through … Read more
NEW YORK – New York officials have insisted in recent days to avoid travel, if possible, during the Thanksgiving holiday season due to the increase in reported COVID-19 cases each day, and to slow its spread. However, the country’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) revealed that from Thursday to Monday more than 900,000 people would have … Read more
What you should know Indoor restaurants and gyms in New York City could close in the next week or two, the mayor warned, as the latest yellow and orange zone restrictions go into effect in parts of the city and neighboring suburbs on Wednesday. The number of COVID-19 patients in New York hospitals has risen … Read more