NEW YORK — New York City has just marked two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented crisis that fundamentally changed the way people live. The pandemic was one that claimed the lives of more than 40,000 city residents as two boroughs emerged as America’s deadliest counties during the peak of the … Read more
What you should know The NYC Test & Trace Corps is distributing free COVID-19 home test kits to New Yorkers at 14 iconic cultural sites across the city and 27 branches of the New York Public Library, Queens Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library . Weekly walk-in distributions of these kits began Monday as an … Read more
Hospital workers in New York City will be able to have 60 free days of membership to use the Citi Bike thanks to the Program Citi Bike Medical WorkersMayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday along with Transportation Commissioner Ydania Rodríguez and Lyft. The measure seeks to provide tools for health workers to continue in the fight … Read more
What you should know New York City has surpassed one million confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases, according to city data. The latest figures released Monday show that New York City has seen 824,985 confirmed cases and 179,440 probable cases to date. The most recent information is from accumulated data on COVID-19 in New York City … Read more
What you should know As yet another sign that New York City is slowly returning to being a vibrant place after a tumultuous year due to the ongoing pandemic, the beloved performances of “Free Shakespeare in the Park” will return this summer after being canceled. last year due to COVID-19. A spokesperson for The Public … Read more
NEW YORK – Manhattan’s largest employers are beginning to plan for the future of the post-COVID-19 way of working, and it appears that most of them are considering not going back to the traditional way before the pandemic. Only 22 percent of large Big Apple employers will require all workers to return to the office … Read more
NEW YORK – Three of New York City’s top health leaders got vaccinated over the weekend and each received a different type of vaccine to show that all three – Moderna, Jhonson & Johnson and Pfizer – are safe, he said. Mayor Bill de Blasio during his press conference on Monday. City Health Commissioner Dr. … 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
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