NEW YORK – New York City’s summer essentials are back: Dozens of outdoor pools are open across all five boroughs weeks after the beaches reopened for the season. Five of the city’s 53 outdoor pools will be closed due to active rebuilding projects, but the others will open – a bevy of swimming options compared … Read more
What you should know The closing night celebration of the Tribeca Film Festival will be held at Radio City Music Hall with a fully vaccinated audience. The festival will screen the world premiere of an untitled documentary produced by Dave Chapelle. Chapelle’s film “takes a look at the challenges a rural Ohio village faces during … Read more
What you should know New York has reached Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 70% adult partial vaccination benchmark and will be able to remove the remaining industry-specific restrictions at most businesses. Some rules will remain in effect for schools, healthcare, and public transportation settings in accordance with existing CDC guidelines; Cuomo has said that the CDC expects … Read more
What you should know New York City will bring vaccination buses to popular summer spots and beaches beginning Memorial Day weekend. In this way, it seeks to help drive the decrease in vaccination rates. Mayor Bill de Blasio also released a new list of weekly awards for those who get vaccinated this week: ranging from … Read more
NEW YORK – Following the return of 24-hour New York City train service, after more than a year of early morning shutdowns for cleaning and disinfection due to the pandemic, the MTA created five music charts special to welcome subway users. The lists were created in Spotify can be found in the MTA profile in … Read more
What you should know Vaccinated New Yorkers can remove their masks in most situations on Wednesday, and restaurants, stores, gyms and many other businesses can be fully occupied again if all customers are vaccinated. The metro resumed 24-hour operation this week. Midnight curfews for bars and restaurants will disappear at the end of the month. … Read more
NEW YORK – The Tribeca Film Festival is set to be the first in-person film festival after the pandemic in the United States and will also host one of the first major indoor events at full capacity for a fully vaccinated audience. The Radio City Music Hall will host the festival’s closing night on June … Read more
NEW YORK – Broadway will fully reopen its doors this September, welcoming people to the New York City theater once again for the first time in 18 months as the state advances its recovery from the pandemic. Tickets will be available at 100 percent of the theater’s capacity and will go on sale beginning May … Read more
NEW YORK – Couples looking to celebrate their weddings with large ceremonies in New York still have to follow some tough restrictions related to COVID-19, but officials and industry leaders think some of those rules appear to be arbitrary and are calling for changes. Legislators, along with future brides and members of the wedding industry, … Read more
NEW YORK – The MTA reached a major milestone this week by reaching a new peak in daily ridership since the New York City pandemic shutdown in March 2020. New Yorkers took more than 2,009,025 subway trips Thursday, the transit agency announced. Data shows that the number of subway passengers dropped by 90 percent in … Read more