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Collective vision: Union Square’s pedestrian walkway gets mural makeover

Posted on July 28, 2021

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker prepares a Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in Los Angeles

‘Cash for vax’: NYC will pay $100 to anyone getting first dose at city-run vaccine site

Posted on July 28, 2021

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Lower East Side

Battle over East River Park resiliency project reaches Stringer’s office with protest

Posted on July 27, 2021

People wear masks as they pass through a pedestrian subway as cases of the infectious coronavirus Delta variant continue to rise in New York City, New York

U.S. CDC set to recommend vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors in some cases: sources

Posted on July 27, 2021

People enjoy going out in New York City as CDC eases COVID-19 guidance for those vaccinated on social distancing

Mega-music stars lined up for big Central Park comeback concert this August: de Blasio

Posted on July 27, 2021

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Upper West Side

Couple that formerly lived under FDR Drive winds up having their dog booted from their transitional apartment

Posted on July 27, 2021

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Lost in the shuffle: Homeless encampments keep popping up in NYC as housing crisis rages on

Posted on July 27, 2021

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Upper West Side

Left behind: Public Advocate Williams calls out mayor, governor for ‘racist’ homeless relocations

Posted on July 26, 2021

GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES ALLOCATION OF $15 MILLION TO PROMOTE VACCINATION IN COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC

New York state boosts funds for community outreach in low-vaccination areas

Posted on July 26, 2021

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No more options: All NYC municipal workers must get COVID-19 vaccine before September, de Blasio says

Posted on July 26, 2021

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New York State mentorship program prepares for fall of open schools, returning students, and new challenges

Posted on July 26, 2021

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Bronx Dominican Day Parade brings hundreds of spectators and political power

Posted on July 25, 2021

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‘No more delay’: Schumer presses state to speed up rent relief for suffering New York tenants, landlords

Posted on July 25, 2021

FILE PHOTO: SOMOS Community Care administers Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at pop-up site in New York

Crunching the COVID-19 Numbers: Outbreaks in Staten Island, southern Brooklyn

Posted on July 25, 2021

People wear masks around Times Square, as cases of the infectious coronavirus Delta variant continue to rise in New York City, New York

Some Americans could need COVID-19 vaccine booster: Fauci

Posted on July 25, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Bottles of Coca-Cola are seen at a Carrefour Hypermarket store in Montreuil, near Paris

Coca-Cola leans on early pandemic lessons to prepare for Delta variant hit

Posted on July 24, 2021

The first day of reopening of the Manhattan Marriage Bureau in New York

‘Worth the wait’: New York marriage bureau reopens for in-person weddings

Posted on July 24, 2021

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Health Department to spray areas of Queens and Staten Island against West Nile-carrying mosquitoes

Posted on July 23, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Coronavirus brings boom and burden to California packaging supplier

Want a bigger raise? How about $50? U.S. companies push COVID shots for staff

Posted on July 23, 2021

FILE PHOTO: People wear masks, as cases of the infectious Delta variant of COVID-19 continue to rise, in Washington Square Park in New York

As Americans navigate conflicting COVID-19 mask advice, ‘everyone is confused’

Posted on July 23, 2021

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Soho

SoHo Broadway Initiative hosts roundtable discussion on recovery

Posted on July 22, 2021

FILE PHOTO: SOMOS Community Care administers Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at pop-up site in New York

CDC advisers consider boosters for immune-compromised Americans

Posted on July 22, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) speaks to the media in Washington

U.S. senators aim to stop vaccine misinformation by going after tech’s legal immunity

Posted on July 22, 2021

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‘Listen to the doctors’: De Blasio rails against misinformation from ‘armchair’ health ‘experts’ on COVID-19 vaccine

Posted on July 22, 2021

Members Of New York Police Department Receive Covid-19 Vaccine

With less than half of NYPD personnel vaccinated, de Blasio says city must ‘go farther’ to protect the Finest

Posted on July 22, 2021

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Lower East Side

The forgotten New Yorkers: Looking for hope among a homeless haven in this Lower East Side park

Posted on July 21, 2021

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VIDEO: Columbia Orthopedics at NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Posted on July 21, 2021

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Get vaxxed, or else! NYC may suspend health care workers who don’t protect themselves from COVID-19

Posted on July 21, 2021

Haze from fires covers New York

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Western wildfire smoke causes cross-country air pollution

Posted on July 21, 2021

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Midtown Manhattan

NYC restaurant workers wage war on sub-minimum pay in Times Square

Posted on July 20, 2021

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on federal government coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response in Washington

Fauci: Delta variant behind more than 80% of U.S. cases, vaccines still highly effective

Posted on July 20, 2021

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Mayor de Blasio balks at stricter mask requirement amid Delta spike

Posted on July 19, 2021

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Harlem

Kids and cops team up to feed Harlem community

Posted on July 19, 2021

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New York City companies team up to create line of fashionable and functional line of scrubs for frontline workers

Posted on July 19, 2021

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Midtown Manhattan

Labor of love: Gillibrand, Schumer call for passage of ‘Pro Act’ to expand worker rights

Posted on July 18, 2021

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Crunching the COVID-19 Numbers: Delta variant fueling spike in NYC cases, low vax areas hit hard

Posted on July 18, 2021

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Brooklyn

Caring for a village: VillageCareMAX opens storefront in Sunset Park

Posted on July 18, 2021

Pope Francis leads Angelus prayer at the Vatican

Learn to switch off, says Pope Francis in first appearance at Vatican after hospital stay

Posted on July 18, 2021

The Wider Image: Boston-area paramedics face front lines of U.S. opioid crisis

U.S. drug overdose deaths rise 30% to record during pandemic

Posted on July 17, 2021

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Staten Island to undergo mosquito spraying to combat West Nile virus

Posted on July 16, 2021

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Full Circle: Student fought to save teacher’s life 30 years later

Posted on July 16, 2021

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Pick up the tab! Gillibrand calls for $60B in additional independent restaurant aid

Posted on July 15, 2021

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MetroPlusHealth ranks #1 in 2020 Medicaid Quality Incentive Program

Posted on July 15, 2021

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds a news confrence at the White House

White House slams Facebook as conduit for COVID-19 misinformation

Posted on July 15, 2021

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Protestors call out greedy Pfizer and German Chancellor Merkel and demand lifting COVID-19 vaccine patent restrictions

Posted on July 15, 2021

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J&J recalls sunscreens after carcinogen found in some sprays

Posted on July 15, 2021

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WEBINAR: Columbia Orthopedics at NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Posted on July 15, 2021

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination event outside the Bronx Writing Academy school in New York City

NYC takes aim at stopping Delta variant as de Blasio says COVID-19 vaccine effort saved 8,000 lives

Posted on July 14, 2021

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Lincoln Hospital hosts blood drive, takes part in multiple community celebrations

CEC 30 held a rally last month calling for Ashley Rzonca to be reinstated to her position as UFT representative for School District 30. Photo courtesy of Whitney Toussaint.

Queens’ CEC 30 calls for dismissed union rep to be reinstated, accuses UFT of ‘political retaliation’

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Red Hook Pool expected to reopen Sunday after weeks-long repair

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle.

Federal appeals court expands ‘ministerial exception’ to customer service representative