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Biden poised to name EPA chief, to get COVID-19 vaccine in public to build support

Posted on December 17, 2020

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Over 5,000 healthcare workers have received Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, mayor says

Posted on December 17, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A woman receives the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine jabs, at Guy’s Hospital in London

Queens high school students speak out following arrival of new COVID-19 vaccine

Posted on December 17, 2020

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‘Turn the page’: Cuomo urges New Yorkers stay safe as vaccination efforts continue

Posted on December 17, 2020

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MTA completes installation of 15 new elevators at seven subway stations, 17 total

Posted on December 16, 2020

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NYC Health + Hospitals launches website chronicling efforts made during first wave of COVID-19

Posted on December 16, 2020

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington

U.S. Congress ‘closing in’ on $900 billion COVID-19 aid bill

Posted on December 16, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks before watching COVID-19 vaccines being administered to hospital workers at George Washington University Hospital in Washington

Top U.S. health official says Pfizer may face challenges manufacturing COVID-19 vaccine

Posted on December 16, 2020

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COVID-19 vaccination distribution begins at Elmhurst Hospital after being one of city’s coronavirus epicenters

Posted on December 16, 2020

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MTA postpones ‘doomsday’ cuts, fare hikes in 2021 holding out for $4.5B from feds

Posted on December 16, 2020

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VACCINE DAY 2: More New York health care pros roll up sleeves for COVID-19 shots

Posted on December 15, 2020

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‘Save us!’: New York restaurant workers, owners rally for aid at Manhattan march

Posted on December 15, 2020

A pedestrian cautiously walks down snowy stairs to the 1 train at 50th Street in Manhattan on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, during a snowstorm.

Express subway service to be impacted by Wednesday’s snowstorm: MTA

Posted on December 15, 2020

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is reflected on a marble seating area following a rainstorm at the East Front on Capitol Hill in Washington

Biden to be sworn into office in largely virtual event as COVID-19 rages

Posted on December 15, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A man runs along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade as fog covers lower Manhattan in New York

Fleeing New Yorkers resulted in an estimated $34 billion in lost income: study

Posted on December 15, 2020

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Full New York City shutdown could come after Christmas, de Blasio suggests

Posted on December 15, 2020

A garbage truck with a plow clears the street during a snowstorm in the Brooklyn borough of New York

Expected December snowstorm cancels dining in New York City streets

Posted on December 15, 2020

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Full scale shutdown not off table, mayor

Posted on December 14, 2020

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De Blasio observes delivery of ‘a shot of hope’ to health care staff on pandemic’s frontlines

Posted on December 14, 2020

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Cuomo warns of more New York shutdowns if hospital capacity nears 90%

Posted on December 14, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Healthcare personnel work inside a COVID-19 unit in Houston

U.S. crosses 300,000 COVID-19 deaths as vaccine rollout begins

Posted on December 14, 2020

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WATCH: Shipment of COVID-19 vaccine arrives at Manhattan’s NYU Langone Health—Tisch Hospital

Posted on December 14, 2020

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Pfizer/‌BioNTech vaccine arriving in five NYC hospitals Monday

Posted on December 14, 2020

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Frontline healthcare workers at LIJ receive first COVID-19 vaccinations

Posted on December 14, 2020

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New York prisons and jails remain COVID-19 death traps, advocates say

Posted on December 14, 2020

AstraZeneca UK vaccine trial drops sub-group with children – U.S. trial register

Posted on December 14, 2020

Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester from Northwell Health at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York

Health care worker from Queens first New Yorker to receive FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine

Posted on December 14, 2020

Pressure mounts on EU drug regulator to approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Posted on December 14, 2020

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‘Unbought, unbossed, I’m unbound’: Ray McGuire readies for mayoral run

Posted on December 13, 2020

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‘There is plenty NY State can do’: Brannan tells Albany to help restaurants

Posted on December 13, 2020

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De Blasio tells New Yorkers to hang tough while COVID-19 vaccines sent to states

Posted on December 13, 2020

A major hospital in Indiana rehearses its distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. has authorized the first COVID-19 vaccine – so when will I get it?

Posted on December 12, 2020

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With COVID-19 vaccines approved, Cuomo turns attention toward distribution and ‘winter plan’

Posted on December 11, 2020

Restaurants resume indoor dining at limited capacity due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan

Cuomo to ban New York City indoor dining as of Monday due to rising COVID-19 rates

Posted on December 11, 2020

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Queens, former epicenter of New York’s COVID-19 outbreak, should get vaccine priority: Richards

Posted on December 11, 2020

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U.S. FDA ‘working rapidly’ on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine decision

Posted on December 11, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A woman receives the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine jabs, at Guy’s Hospital in London

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine data wins backing of U.S. FDA staff, authorization nears

Posted on December 10, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A woman receives the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine jabs, at Guy’s Hospital in London

Cuomo, New York leaders keep pressure on feds for equitable COVID-19 vaccine plan

Posted on December 10, 2020

Officials report COVID-19 positivity rate of 5.32%

Posted on December 10, 2020

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Former Sanitation boss Kathryn Garcia joins list of candidates running for New York City mayor

Posted on December 10, 2020

A worker delivers donated food at the Queensbridge Houses, a NYCHA public housing complex, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Queens, New York

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NYCHA violated lead paint abatement rules for five years, city investigators ruled

Posted on December 10, 2020

FILE PHOTO: An Uber sticker is seen on Margaret Bordelon’s car in Lafayette, Louisiana

CEO to Cuomo: Give New Yorks’ Uber drivers and delivery workers vaccine priority

Posted on December 10, 2020

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270 million people face starvation, says WFP as it receives Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on December 10, 2020

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What do the UK allergic reaction cases mean for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

Posted on December 10, 2020

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Second wave having killer impact on Staten Island, with 25% of city’s COVID-19 deaths: Cuomo

Posted on December 9, 2020

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Op-ed | The lost summer that devastated Coney Island

Posted on December 9, 2020

Andre Johnson, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient, sits in his isolation room at Roseland Community Hospital on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois

U.S. inches closer to vaccine approval, economic relief as pandemic rages on

Posted on December 9, 2020

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With vaccine deliveries come questions of layoffs, raising taxes, Cuomo says

Posted on December 9, 2020

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How Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is ending Food Bank’s two nutritional programs for Bronx families

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Homeless man faces 75 years to life in prison for killing estranged wife in front of her daughter in St. Albans: DA

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Brooklyn Book Festival to celebrate 20 years with nine days of literary events

Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024.

In long-shot bid, Kim Davis asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage