Mayor de Blasio announces new ‘four case’ rule for public school closures
Under a new policy, New York City public schools will now close after four unlinked COVID-19 cases are detected in buildings, officials announced Thursday. The new rule will replace the Department of...
View ArticleAn Amazin’ day for Mets fans as they return to Citi Field
Even with COVID-19 capacity restrictions still in place, the fans were true to the orange and blue at Citi Field in Flushing, Queens on Thursday for the Mets' home opener against the Miami Marlins....
View ArticleLet’s get rolling! Two-thirds of New Yorkers polled want 24-hour subway...
Over two-thirds of New Yorkers polled in a recent survey are in favor of New York City's subways opening up 24/7 after almost year of overnight shutdowns — and no inkling from Governor Andrew Cuomo of...
View ArticleOp-Ed | The lessons of a healthy democracy
I grew up in Hicksville, Long Island in a post-World War II 1950s world. Everyone in our neighborhood had large families, one car, and a finished basement. Our fathers and uncles served in the war and...
View ArticleConforto’s rogue elbow wins bizarre home opener for Mets
Talk about an odd thriller to welcome 8,011 fans back — and for Michael Conforto to redeem himself in the most peculiar, and potentially illegal, of ways. After leaving 14 men on base in the opening...
View ArticleMuseum of Jewish Heritage launches site to honor Holocaust survivors who died...
The Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust launched a new tribute site [1] to share the stories and honor the lives of Holocaust survivors who lost their lives over the past...
View ArticleRapper, actor DMX, five-time Billboard chart topper, dead at 50
American rapper and actor Earl Simmons, known by the stage name DMX or Dark Man X, died on Friday, People magazine said, after suffering a heart attack during what media reports said was a drug...
View ArticleSubway ridership exceeds 2 million a day for first time amid pandemic: MTA
New Yorkers are getting back on board the subway in a big way. Ridership surpassed 2 million daily passengers on April 8, marking the highest number of commuters on the city's public transit system...
View ArticleCrunching the COVID-19 numbers: Which NYC neighborhoods had the fewest cases...
Manhattan's Financial District, the heart of America's economic capital, had just one reported COVID-19 positive case, the lowest in all of New York City. Just 3,011 people live in the district's ZIP...
View ArticleAmazon warehouse workers vote to reject forming union in Alabama
Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama voted against forming a union by a more than 2-to-1 margin in a major win for the retailer, but the union hoping to reignite the U.S. labor movement said on Friday...
View ArticleBiden forms panel to study possible U.S. Supreme Court expansion
President Joe Biden on Friday formed a bipartisan commission to study potential U.S. Supreme Court changes including expanding the number of justices beyond the current nine, a goal of some liberal...
View Article‘Top Gun’ sequel delayed in summer movie setback for theaters
Paramount Pictures has pushed the release Tom Cruise movie "Top Gun: Maverick" to November from July, the studio said on Friday, a move that deprives theaters of what was expected to be one of the...
View ArticleMore than 40,000 NYC students enrolled in blended learning: de Blasio
The families of at least 40,000 fully remote New York City public school students enrolled their children in blended learning during the hybrid model's most recent opt-in window, Mayor Bill de Blasio...
View ArticleThe fun returns to Coney Island amusement parks for first time in 18 months
Hundreds of fun-lovers flocked to the Coney Island amusement district to whirl around its parks’ famous rides for the first time in more than a year on April 9. Even before the gates reopened at 11...
View ArticleSupply of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to remain low while regulators...
Johnson & Johnson will ship relatively few COVID-19 shots around the United States until it receives regulatory clearance for a large vaccine plant in Baltimore that has struggled to meet quality...
View ArticleSpieth, Thomas fight their way into Masters contention
Americans Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas harnessed new precision to play their way into contention in the second round of the Masters on Friday, finishing the day fourth and sixth, respectively....
View ArticleLatest round of shootings in Brooklyn and Queens leave three men injured
Three more men were shot and wounded in Brooklyn and Queens between Friday night and Saturday morning as the NYPD continues to battle the ongoing uptick in citywide shootings [1]. Police said the first...
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