#Some New York COVID-19 vaccination sites to close due to snow

#Some New York COVID-19 vaccination sites to close due to snow

“#Some New York COVID-19 vaccination sites to close due to snow” It’s snow-go Sunday for some state-run COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites, with an impending winter storm shuttering various locations in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island, Gov. Cuomo says. Some mass vaccination sites run by the state, including Yankee Stadium, Javits Center, Aqueduct…

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#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 7, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 7, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 7, 2021” Mitten ‘privilege’To no surprise, a San Francisco public-school teacher, Ingrid Seyer-Ochi, has written an opinion piece alleging that the “mittens” and “puffy” jacket Sen. Bernie Sanders chose to wear for the inauguration is a sign of his “white privilege” (“San Francisco teacher writes in op-ed: Bernie Sanders’…

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#Cuomo looking to gut independent redistricting: Ex-GOP pol

#Cuomo looking to gut independent redistricting: Ex-GOP pol

“#Cuomo looking to gut independent redistricting: Ex-GOP pol” Say it ain’t Cuo. Gov. Cuomo is looking to gut New York’s independent restricting process and lock in permanent control for the ruling Democrats, charges John Faso, a former GOP Assembly minority leader and congressman. “The redistricting issue is something 99% of the public have no clue about…

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#Cuomo needs to stop killing NYC’s economy

#Cuomo needs to stop killing NYC’s economy

“#Cuomo needs to stop killing NYC’s economy” New York lost 1 million jobs during the pandemic last year, more than half of them in the city. And that doesn’t include jobs that are being done out-of-state by remote workers who therefore spend nothing in the city. Yet the politicians keep ignoring these bitter facts, and…

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#Take the GOP deal, Mr. Prez: Goodwin

#Take the GOP deal, Mr. Prez: Goodwin

“#Take the GOP deal, Mr. Prez: Goodwin” Unity, unity and more unity — that’s what Joe Biden said he wanted and would deliver. Now he gets a great chance to prove it.  All he has to do is say yes to the 10 Republican senators who came to the White House bearing gifts.  By offering…

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#NY Dem wants legislature to reconsider Cuomo’s COVID powers

#NY Dem wants legislature to reconsider Cuomo’s COVID powers

“#NY Dem wants legislature to reconsider Cuomo’s COVID powers” A top New York Democrat wants state lawmakers to reconsider Gov. Cuomo’s COVID-19 powers in light of the state attorney general’s report that found the state undercounted nursing home coronavirus deaths. State Sen. Liz Krueger, chair of the state Senate Finance Committee, also said Tuesday night…

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#New York lawmakers introduce capital gains measure

#New York lawmakers introduce capital gains measure

“#New York lawmakers introduce capital gains measure” ALBANY — Democratic state lawmakers keen on raising taxes on higher-income earners to help close the state’s massive, multi-billion dollar deficit have introduced a new bill that would place an extra tax on investments.  The new legislation — sponsored by Democrats state Sen. Gustavo Rivera (D-The Bronx) and…

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