#NYC agencies empowered to shut businesses amid coronavirus surge

#NYC agencies empowered to shut businesses amid coronavirus surge

“#NYC agencies empowered to shut businesses amid coronavirus surge” New York health commissioner Dave Chokshi on Thursday vested city agencies with the authority to shutter businesses that repeatedly flout coronavirus regulations, as an eleventh neighborhood crossed the troubling three-percent positivity rate threshold. The Department of Health announced the move hours after Mayor Bill de Blasio…

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#Two Brooklyn subway stations renamed after Medgar Evers

#Two Brooklyn subway stations renamed after Medgar Evers

“#Two Brooklyn subway stations renamed after Medgar Evers” Two Crown Heights subway stations now bear the name of civil rights martyr Medgar Evers, the namesake of a nearby college and prep school. MTA leaders and politicians officially tacked on “Medgar Evers College” to the names of the Franklin Avenue and President Street stops on Thursday,…

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#COVID-19 clusters in NYC growing at an alarming rate

#COVID-19 clusters in NYC growing at an alarming rate

“#COVID-19 clusters in NYC growing at an alarming rate” The outer borough COVID spike is growing. City Hall revealed late Wednesday that the major southern Brooklyn coronavirus outbreak cluster now spans from Brighton Beach all the way to eastern Crown Heights — as officials added a slew of new neighborhoods to the list of those…

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#Two men shot dead in Brooklyn Monday night

#Two men shot dead in Brooklyn Monday night

“#Two men shot dead in Brooklyn Monday night” Two men were gunned down in Brooklyn on Monday night, police said. The victims, ages 24 and 26, were found shot to the chest outside an apartment complex at 700 Herkimer St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant at about 9:30 p.m., authorities said. The men were taken to Interfaith Medical…

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