#In-person attendance dwindles at NYC schools

#In-person attendance dwindles at NYC schools

“#In-person attendance dwindles at NYC schools” In-person attendance at some Big Apple schools is so low, instead of students, teachers expect to see tumbleweeds rolling down the hallways, staffers told The Post. Three weeks after Mayor de Blasio trumpeted the reopening of schoolhouse doors to kids from 3-K to high school, the city Department of…

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#To my fellow New York Jews, I beg: Wear the damn mask!

#To my fellow New York Jews, I beg: Wear the damn mask!

“#To my fellow New York Jews, I beg: Wear the damn mask!” Driving to a friend’s house in Prospect Park the other day, I witnessed an amazing sight: The minute I crossed over the Williamsburg Bridge, the streets were filled with people not wearing masks. Mothers with gaggles of kids, young couples strolling, men rushing…

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#NY movie theaters troll Gov. Andrew Cuomo

#NY movie theaters troll Gov. Andrew Cuomo

“#NY movie theaters troll Gov. Andrew Cuomo” A Regal movie theater in Times Square — shuttered like all others in the state — has found an interim use for its empty marquis: blasting Governor Andrew Cuomo. Instead of movie titles, the message that plays across the Regal E-Walk reads “48 states have reopened theaters so…

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#NY deploying COVID-19 rapid test kits to local governments, hospitals

#NY deploying COVID-19 rapid test kits to local governments, hospitals

“#NY deploying COVID-19 rapid test kits to local governments, hospitals” ALBANY — The New York State Department of Health will provide 400,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits to local governments, hospitals and other health care providers across the state, Gov. Cuomo announced Friday. The agency is prioritizing so-called hotspot cluster zones — neighborhoods experiencing upticks in…

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#NYPD issues new order banning protests in COVID-19 hot spots

#NYPD issues new order banning protests in COVID-19 hot spots

“#NYPD issues new order banning protests in COVID-19 hot spots” Protests and demonstrations like the anti-lockdown ones that have erupted in Brooklyn will not be permitted in designated coronavirus red zones under new NYPD directives — which drew immediate outrage and accusations that Orthodox Jews were being singled out. The orders were issued Thursday in…

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#Broadway to remain closed through summer 2021: report

#Broadway to remain closed through summer 2021: report

“#Broadway to remain closed through summer 2021: report” The Broadway League will reportedly announce Friday yet another extension of the stage shutdown in New York City. It is expected that the organization will suspend performances through May 30, 2021, marking another COVID-19-induced delay before live theater productions will return, NBC New York reported. Details about…

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#NY Board of Rabbis wants responsible behavior following protests

#NY Board of Rabbis wants responsible behavior following protests

“#NY Board of Rabbis wants responsible behavior following protests” The New York Board of Rabbis called recent protests from Hasidic Brooklynites against coronavirus restrictions “shameful” and asked all members of the Jewish community to follow guidelines. The board, a statewide organization including multiple denominations, issued a statement slamming protesters for disregarding safety, invoking “pikuach nefesh,”…

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#NYC cancels 0M deferred compensation payout to teachers

#NYC cancels $900M deferred compensation payout to teachers

“#NYC cancels $900M deferred compensation payout to teachers” The de Blasio administration has canceled a long-scheduled $900 million deferred compensation payout to current and former teachers, citing the coronavirus-induced financial crisis. The payout due this month — the last in the series of five stemming from union negotiations between 2009 and 2011 — was called…

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#High-end retailers, posh eateries reopening after COVID setback

#High-end retailers, posh eateries reopening after COVID setback

“#High-end retailers, posh eateries reopening after COVID setback” Manhattan’s fanciest retailers and restaurants are back — just in time for a really rough winter. There’s been a surge in recent weeks of high-end fashion boutiques and restaurant reopenings in central Manhattan, despite record unemployment, rising crime, municipal revenue shortfalls, schools chaos — and a COVID-19…

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