#NYC can get creative with uses for empty office space

#NYC can get creative with uses for empty office space

“#NYC can get creative with uses for empty office space” What would we do with a half-billion square feet of Manhattan office space if most of it remains empty? It’s the loaded question about the city’s future that not even our brightest, most optimistic minds want to touch. We’ve been told that office buildings won’t…

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#Omicron surge steals Christmas from NYC stores, restaurants

#Omicron surge steals Christmas from NYC stores, restaurants

“#Omicron surge steals Christmas from NYC stores, restaurants” The surging Omicron variant is emerging as the Grinch who stole Christmas from Big Apple stores and restaurants that were counting on the holiday season to help them rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Over the weekend, we didn’t have as many people in coming as we usually…

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#New York records 28,000 new COVID cases statewide

#New York records 28,000 new COVID cases statewide

“#New York records 28,000 new COVID cases statewide” New York State reported a record-breaking 28,000 new COVID cases Wednesday, but hospitalization rates are thankfully remaining somewhat stable, Governor Kathy Hochul said at a presser. 4,452 people are currently hospitalized statewide and the state health care system has yet to be overwhelmed as the high rate…

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#Mayor Bill de Blasio’s COVID testing sites failing

#Mayor Bill de Blasio’s COVID testing sites failing

“#Mayor Bill de Blasio’s COVID testing sites failing” Two years in and this is the best we can do? Mayor Bill de Blasio keeps telling New Yorkers frustrated with long waits and delayed results at privately-run COVID testing sites to use the city’s public options — but his administration’s incomplete and bulky websites make that…

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#Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ closes permanently amid COVID

#Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ closes permanently amid COVID

“#Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ closes permanently amid COVID” The producers of Broadway’s “Jagged Little Pill” said Monday that they decided to shut down the musical amid the latest COVID-19 surge. “In light of the extreme uncertainty ahead of us this winter, and forced to choose between continuing performances and protecting our company, we’ve made the…

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