#Balthazar re-opens year after pandemic to long lines

#Balthazar re-opens year after pandemic to long lines

“#Balthazar re-opens year after pandemic to long lines” There are some things even jaded New Yorkers will wait in line for in the rain during a pandemic — and one of them apparently is Balthazar. The sceney soho brasserie founded in 1997 by famed restaurateur Keith McNally began serving oysters and champagne again last week for the…

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#Andrew Cuomo’s JCOPE jig may be up

#Andrew Cuomo’s JCOPE jig may be up

“#Andrew Cuomo’s JCOPE jig may be up” In another ominous sign for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) has finally filled her years-long vacancy on the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which might actually lead to JCOPE doing . . . something. When last heard from, the state’s premier ethics watchslug was…

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#another reason he’s got to go

#another reason he’s got to go

“#another reason he’s got to go” Here’s betting that Steuben County Manager Jack Wheeler won’t be the last local official to step forward in outrage about being denied his requests for more COVID tests even as Gov. Andrew Cuomo was ensuring his family and top staff got multiple tests. Wheeler wanted a single round of…

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#New York set to surpass 50,000 COVID-19 deaths

#New York set to surpass 50,000 COVID-19 deaths

“#New York set to surpass 50,000 COVID-19 deaths” Nearly 50,000 New Yorkers have died of COVID-19, data shows. The Empire State has recorded at least 49,928 deaths from the virus as of Sunday afternoon, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. With the seven-day daily average around 76 deaths, the state is on track to…

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#NYPD housing cop dies from COVID-19

#NYPD housing cop dies from COVID-19

“#NYPD housing cop dies from COVID-19” A 42-year-old NYPD housing police officer in the Bronx died of COVID-19 on Sunday, the city’s largest police union wrote on Twitter. “One year into this pandemic, COVID has claimed the life of another PBA member, PO Angel M. Santiago of @NYPDPSA7,” the Police Benevolent Association said. “The sacrifice…

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#Letters to the Editor — March 28, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — March 28, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — March 28, 2021” Fauci fatigueCount me among the millions of Americans with Fauci fatigue (“Trust Busters,” Glenn Reynolds, PostOpinion, March 19) Dr. Anthony Fauci’s constant goalpost-moving (first saying we needed no masks, then recommending mask mandates, gloves, two masks and wearing goggles) has diluted his credibility to the point of…

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