#NY adds another 1,500 to long-term care COVID-19 death toll

#NY adds another 1,500 to long-term care COVID-19 death toll

“#NY adds another 1,500 to long-term care COVID-19 death toll” More than 1,500 more elderly residents of New York State adult-care facilities died from COVID-19 than health officials previously reported, a new report reveals. The number, accounting for an eight-fold leap over the 219 deaths reported earlier from the facilities, comes after state officials adjusted…

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#Sheriffs shut down three NYC parties packing in hundreds

#Sheriffs shut down three NYC parties packing in hundreds

“#Sheriffs shut down three NYC parties packing in hundreds” New York City sheriff’s deputies busted up three large illegal parties over the weekend that included hundreds of boozy revelers packed together in violation of COVID-19 restrictions. In Brooklyn, about 230 partygoers were discovered at a members-only club at 283 Liberty Ave. in Brownsville shortly before…

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#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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#COVID-19 has pummeled already-stressed NYCHA

#COVID-19 has pummeled already-stressed NYCHA

“#COVID-19 has pummeled already-stressed NYCHA” The Citizens Budget Commission, a respected fiscal watchdog group, is out with a new report looking at how the pandemic has slammed the New York City Housing Authority. The public-housing agency, the city’s largest landlord, has been in crisis for years now, and COVID hasn’t helped. First, the outbreak gave…

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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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