#One-third of NYC hotel rooms were wiped out by COVID-19

#One-third of NYC hotel rooms were wiped out by COVID-19

“#One-third of NYC hotel rooms were wiped out by COVID-19” The COVID-19 pandemic has been hell on New York’s tourism-heavy hotel industry. New data released by the Department of City Planning showed 146 of the city’s 705 hotels have closed — or 20 percent. The closures account for 42,030 or one-third of the city’s 128,000…

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#Albany pol threatens to subpoena Cuomo over nursing home deaths

#Albany pol threatens to subpoena Cuomo over nursing home deaths

“#Albany pol threatens to subpoena Cuomo over nursing home deaths” ALBANY — The top Democrat on the state Senate Investigations Committee threatened to subpoena the state Health Department to release the total number of nursing home residents who died of COVID-19, because he’s tired of their months-long stonewalling.  “It is downright insulting to the co-equal…

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#SUNY college applications plummet 20 percent amid COVID-19

#SUNY college applications plummet 20 percent amid COVID-19

“#SUNY college applications plummet 20 percent amid COVID-19” The number of students applying to attend one of the State University of New York’s 64 campuses plummeted by 20 percent this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor James Malatras said. Malatras dropped the bombshell in an op-ed published on Empire Report New York. “This year at…

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