#New bill pits food carts against restaurants

#New bill pits food carts against restaurants

“#New bill pits food carts against restaurants” New York is about to erupt in a food war. A group of mom-and-pop restaurateurs, bodegas and grocers are launching a campaign against a City Council move to nearly double the number of street vendor permits over the next decade. More than 150 food merchants and business groups…

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#Everyone gets Andrew Yang’s reason for fleeing NYC

#Everyone gets Andrew Yang’s reason for fleeing NYC

“#Everyone gets Andrew Yang’s reason for fleeing NYC” Most of the city can sympathize with Andrew Yang’s reason for skipping town — up to a point.  “We live in a two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan,” he explained. “And so, like, can you imagine trying to have two kids on virtual school in a two-bedroom apartment, and…

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#NY state to open five COVID-19 vax sites including Javits Center

#NY state to open five COVID-19 vax sites including Javits Center

“#NY state to open five COVID-19 vax sites including Javits Center” ALBANY — Five new state-run coronavirus vaccination sites will open this week to administer shots to eligible New Yorkers — including a reactivation of Manhattan’s Jacob Javits Center, which served as a COVID-19 field hospital during the pandemic’s start. Javits, along with the Westchester…

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#Andrew Cuomo’s blatant, illegal nursing-home coverup

#Andrew Cuomo’s blatant, illegal nursing-home coverup

“#Andrew Cuomo’s blatant, illegal nursing-home coverup” “Take responsibility” is the first rule in leadership, but that got left out of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s book. To avoid admitting its hand in the deaths of thousands of vulnerable elderly nursing-home residents, Team Cuomo is inventing ridiculous excuses for not sharing the data. Last July, the state Department…

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#Defying common sense, Andrew Cuomo’s crazy vaccine rules bring ‘chaos’

#Defying common sense, Andrew Cuomo’s crazy vaccine rules bring ‘chaos’

“#Defying common sense, Andrew Cuomo’s crazy vaccine rules bring ‘chaos’” “Chaos” and “bedlam”: That’s how county executives describe the results of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s vaccination plan. The gov’s obsessive, iron-handed micromanagement has New York trailing even West Virginia in getting jabs into arms. Yet the administration is still admonishing clinics for giving doses they’d otherwise…

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#Greenwich Village hot spot Le Figaro Café plots comeback

#Greenwich Village hot spot Le Figaro Café plots comeback

“#Greenwich Village hot spot Le Figaro Café plots comeback” Legendary Greenwich Village hot spot Le Figaro Café is coming back from the dead with nearly the same name and hopefully with the same artsy vibe. Veteran restaurant man and former model Mario Skaric will launch Figaro Café (without the “Le”) this spring at the original…

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#NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson enrolls in college

#NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson enrolls in college

“#NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson enrolls in college” Council Speaker Corey Johnson is pulling a Rodney Dangerfield — enrolling in college amid the coronavirus pandemic. Johnson, while participating in a recent virtual meeting held by Manhattan Community Board 4, revealed that he’s taking online night college classes with the Columbia University School of General Studies….

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