#Queens biz owners haunted by Amazon loss amid pandemic

#Queens biz owners haunted by Amazon loss amid pandemic

“#Queens biz owners haunted by Amazon loss amid pandemic” In Long Island City, it’s the scar that won’t heal. Two years after Amazon pulled out from a proposal to build a massive headquarters along the Queens waterfront, the site is a vacant eyesore — and, to many locals, the squandered economic opportunity is even more…

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#Federal Reserve emergency-lending program deserved to die

#Federal Reserve emergency-lending program deserved to die

“#Federal Reserve emergency-lending program deserved to die” More from: Last week, Democrats accused Team Trump of acting like sore losers in ending a $500 billion emergency-lending program for states and cities before Joe Biden takes office. Whatever the White House’s motives, it’s time to shut down this program. More borrowing can’t fix its broke beneficiaries,…

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#NY leaders driving parents insane with school-closing moves

#NY leaders driving parents insane with school-closing moves

“#NY leaders driving parents insane with school-closing moves” Bad enough parents must play Red Light, Green Light on kids’ in-person learning; worse, the rules of the game are unclear, ever-changing and set sometimes by Mayor de Blasio, sometimes by Gov. ­Cuomo — two officials who are rarely on the same page. Families are now again wondering: Are their…

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#BYOB hot-tub boat rides are booming during COVID pandemic

#BYOB hot-tub boat rides are booming during COVID pandemic

“#BYOB hot-tub boat rides are booming during COVID pandemic” They’re riding the second wave — in a hot tub. Intrepid party people are pooh-poohing the pandemic and soaking up the season aboard the Hudson River’s latest eye-popping attraction: a hot-tub boat.  “We did a nighttime cruise, and we bundled up until it was time to…

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#19 NYC schools closed this week due to COVID-19 cases

#19 NYC schools closed this week due to COVID-19 cases

“#19 NYC schools closed this week due to COVID-19 cases” They had barely cracked a book. A total of 19 city schools have already emptied out their classrooms due to COVID-19 cases this week — just days after reopening. According to Department of Education data, Queens saw seven schools shutter, the Bronx had five, Brooklyn…

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