April 14, 2020 By Allie Griffin The Health Department has added nearly 4,000 new names to the Coronavirus death count– taking the number of people killed by COVID-19 in New York City to well over 10,000. The massive jump was the result of the DOH adding approximately 3,700 people to the list– people whose cause… Read more »
April 14, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City is continuing to flatten the COVID-19 curve, although it suffered a setback over the weekend with the number of coronavirus patients in the ICU going up, Mayor Bill de Blasio said today. The number of people in the ICU at the city’s public hospitals for coronavirus… Read more »
April 14, 2020 By Michael Dorgan New York’s transport services are coming together to salute frontline workers who have been keeping the state’s public transportation network running throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Trains, buses and ferries from various transportation bodies across the state and New York metropolitan area will take part in a simultaneous horn blast… Read more »
April 14, 2020 By Allie Griffin A former CNBC anchor and Sunnyside resident Michelle Caruso-Cabrera has raised approximately $1 million in campaign funds to take on liberal congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for the NY-14 seat. Caruso-Cabrera will report $800,000 for the first quarter ending March 31 — after expenses — tomorrow, according to her campaign office…. Read more »
April 14, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City will begin making its own coronavirus test kits, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. The City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) will create a supply chain through New York City-based companies to create the tests and will also buy tests from an Indiana-based firm to reach 100,000… Read more »
April 14, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Trader Joe’s is temporarily shutting some of its stores to carry out COVID-19 cleaning and sanitization work this month– including its Rego Park location where an employee raised concerns about worker safety in the face of the pandemic last month. The Rego Park location at 90-30 Metropolitan Ave. will… Read more »
April 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin Six states — New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Rhode Island — will launch a cooperative effort to reopen their economies, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today. Each state will name a public health official, an economic development official and a chief of staff member that will form… Read more »
April 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin Governor Andrew Cuomo said New York has passed the worst of the coronavirus pandemic — even as the state’s death toll passed 10,000. Hospitalizations, intubations and even the daily number of deaths have decreased and are beginning to level out, Cuomo said at his daily press briefing. “Those numbers… Read more »
April 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City is ramping up its public education campaign on COVID-19 for communities that have been hit particularly hard hit by the disease — and putting $10 million behind it. Last week, the Department of Health released data that showed Hispanic and Black New Yorkers have died from… Read more »
April 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin Mayor Bill de Blasio said new data shows New York City is on its way to reducing the spread of the coronavirus. The number of daily hospital admissions for suspected COVID-19 cases decreased from Friday, April 10 to Saturday, April 11. The number dipped from 463 to 383 people… Read more »