Gothamist: A Nearly Forgotten Photo Archive Becomes A Vivid Exhibit Of Chinatown’s Past. “Although planned prior to the pandemic, the exhibit has landed at a precipitous moment for Chinatown and Chinese New Yorkers…. Old photo tours of New York City are well-mined territory. But the nostalgia kindled by Bocian’s black and white photos of old […]
WLNY: Only On CBS2: Illegal Parties Continue To Rage Across NYC In Violation Of COVID-19 Restrictions. “For months, we have been told to avoid large gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19, but there have been dozens of illegal parties across New York City since the start of the pandemic. Video posted to Instagram shows […]
New York Post: NYC’s iconic 21 Club to shut down. “The historic Midtown eatery — a favorite haunt for John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway and Frank Sinatra, and a dining spot for nearly every president since FDR — has shuttered its jockeys-guarded doors indefinitely, a rep told The Post.”
National Geographic: Queens, one of the first COVID-19 epicenters, faces a new crisis: hunger. “Queens’ official unemployment rate in October was 13.1 percent, according to the New York State Department of Labor. But the real number was likely higher given the large number of undocumented immigrants working informal or gig-economy jobs not reflected in state […]
Newsweek: 55 Percent of NYC Firefighters Say They Won’t Take COVID Vaccine, as City Continues to See Case Surge. “The survey was conducted by the Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA), a union representing 8,200 active firefighters in New York City. UFA President Andy Ansbro said the survey accounted for 25 percent of their active members, according […]
Gothamist: Advocates Accuse NYC Of Slow-Walking Promised Reductions To DNA Database. “Nearly 10 months after promising cuts to New York City’s controversial DNA database, city authorities have barely made a dent in reducing its scope, according to the city’s own records. In February, the NYPD promised to downsize the city’s DNA database, which advocates have […]
The Atlantic: Headlines Don’t Capture the Horror We Saw. “I was an anesthesiology resident in a large academic medical center at the peak of the pandemic in New York City this spring. During a time when journalists had little access to what was happening inside New York hospitals, I wrote regular email updates to friends […]
New York Times: Party With Nearly 400 People Is Shut Down in Manhattan. “Sheriff’s deputies arrived at a building in Midtown Manhattan just before 3 a.m. on [November 28] and found almost 400 people drinking and partying inside. Few were wearing face masks. Deputies shut the party down and arrested four people. The episode reflected […]
NYC Department of Education: Chancellor Carranza Launches Parent University, New Online Resource for Families. “Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today launched Parent University, a new online platform that offers a centralized catalog of courses, live events, and activities to help connect with families and support students. The platforms offers all New York City parents and […]
Gothamist: On The Plus Side, SantaCon’s Canceled?. “From the Silver Lining file, here’s something else to be thankful for today: SantaCon, the annual debauched meathead magnet bar crawl that floods certain unfortunate neighborhoods with blathering bro-chads in Santa costumes every December, has been officially canceled this year. SantaCon’s organizers said the pandemic was to blame.”
Gothamist: Maskless Indoor Religious Gathering With Hundreds Of Attendees Not Illegal, De Blasio Says. “Hundreds of maskless men gathered inside a Bed-Stuy synagogue on Tuesday night for yet another celebration honoring the marriage of two prominent ultra-Orthodox families. But according to NYC sheriffs at the scene, the indoor festivities violated neither city nor state COVID […]
New York Times: $15,000 Fine After Secret Hasidic Wedding Draws Thousands of Guests. “Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered to celebrate a wedding inside a cavernous hall in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood earlier this month, dancing and singing with hardly a mask in sight. The wedding was meticulously planned, and so were efforts to conceal it from […]
Yahoo News: NYC sheriffs broke up a sex party with 80 people, a room full of mattresses, and boxes of condoms. “Officials walked into the venue to find a crowd of people at the event hosted by self-described swinger’s club Caligula New York. The New York City Sheriff’s Office told Insider that deeper in the […]
New York Times: Emergency Hospital Reopening on Staten Island to Handle 2nd Wave. “The announcement is another sign that New York City is in the grip of a second coronavirus wave that has already led to the closing of public schools, the reversal of some reopenings and warnings to families to scale back their Thanksgiving […]