Aug. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin Work out aficionados can rejoice as gyms and fitness centers will be able to reopen next week after nearly five months of statewide closures, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today. Gyms are permitted to reopen as soon as Monday, Aug. 24, subject to several restrictions. The operators, for instance, must… Read more »
Aug. 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City principals are calling on the city to delay the start of in-person classes, stating that schools are ill-prepared to reopen safely in the midst of the pandemic. The union representing school principals, the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators (CSA), penned a letter to Mayor Bill… Read more »
Aug. 12, 2020 By Allie Griffin Dozens of unmasked partiers took over a MTA bus and turned it into an ad hoc hookah lounge and dance soirée over the weekend, wild video shows. Video posted to World Star Hip Hop on Tuesday shows a large group of young people on board a MTA bus… Read more »
Aug. 12, 2020 By Allie Griffin Citi Bike has significantly cut the number of electric bikes it had promised to add to city streets this summer. The company pledged to add “thousands” of e-bikes to its fleet over the summer back in February, but has switched course and will only be adding “hundreds,” according to… Read more »
Aug. 10, 2020 By Allie Griffin Roughly 74 percent of New York City public school students will return to class part-time in September, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. Roughly 736,000 students will attend class in-person for a least part of the week. These students will head to their school building for instruction one to… Read more »
Aug. 3, 2020 Sponsored Story Vanguard Dermatology, a leading dermatologist practice with locations throughout New York City, has opened a Jackson Heights office and is now accepting patients. The office, located at 37-58 91st St., opened the first week of July and replaces the Vanguard Elmhurst office on Junction Boulevard since the practice outgrew the… Read more »
Aug. 5, 2020 By Allie Griffin The Board of Elections released the certified results for the June 23 primary Wednesday and declared incumbent Carolyn Maloney as the winner in the contested 12th Congressional race. The BOE disclosed the official tally today more than a month after the primary, as election officials worked to count an… Read more »
Aug. 5, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City will set up random checkpoints at key entries into the city to identify people traveling from states with high COVID-19 infection rates and ensure they quarantine. Sheriffs and other law enforcement workers will randomly select cars that cross major bridges and tunnels into the city to… Read more »
Aug. 4, 2020 By Allie Griffin A federal judge ordered New York election officials on Monday to count thousands of absentee ballots that were previously invalidated for a missing postmark — including in a local Congressional race that grabbed President Donald Trump’s attention. Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan ruled to reinstate mail-in votes that were… Read more »
Aug. 4, 2020 By Allie Griffin The MTA has suspended above-ground subway service as Tropical Storm Isaias batters the five boroughs, knocking over trees and causing power outages. Only underground subway service will continue until the winds die down. “To keep everyone safe, we are suspending most outdoor service and will run underground-only subway service… Read more »