Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer (left) and New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul (right) visit the Javits Center COVID-19 Vaccine Site on February 10, 2021. Photo: Sgt. Sebastian Rothwyn / New York National Guard Vaccine Hunger Games There are two types of New Yorkers. Those waiting to be eligible for their COVID-19 vaccine and the other 4.5 million adults... News 19 Feb 2021 | 03:23
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo holds a press briefing on COVID-19 on Feb. 10, 2020, joined remotely by White House COVID officials. Photo: Darren McGee / Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo How Much COVID Relief is Enough? One of New York’s biggest fiscal and economic challenges is that no one knows how big New York’s fiscal and economic challenge... News 13 Feb 2021 | 05:57
The Armory set up for vaccinations. Photo courtesy of NewYork-Presbyterian Health Matters Vaccine Drive at the Armory Andres Nieto has a rallying cry for these hard times. “We want to achieve heard immunity in Northern Manhattan,” he explained,... News 06 Feb 2021 | 04:14
At the opening of a New York State COVID-19 vaccination site at St. Luke’s Church in the Bronx, January 26, 2021. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Will We Finally Have Enough Vaccine? It is surely hard in our year-old COVID-19 crisis to hear signals about our future amidst all the noise of the day. Will... News 30 Jan 2021 | 03:33
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo visiting a NYCHA vaccine pop-up site at the William Reid Apartments in Brooklyn on Saturday, January 23, 2021. Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo NYC’s Vaccine Math The City of New York went into the post-inauguration weekend with 465,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine on hand. Yet Mayor Bill... News 23 Jan 2021 | 03:17
At an UWS Open Hearts brunch for shelter residents on New Year’s Day. Photo: UWS Open Hearts Initiative on Twitter A Victory for Lucerne Residents The saga of the shelter at the Lucerne Hotel continues. A five judge appellate court ruled Tuesday that the de Blasio administration,... News 05 Jan 2021 | 06:48
Mayor Bill de Blasio at City Hall on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. A Slow Vaccine Rollout At this rate, it will take nearly two years or more to vaccinate New York. The arrival of the vaccines – not one, but two... News 24 Dec 2020 | 01:29
Mayor Bill de Blasio went to NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst in Queens on December 16, 2020 to observe vaccinations for health care workers. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. Vaccines and Mixed Messaging Hope is not just around the corner. Public officials should make that clearer, says Professor Nina Schwalbe, before expectations... News 19 Dec 2020 | 11:11
West 75th Street. Photo: Michael Oreskes Yes, Virginia, There Still are Snow Days Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there are no more snow days. Papa says, “If you see it in Straus... News 17 Dec 2020 | 03:38
Sandra Lindsay, a registered nurse and Director of Critical Care at Northwell Health in Queens, receives the COVID-19 vaccine during a live conference with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on December 14, 2020. Photo: Scott Heins/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo The Vaccine Arrives The vaccine arrived in New York City Monday just as the coronavirus surged to dangerous levels, creating yet another new... Home 14 Dec 2020 | 11:26
Mayor Bill de Blasio tours the Pandemic Response Lab at the Alexandria Center for Life Science. Photo: Ed Reed Vaccinating New York City It is a truism in public health that vaccines don’t end epidemics. Vaccinations end epidemics. As 2020 dwindles down to... Home 06 Dec 2020 | 05:45
The Lucerne Hotel on West 79th Street. Photo: Michael Oreskes Judge: Homeless to Remain at Lucerne, for Now The move of 230 men from a shelter at the Lucerne Hotel on the Upper West Side to the former Radisson in the Financial District... News 04 Dec 2020 | 08:32
Upper West Side Open Hearts Initiative rallied outside the Lucerne on Sunday, Nov. 29, demanding that the city halt the move. Advocates drew stick figures to represent the 5,500 New Yorkers still in congregate shelters. Photo: Upper West Side Open Hearts Lucerne Ruling: Residents to Move Out A judge freed the de Blasio administration last week to move 240 men from the Lucerne Hotel, where they sheltered from the... Home 25 Nov 2020 | 03:21
State Assembly Member Dick Gottfried (center) at the Lucerne on Sunday, Sept. 13 with Council Member Helen Rosenthal (right) and Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal (left of Gottfried). Photo: Richard Gottfried on Twitter A Freeze on Homeless Hotels Mayor de Blasio said Monday he was temporarily freezing the plan he had agreed to just last week to abandon use of the Lucerne... Home 14 Sep 2020 | 09:12
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams at the Wednesday morning press conference at The Lucerne. Photo: Alexis Gelber Homeless to Leave Lucerne Updated on Sunday, Sept. 13: Faced with a continuing outcry from some Upper West Siders, the de Blasio administration said... Home 08 Sep 2020 | 09:58
