Mayor Bill de Blasio warned Thursday of a spike in cases across the five boroughs, while Gov. Phil Murphy called his state’s high positivity rate “unacceptable” and hinted at the possibility of new closures and restrictions. . The Garden State has seen nearly 6,500 new cases since Governor Murphy’s last COVID briefing on Monday, plus … Read more
In the USA, no state is as badly affected by the corona virus as New York with the metropolis of the same name. Governor Cuomo is therefore again asking other parts of the country for help. At the same time, prison inmates are starting to dig mass graves in the largest cemetery in the country. … Read more
People demonstrate against racism in front of the “Trump Tower” in New York. (MARK LENNIHAN) – Officially, Donald Trump is no longer a New Yorker. Last September, the US President, who was born in Queens in New York in 1946 and has spent a large part of his life in the metropolis, applied to move … Read more
Plus The world-famous metropolis is sliding deeper and deeper into the corona crisis. The rich are leaving the city en masse. The situation is becoming increasingly devastating for the poor. From Sebastian Moll Capri Djiatiasmoro slowly feels its way forward, first letting the surf wash around your ankles, then your calves, before reaching into the … Read more
“I wouldn’t say we made it, but it definitely feels that way right now!” – Lydia Lerner toasts with three friends, they are sitting in front of the “Miriam” restaurant, for the first time in what feels like an eternity. The Restaurants in Park Slope, Brooklyn put their tables on the sidewalk and on the … Read more
The 2019-2020 school year is over for 1.1 million schoolchildren, from kindergarten to 12th grade. By Maurin Picard –Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York. BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP New York The news that all parents dreaded, in New York, fell on Saturday morning by email: on the orders of Mayor Bill de Blasio, and after consultation … Read more
NEW YORK – Mayor Bill de Blasio denied on Friday that the Big Apple has become a “ghost town,” as President Donald Trump said Thursday, and responded that the only ghost town “will be Mar-a-Lago when the President loses the election and retires “to that resort owned by the Trump Organization and his second home. … Read more
NEW YORK – Early in Thursday night’s debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden, the commander-in-chief made a comment about New York City that drew some passionate responses from New Yorkers. Discussing the COVID-19 pandemic and the response to it, the president called New York City “a ghost town,” criticizing how restaurants … Read more
Mayor Bill de Blasio reported Wednesday that his government has drawn up a massive vaccination plan against the coronavirus in New York City, which will begin in November. De Blasio explained that the two-phase plan to distribute the coronavirus vaccine will reach all New Yorkers. “It will be a huge, huge effort,” he said. The … Read more
New Yorkers will know “within 48 hours” if they are confined to their homes, with the maintenance of only “essential” services: this is what the mayor of the first American metropolis announced on Tuesday during his daily briefing on the coronavirus. “All New Yorkers, even though no decision has been made by city or state, … Read more