New York City plans to close schools, restaurants and non-essential businesses in nine neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens where the epidemic has been on the move for two weeks, a unique throwback for the first American metropolis to become a model of caution against the coronavirus. “I propose to close all non-essential schools and businesses … Read more
Sunday 14th July 2019 Manhattan in the dark Power failure hits New York – In the metropolis of New York City, the lights suddenly go out in the evening: parts of Manhattan’s West Side are involuntarily offline. Elevators and escalators stop in high-rise buildings and underground. Broadway artists move their shows outside before the blackout … Read more
Dhat is real! It’s real! ”The man in a parked car doesn’t stop saying this sentence in disbelief. He uses his cell phone to film a scene across the street from Brooklyn Hospital in New York. A forklift comes out of the hospital driveway and drives towards a semi-trailer truck, only a white cloth covering … Read more
Thursday, July 02, 2020 – In New York, Mayor De Blasio wants to have “Black Lives Matter” painted in big yellow letters on Fifth Avenue. US President Trump rages against the action on Twitter. The luxury street is vilified. US President Donald Trump has complained on Twitter about a “Black Lives Matter” lettering planned on … Read more
Escorted by a colorful flotilla from the Statue of Liberty, the sailboat docked among the yachts of the North Cove Marina, a stone’s throw from the luxurious malls and skyscrapers of Manhattan’s Financial District. 16-year-old Swedish Greta Thunberg arrived in New York on Wednesday afternoon, after two weeks of crossing the Atlantic aboard the Malizia … Read more
“The second wave is here.” That is how forceful and direct was the message of the Health Committee of the City Council. “We are entering an even more difficult new phase with the accelerated spread of the virus throughout the community now, actually throughout the city,” said Council Member Mark Levine. “So I think we … Read more
During the nationwide protests against state repression in the United States, the demonstrators are also demanding less police spending. That will soon be the case in New York. The city council of the metropolis decides to cut the NYPD’s budget drastically. The City Council of New York decided in a supplementary budget to reduce the … Read more
Bill de Blasio, Democratic Mayor of New York, proposed to reconfine nine districts of the Big Apple to curb the coronavirus epidemic, which started again for two weeks. The councilor declared: “I propose to close all non-essential schools and businesses in nine neighborhoods. “ The measure, which has yet to be approved by Governor Andrew … Read more
Do not trust your own eyes if you see a NYPD officer violently arresting a protester, seemingly for no reason. That was Mayor Bill de Blasio’s response on Friday to a series of direct questions about reports that uniformed officers pushed with excessive force while detaining protesters in Manhattan. Multiple videos, as well as accounts … Read more
Faced with the progression of the Covid-19, museums, theaters and restaurants are closing in the city that never sleeps. Through Maurin Picard –Times Square, le 17 mars. JOHANNES EISELE / AFP New York In memory of New Yorkers, the city had never known this in 258 years: Tuesday, March 17, the traditional Saint-Patrick’s Day parade, … Read more