This atypical December and amid a rebound in cases, one of the most iconic festive facilities has taken extreme precautions. Visitors arriving at Rockefeller Plaza need a reservation that is made by scanning a QR code to receive a text message with the authorized time. The visit for a maximum of 4 people lasts five … Read more
Mayor Bill de Blasio assured that more than 70,000 air conditioners will be installed for free throughout the city to cope with the heat wave in the midst of the pandemic. This is part of the district’s home energy assistance program and more than 4,500 units have been installed so far, the mayor reported Friday. … Read more
High-risk healthcare workers and nursing home residents and workers will be first in line for the coronavirus vaccine, city health officials reported Friday. The Covid-19 vaccination effort will be the largest in the City’s history. Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi detailed the city plan during a meeting of the City Council Health Committee. The first shipments … Read more
A four-year-old boy is in critical condition following a fire in Brooklyn early Monday. Images of the scene were shared by the Citizen App. According to reports, the emergency call came before 1:30 a.m. Flames broke out on the top floor of a three-story house on Pitkin Avenue and Barbey Street in East New York. … Read more
Andrea Pérez walks with her two daughters. The mother moved to Sunset Park a few years ago from the neighboring neighborhood of Park Slope in search of better prices. He explains that his case was not isolated. “We moved just when a lot of people were coming like an exodus from Park Slope, from Windsor … Read more
The first dose of Covid-19 vaccines will arrive in New York City as early as December 15, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday. The city will receive a first shipment or shipment of vaccines of about half a million doses, the mayor explained. Of these, 254,250 will be from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, which will … Read more
New York State will receive 170,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine in the coming weeks, Governor Andrew Cuomo revealed, this as COVID cases in the state continue to increase and state officials continue to carefully monitor the increase in hospitalizations. Frontline healthcare workers and people living in nursing homes and long-term care facilities are expected … Read more
Felix Zompa, who lives a few blocks from Elmhurst Hospital, is terrified of living the same nightmare as a few months ago when doctors could not cope with all Covid patients. “The sadness of in March and April many people were dying. The containers they had on the back side were very bad to see, … Read more
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and a coalition of organizations called on the federal Department of Health to facilitate access for undocumented communities and other underserved groups to the COVID-19 vaccine. In a letter sent to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, released Tuesday, Cuomo and 50 religious, union, … Read more
« If we can’t resume face-to-face lessons in January, it’s a disaster!, alarms Pasquale Mammone, president of the University of Artois. As you can see, students are dropping out more and more. I fear the worst for the exams that are coming, not to mention the problem of isolation. » Many voices are raised to … Read more