The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the state and municipal Transportation departments announce that they received federal approval to begin the environmental assessment and public outreach processes for the call Vehicle Congestion Plan in Manhattan. This traffic congestion proposal requires a fee for vehicles traveling south of 60th Street in Manhattan. The MTA indicates that … Read more
Finally, the big day arrived for Central Park: a five-hour concert of music on the Great Lawn meadow. This is the closing of the concert series of NYC Homecoming Week, a municipal initiative to celebrate the reopening of the city, after the most critical days of the pandemic. RELATED STORIES: The event featured presentations in … Read more
This is the weather phenomenon approaching the east coast of the United States that meteorologists have named Henri. Although its effects will affect communities east of the city more, forecasts of the strength of its winds of up to 40 miles per hour and 2 to 4 inches of accumulation that could flood parts of … Read more
An immigrant mother of 4 children was killed in a shooting Thursday while returning home from a day’s work. This is what his son Janse Joseph told us, who points out that they came from Haiti only 4 years ago. Neighbors are outraged by what happened. “Imagine it is a life that is lost,” said … Read more
A gigantic Ferris wheel (Chicago Wheel, Around the World or Ferris Wheel) is on its way to Times Square and could be in operation next week. In the images you can see the attraction over 100 feet high, the equivalent of about 11 stories. So, this is happening ???? Times Square’s first ever outdoor ferris … Read more
Luis Fajardo had not visited María Hernández Park in Bushwick for 20 years. Now this place is very different from how it was in the 90s. “Personally, they assaulted me here twice … They assaulted us, they cut my neck a little bit because I didn’t have any money,” Fajardo said. Fajardo says that not … Read more
A new report suggests that the city was completely unprepared when COVID-19 hit our shores, and claims it was the creativity of New Yorkers that made the difference. The investigation carried out by Comptroller Scott Stringer reveals flaws in the city’s response, such as the lack of a prior operational plan to respond to a … Read more
Given the publication of three clinical studies – including one with residents of our state – that showed a reduction of around 11 to 20% in the effectiveness of vaccines against COVID-19 infection, the federal government presented a national plan to distribute a third booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for the fall. … Read more
This Tuesday, Mayor de Blasio announced that city authorities are ready to massively administer a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine. The statement comes just days after the FDA authorized its emergency application for people with weakened immune systems. In the opinion of Sixto Caro, an internist at NYU Langone: “Patients who do not have … Read more
Three months of changes in subway service is what awaits users of Line D, south of Brooklyn. This, because the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will make repairs to make the road more resistant to storms and floods. Subway line D service between Bay 50th Street and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue stations will be suspended between September … Read more