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Gov. Andrew Cuomo and one of his top executives, Melissa DeRosa, right, are under fire from state lawmakers and even some prosecutors over how nursing home deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic were reported last year.
Biaggi takes offensive against Cuomo over nursing home deaths
State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi is ramping up attacks against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as lawmakers and the state's executive office clash over how coronavirus deaths in nursing homes were reported last year. more
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is restoring some of New York City's overnight subway service, closing the system down between 2 and 4 a.m., beginning Feb. 22.
Some overnight service returns to NYC's subways
New York City's subway system moves a big step closer toward a return to round-the-clock service Monday when overnight cleaning is reduced from four hours each day to just two. more
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Barbara Estrin says the New York Health Act she fiercely advocates would create 200,000 jobs — especially important in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Universal health care may have new life in New York, says state Sen. Gustavo Rivera, its lead sponsor, as the Biden administration may direct the federal funding it needs to be viable.
Universal health care finally on horizon?
There have been more than 120,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the Bronx, leading to 5,500 deaths. Those who live through COVID-19 could face months, if not years, of lingering effects, burdening already strained budgets. more
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Technology has been a key part of getting the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale through the pandemic, says Richard Langer, its executive director. Langer believes holding more programs online has helped his synagogue expand its geographic reach beyond the neighborhood.
Saying a little prayer to end COVID
What will life be like after the coronavirus? That’s a question on the minds of many seeking pre-pandemic normalcy inside a society that may have been permanently changed. more
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Stop playing these games
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio are snipping at each other again? It must be a day ending in a “Y.” Few can recall the last time these two actually got along, and at least before the coronavirus pandemic, it was somewhat entertaining — if it wasn’t just bad not only for our city, but for our state. more
Jessica Haller has tested positive for the coronavirus, but says she is doing fine. By pure coincidence, her daughter — attending school abroad — also contracted the disease. As did mayoral candidate Andrew Yang.
Haller, Yang test positive for coronavirus
Coronavirus infection rates may be dropping in the city, but two prominent candidates seeking to open up offices in City Hall are now among those who are testing positive. more
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Education workers were included in the latest phase of the state’s vaccination rollout that began earlier this month. But vaccination efforts are progressing slower than expected because of limited supply.
Teachers want vaccine, there's just not enough
Nothing good ever comes easy. And that couldn’t be truer of the city’s goals to vaccinate all nearly 9 million of its inhabitants, especially now that nearly 4 million in the state are now eligible to be inoculated. more
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Doris Cordero’s piece ‘Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’ chronicles a difficult span of time during which she was diagnosed with cancer. The piece appears in the Riverdale Art Association’s online exhibition, ‘Moving Forward.’
Art association 'Moving Forward' from difficult times
Last year was a time, for sure, many of us are more than willing to leave in the dust without so much as a second thought. But Doris Cordero had a particularly difficult 2020 even beyond the coronavirus pandemic. more
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There may be a lot of interruptions physically coming to campus in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but one thing still remains true since the beginning of the academic year at Manhattan College: The ‘good neighbor’ policy is still in effect. That means zero-tolerance for large gatherings among students, according to the dean who put it together. But residents of 3660 Waldo Ave., say some students living there continually violate the policy.
Off-campus students aren’t quite ‘good neighbors'
‘Twas a few nights after Christmas and all through the house, a party lasted for hours, awakening even the smallest mouse. That was the case one evening in The Majestic. The building at 3660 Waldo Ave., is popular with Manhattan College students wanting to live off campus. And according to some of their immediate neighbors inside the building, some student apartments are infamous for causing a racket at all hours of the night. more
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has reduced the number of petition signatures city council candidates will need to get on the March 23 special election ballot. But instead of reducing it to 30 percent of the total number like he did for primary races last summer, he reduced the threshold by only 30 percent.
Cuomo reduces petition signatures, but is it enough?
Petitioning to get on the ballot for the March 23 city council special election is well under way, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo has stepped in to reduce some of that burden in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Just not by a lot. more
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