New York City plans to distribute Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine to its senior residences once the vaccine maker receives approval for emergency use authorization. Johnson & Johnson has pledged to provide 20 million doses of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March. “The big piece we …
Read More »Panhandler Punches 2-Year-Old On The NYC Subway
A toddler was punched in the face while sitting on his mother’s lap by a panhandler on the New York City subway on Saturday afternoon. The New York Post reports that the child’s mother was approached by the female beggar asking for money on the northbound C train in Manhattan. Understandably …
Read More »New York City Will Re-Open In-Door Dining This Friday
New York City will be reopening indoor dining on Friday, two days earlier than Gov. Andrew Cuomo previously announced. Dine-in services hadn’t been available in New York since the middle of December last year. “They have made the point that they’d like to open a couple of days earlier so …
Read More »New York Vaccination Site Launched For Latinos In COVID-19 Hot Spot Community Is Overwhelmed With White People From Outside Areas
Mayor Bill de Blasio is outraged after learning that a coronavirus vaccination site in a Latino community in New York City hit hard by COVID-19 saw many White people from other areas show up to the site to get the shot. “The more I learn about this, the angrier I …
Read More »Brooklyn Woman Jumps From 12-Story Building With Child In Her Arms
Residents of an NYC building are in a state of shock after a Brooklyn woman, 39, reportedly jumped from the top of a 12-story Hell’s Kitchen housing unit with her child in hand, the New York Post reported. Oksana Patchin, 39, and her daughter, Olivia Patchin, were rushed to St. …
Read More »New York City Nurse Among First To Be Fully Vaccinated With Second Pfizer-BioNTech Dose
New York City’s first vaccinated nurse is now among the first people to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 in the United States. Sandra Lindsay is a critical care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and on Monday, she became the first person in the country to be fully vaccinated …
Read More »NYC Healthcare Provider Gives Non-High-Risk Citizens COVID-19 Vaccine
New York City clinics are being investigated for administering the COVID-19 vaccines early to non-high-risk citizens. ParCare, the healthcare network at the center of the investigation, provides many medical services, including primary and internal care to six New York City locations. The network, which services a large portion of the …
Read More »NY Woman’s Suicide Note Scheduled To Post To Instagram After She Jumped To Her Death
Last week, a Brooklyn woman who jumped to her death from the Vessel in Hudson Yards scheduled her suicide note to auto-post posthumously on Instagram one day after her tragic death. On December 22, Yocheved Gourarie, 24, rode the subway into Manhattan from her home in Crown Heights and bought …
Read More »NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Warns ‘Full Shutdown’ Could Be Looming
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned Monday that a citywide shutdown could be implemented if the recent spike in coronavirus infections begins to overwhelm the hospitals. It was announced last week that indoor dining, which was operating at 25 percent, would be shut down again Monday, and now …
Read More »Black and Brown New Yorkers Are Paying The Price After NYPD Cashes In On Sex Trade Arrest
One summer night in 2015, two women on a street corner waved down a community college student driving home via East New York in Brooklyn. He figured they might need help, so he pulled over and cracked his window, but the pair had something else in mind. “Do you want …
Read More »At Least 14 Shot In New York City Over Thanksgiving Holiday As Gun Violence Soars
At least three New Yorkers were shot on Thanksgiving day. At least 11 more were shot on Black Friday as New York City experienced another gun violence spat. No one was killed as a result of their gunshot wounds and is expected to survive. On Thursday, a 28-year-old man was …
Read More »NYC Sheriffs Shut Down Illegal Underground Swingers Club With More Than 80 People In Attendance
New York City sheriffs shut down an illegal swingers club in Queens early Sunday morning, where officers found more than 80 people in attendance. The New York Post reports that officials responded to a 311 complaint at 12:05 a.m. and found people unlawfully drinking, eating from a buffet, and having sex. …
Read More »Cheyenne Doroshaw Opens First LGBTQ+ Owned and Ran Housing Complex in Queens, NY
Thirty years ago, Cheyenne Doroshaw had an idea, and just this past Friday her idea came to life when she opened the cities first LGBTQ+ owned and ran housing complex in Queens, New York. Doroshaw, a trans woman, and founder and executive director of Gay and Lesbians Living in a …
Read More »New York Mayor Bill De Blasio Warns Parents Of School Closures Monday
As the coronavirus rates of infection continue to spike in New York City, Mayor Bill De Blasio warns parents that they should be ready for schools to close as early as Monday morning. On WNYC, the mayor called into the Brian Lehrer Show to take calls from local listeners, and …
Read More »Two Infants Found Dead Wrapped In Paper In New York City
In New York City, authorities are searching for answers after two newborn babies were found deceased wrapped in paper. The grim discovery was made at 2 p.m. on Monday at a multi-story building on College Avenue and East 172nd Street in the Claremont section of the Bronx. A superintendent located …
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