coronavirus Archives – Politics NY

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Health

State fighting ‘tri-demic’ of COVID, flu, and RSV, but no mask mandates on horizon

By Ben Brachfeld

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‘The flu is nasty’: Hochul, health officials urges New Yorkers to get the flu shot

By Isabel Song Beer

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White House launches COVID booster blitz

By Matt Tracy

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Mayor Adams makes masks optional in day cares and schools for children 2-4 years of age

By Isabel Song Beer

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Governor Kathy Hochul tests positive for COVID-19 as virus cases keep spiking across New York City

By Kevin Duggan

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Rent Guidelines Board casts preliminary vote to increase rent in stabilized apartments

By Isabel Song Beer

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Vice President Harris positive for COVID-19, Biden not ‘close contact’

By Zeke Miller, AP

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Mayor Eric Adams tests positive for COVID-19

By Kevin Duggan

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Pelosi positive for COVID-19, was at White House with Biden

By Associated Press

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Queens

Queens leaders urge state to make drinks-to-go permanent

By Bill Parry

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Politics

Mayor outlines plan to give New York City’s economy a much-needed boost

By Emily Davenport

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Health

Brooklyn’s first comprehensive COVID clinic opens in Bushwick

By Meaghan McGoldrick

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Nassau Court Ruling Invalidates NY Mask Mandate

By Timothy Bolger

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‘Our schools are going to remain open’: Mayor Adams adamant about allowing in-person classes as COVID-19 cases start declining

By Isabel Song Beer

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Health

New York hospitalization rates are slowly rising amid holiday spike in COVID-19 cases

By Isabel Song Beer

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Hochul to Blakeman: Counties ‘Have to Follow State Law’ on Masks

By Briana Bonfiglio

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Politics

Manhattan business leader believes city regulation reform key toward economic recovery

By Isabel Song Beer

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Blakeman Signs 3 Executive Orders on Masks in Schools, Businesses, County Offices

By Briana Bonfiglio

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Politics

COVID-19 infections soar in Congress amid Omicron surge

By Reuters

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Brooklyn

Spreading like wildfire: COVID-19 positivity rates nearly at 20% in New York state, Hochul says

By Isabel Song Beer

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Nassau Exec-elect Blakeman Will Not Enforce Mask Mandate

By Briana Bonfiglio

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Health

City expands $100 vax incentive to include SOMOS sites

By Ben Brachfeld

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Politics

Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private-sector workers to begin Jan. 4

By Nandita Bose, David Shepardson and Ahmed Aboulenein, Reuters

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Politics

‘Do the right thing’: de Blasio, officials urge unvaxxed NYC workers to get COVID-19 shots and come back to work

By Emily Davenport

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Governor announces completion of $739 million Kew Gardens Interchange reconstruction project

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‘You got it all right there on Third Avenue in Bay Ridge’: New businesses open in Bay Ridge as nabe recovers from pandemic