Health State fighting ‘tri-demic’ of COVID, flu, and RSV, but no mask mandates on horizon By Ben Brachfeld
Health ‘The flu is nasty’: Hochul, health officials urges New Yorkers to get the flu shot By Isabel Song Beer
Education Mayor Adams makes masks optional in day cares and schools for children 2-4 years of age By Isabel Song Beer
Politics Governor Kathy Hochul tests positive for COVID-19 as virus cases keep spiking across New York City By Kevin Duggan
Politics Rent Guidelines Board casts preliminary vote to increase rent in stabilized apartments By Isabel Song Beer
Education ‘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
Health New York hospitalization rates are slowly rising amid holiday spike in COVID-19 cases By Isabel Song Beer
Politics Manhattan business leader believes city regulation reform key toward economic recovery By Isabel Song Beer
Long Island Blakeman Signs 3 Executive Orders on Masks in Schools, Businesses, County Offices By Briana Bonfiglio
Brooklyn Spreading like wildfire: COVID-19 positivity rates nearly at 20% in New York state, Hochul says By Isabel Song Beer
Politics Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private-sector workers to begin Jan. 4 By Nandita Bose, David Shepardson and Ahmed Aboulenein, Reuters
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
Bronx Times Legal Aid Society files suit on behalf of Bronxites affected by Fordham Manor fire last fall