July 30, 2021 By Ryan Songalia A bill was introduced in the city council Thursday that aims to limit class sizes as a means to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The bill, sponsored by Council Education Committee Chair Mark Treyger and Council Speaker Corey Johnson, would raise the minimum per person classroom space to 35-square… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on JULY 26, 2021, 9:01PM EDT BY Jose Martinez Traffic has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels on bridges and tunnels across the city, data shows — spurring concerns that New York is headed “right back to gridlock” as mass transit use lags. More than 27.9 million vehicles crossed… Read more »
July 26, 2021 By Christian Murray A man who was trying to fix a flat tire on the side of the Long Island Expressway in Queens early Monday morning was struck dead by a driver in a Tesla. Jean Louis, 52, of Cambria Heights, was attempting to fix his tire on the shoulder of the… Read more »
July 23, 2021 By Ryan Songalia Minors in New York will no longer be able to get married. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill Thursday that officially raises the minimum age to 18. Under previous law, 17-year-olds were allowed to get married with the approval of their parents and judicial consent. The latest… Read more »
July 21, 2021 By Ryan Songalia The oldest and largest Dragon Boat festival in the United States will return to Queens next month. The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will stage its 30th iteration on Saturday, Aug. 7 at Meadow Lake at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on JUL 19, 2021, 10:07PM EDT BY Samantha Maldonado Under the new ranked choice voting system, New Yorkers got to cast ballots for their top five choices for mayor and other municipal offices in last month’s primary. When it came to whether the new system worked, supporters and… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Christian Murray The building that houses the Flushing branch of the Queens Public Library will be closing due to a failure of the HVAC system. The branch, located at 41-17 Main St., has been used in recent months by the city as a vaccination site—with library service being closed. The vaccination… Read more »
This article was originally published by The City on JUL 13, 2021, 8:07PM EDT BY ALLISON DIKANOVIC New York was one of the last states in the country to launch a COVID rent relief program with money from the federal government this spring. And the funds have yet to start flowing. Just to recap: In… Read more »
July 14, 2021 By Christian Murray New York City’s vaccination campaign has prevented as many as 8,300 COVID-related deaths, the City’s Department of Health reported today. The DOH, citing a study conducted by epidemiologists at Yale University, said that the city’s campaign has also prevented 250,000 COVID-19 cases and 44,000 hospitalizations since it began through… Read more »
July 13, 2021 By Christian Murray A 33-year-old woman is dead after losing control of her vehicle on the Clearview Expressway early Tuesday morning and plowing into the back of a tractor trailer that was parked on the side of the highway. Police said that Evelissa Santos Paulino, of Brooklyn, was traveling southbound near Exit… Read more »