Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates June 29th

JUNE 29th RESOURCES AND UPDATES:

Alternate-side parking (which returned this week) will only occur once a week during the summer. DOT hasn’t yet issued details, but the Mayor is quoted in press reports saying where signs currently list two time-frames in a single week when alternate-side rules are in effect, car owners would only have to observe the later of the two times.

Weekly News Roundup – June 26, 2020

A Bridge From Queens to Manhattan, but No Cars Allowed - NY Times

MTA Pulls Emergency Brake on All Major Projects as Financial Woes Mount - The CIty

New York City to Permit Swimming at Beaches Next Week - WSJ

De Blasio launches crackdown on illegal fireworks suppliers - Politico

Malls, gyms, movie theaters won't open in New York's phase four - Times Union

Gun Violence Spikes in N.Y.C., Intensifying Debate Over Policing - NY Times

De Blasio Shatters Alternate Side Parking Status Quo: NYers Only Need To Move Cars Once A Week - Gothamist

NYC to continue offering free meals through summer: Mayor de Blasio - Daily News

Number of Black Patrol Cops Falls as NYPD Upper Ranks Remain Majority White - The City

Health department: More than twice as many police-related deaths than previously reported - Politico

De Blasio's big budget gamble: Threatening 22,000 city jobs - Politico

De Blasio Floated Layoffs to Save $1 Billion.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates June 22nd

JUNE 22nd RESOURCES AND UPDATES:

New York City entered Phase Two of reopening today. Industries included in Phase Two are: 

In-person retail 
Hair salons and barbershops
Real estate
Offices
Vehicle sales, leases, and rentals 

All of these businesses must operate at half capacity and with mandatory COVID safeguards in place, including social distancing and facial coverings.

Weekly News Roundup – June 19, 2020

CB8 Statement Regarding The Memorial To George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, And Others In Carl Schurz Park - Patch

CB8M Women and Families Committee Releases Guidelines On How To Secure Food During The Pandemic - Patch

PHOTOS: Youth of NYC call for change during Children’s March on Upper East Side - AM NY

150 East 78th Street Climbs Above Halfway Mark On The Upper East Side - Yimby

MTA Bus Driver Fatally Hits Cyclist On The Upper East Side - Gothamist

Exterior Progress Continues On 1059 Third Avenue On The Upper East Side - Yimby

Beckford House And Tower Near Completion On The Upper East Side - Yimby

All Quiet on the Far East Side - NY Times

RAMSA’s 1230 Madison Avenue Nears Topping Out, On The Upper East Side - YIMBY

Netflix Documentary Follows Lives Of Lenox Hill Doctors - Patch

323 East 61st Street’s Etched Glass Curtain Wall Begins Installation On The Upper East Side - Yimby

Target to open new stores on the Upper East Side, Upper West Side - 6sq ft

BOND New York Announces Upper East Side New Development Leasing - Patch

180 East 88th Street Awaits Completion Of Its Signature Arches, On The Upper East Side - Yimby

More than 3,000 restaurants sign up for outdoor dining as city enters new reopening phase - Politico

A Slow Climb Back Begins as NYC Hits Likely Bottom on Job Losses - The City

Partially reopen, New York City bears little resemblance to its former self - Politico

Firework Complaints Increase By 230X In June As Officials Seek Supplier Crackdown - Gothamist

New York City's subway dilemma: Will overnight train service ever come back? - Politico

New Yorkers Now Can Return to the Office.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates June 17th

JUNE 17th RESOURCES AND UPDATES:

GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES THAT PHASE 2 IS ON TRACK TO BEGIN THIS COMING MONDAY, JUNE 22

At his press conference earlier today, the Governor announced that, barring any changes in the public health metrics of the region, Phase 2 in New York City is is on track to begin this coming Monday, June 22.

Noted the Governor: "New York City will have been Phase 1 for 14 days.

Weekly News Roundup – June 12, 2020

NYC's poorest neighborhoods have highest death rates from coronavirus - Politico

De Blasio considering options if schools are unsafe in September - Politico

City: Nearly 178,000 public school students will be in summer school - Politico

For some LGBTQ youth, school buildings were safer spaces than their homes.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates June 11th

JUNE 11th RESOURCES AND UPDATES:
 

Starting today, localities can open public pools and playgrounds at their discretion. They must use health data and metrics as a guide to inform each decision.

Through June 15th, 2020, health insurance enrollment is open for uninsured New Yorkers as part of a Special Enrollment Period: https://www1.nyc.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates June 8th

JUNE 8th RESOURCES AND UPDATES:
 

Today is the first day of Phase One reopening, 100 days after the shutdown. 

The State has released a New York Forward Business Reopening Web Tool, which helps small businesses determine if they have met the criteria for reopening.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates May 28th

MAY 28th RESOURCES AND UPDATES:
 

Mayor de Blasio said that over 1,700 tracers have been hired to join the Test & Trace Corp, surpassing the City’s goal to hire 1,000 tracers by June 1, with 700 hired from neighborhoods hardest hit by the virus.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates May 22nd

MAY 22nd RESOURCES AND UPDATES:

Emergency Food Program: By next week, the Emergency Food Program will be delivering over 1 million meals per day. This is on top of the City’s grab-and-go program, which already serves over 500,000 meals per day at 500+ schools across the City.