Weekly News Roundup

UES Community Board Wants Esplanade Inspection Following Sinkhole - Patch

Revel Suspends Moped Service in New York City After Two Deaths - NY Times

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New York City Without Coronavirus Deaths Four Months After First Report - NBC New York

New York City’s Transit System Faces Unprecedented Financial ...

New York is facing a potential explosion in homelessness - Politico

New York City may delay indoor dining as coronavirus surges around U.S. - Politico

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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

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

CB8M Women and Families Committee Releases ...

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

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

Plan to pedestrianize Park Avenue floated as mayor expands street closures - The Real Deal

Subway Shutdown: New York Closes System for First Time ...

Cuomo warns of $8.2 billion in cuts to localities - City and State

NEARLY 20K NYC STUDENTS STILL MISSING PROMISED IPADS - The City

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Resources: How New Yorkers Can Access Help with Food, Unemployment, Health Care, Domestic Violence, Small Businesses, & More - Gotham Gazette

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New York Hospitals Plan Coordination as Coronavirus Deaths in State Top 1,200 -WSJ

New York Extends Order Against Gatherings, Nonessential Business ...

UES Community Board Cancels Meetings Through March - Patch

How remote learning will work in New York City - City and State

M.T.A., Citing Huge Drop ...

New York State Coronavirus Cases Rise to 22 -WSJ

NYC orders mandatory coronavirus testing for public workers - Politico

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Lenox Hill may ditch apartment tower meant to pay for hospital overhaul - NY Post

Lenox Hill Hospital may scrap plans for 41-story residential tower ...

Byford, Cuomo's Popular Subways Chief, resigns (for good this time) - Politico

New York Will Finally Legalize E-Bikes and E-Scooters - Gothamist

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New NYPD Counterterrorism Chief Is First Woman to Lead Bureau - WSJ

Changes to Bail Law Split Democrats in Albany -WSJ

City knew ferries have ...

BP Brewer to host task force meetings on Lenox Hill hospital revitalization - Villager

NYC evictions down almost 20% six months after state tenant ...

Former homeless man opens soup kitchen on Upper East Side - Fox 5

New UES Soup Kitchen To Distribute 200 Meals Per Day - Patch

Bike Safety Improves ...

City Commits 184 Additional K-8 Seats To Upper East Side - Patch

New York’s MTA Board Approves Agency’s $17 Billion Budget for 2020 - WSJ

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TENANTS SUE FOR REPAIRS AT EMBATTLED EAST SIDE PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEXES - The City

VETERANS VULNERABLE AS TRUMP THREATENS FOOD AID FOR 70,000 NEW ...

New York Evictions Are Plunging Under New Rent Control Law - The Wall Street Journal

"The decline was steepest for the most common type of cases, ...

NYPD can claim subway crime is down because it only focuses on felony stats - New York Post

"Minor crimes on the rise this year over last include: ...

Thousands Sign Petition Against Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion - Patch

UES Library To Reopen After 9-Month Renovation - Patch

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Condo Buyers Can Keep Purchases Secret, N.Y. Tax Officials Say in Reversal - The Wall Street Journal

"New York state tax officials are restoring ...

N.Y.P.D’s Next Police Commissioner: What to Know About Dermot Shea - NY Times

Williams Remains Public Advocate; Katz Next Queens DA; Ranked-Choice ...

Madison Avenue business owners rip bid for 9 bus shelters - NY Post

Assemblymember Seawright calls for Extell developer to clean up Upper East Side ...

Manhattan Community Board 8, in symbolic vote, strikes down proposed expansion of Lenox Hill Hospital - PIX 11

Lenox Hill Hospital expansion blasted ...

Living in Yorkville, Manhattan: Still Relatively Quiet, But Easier to Get Around - NY Times

Upper East Side building made famous by TV’s ‘The Jeffersons’ ...

GOOD NEWS: In the Bronx, the city’s largest oyster reef thrives - Politico

HOW THE MTA PLANS TO SPEND BILLIONS ON ITS SUBWAY WISHLIST -The City

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2019 Charter Revision Commission Seeks to 'Tweak,' Not Upend City Balance of Power - Gotham Gazette

Developer opening speakeasy in former Roosevelt ...

Ronald McDonald House hosts annual block party - NY1

Tender Buttons Closes After 50 Years On UES, Report Says - Patch

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