Every NYC Resident Now Eligible For In-Home COVID Vaccine, De Blasio Says
Residents can sign up online, where they're prompted to indicate which vaccine they prefer.
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Residents can sign up online, where they're prompted to indicate which vaccine they prefer.
With ranked choice voting, we won't know who the next mayor will be until next month.
As the mayor tries to woo tourists back to New York City, a visitor from Colombia shared her cautionary tale after an unprovoked attack on the subway landed her in the hospital.
"To me, a real prime shopper keeps it local, keeps the money in our neighborhoods, helps working people directly, doesn't put the money in the pockets of Amazon," de Blasio said.
On Monday, the Department of Transportation will close the left Manhattan-bound lane of the bridge to begin converting it into a two-way bike lane.
The plan calls for universal baby bonds to create a scholarship account for every child in public school.
The mayor asked New Yorkers to pick their favorite pizza toppings last week, as part of a push to practice ranked choice voting ahead of the June Primary Election.
Last year, New Yorkers applauded from their windows to celebrate essential workers. This year, on July 7, they can celebrate in person.
Polls open for early voting this Saturday, and Election Day is set for June 22.
There was a disturbing rise in the use of fireworks last summer.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is recruiting music industry legend Clive Davis to organize the event and recruit the performers - none of whom are yet confirmed.
None of the finger pointing can change the reality that the city has so far failed to stem the tide of gun violence. Shootings are up 68% so far this year.
A major push to get younger New Yorkers vaccinated against COVID-19 starts Friday.
The mayor says the vaccine buses have already made appearances in Bushwick, Astoria and the Lower East Side.
Students age 12-17 are eligible, with parental consent.
New York City reported zero COVID deaths Tuesday, for the first time in nearly eight months.
With just three weeks before voters go to the polls to pick Democratic and Republican candidates for mayor, the men and women seeking the top jobs are throwing punches and launching broadsides.
The decision comes after seniors took to the streets in protest over the continued closures.
New York City is home to the largest Guyanese community outside of Guyana.
On Thursday, de Blasio announced a new initiative called Partners Against The Hate, or P.A.T.H. Forward.
The state will raffle 50 full tuition, room and board scholarships to SUNY or CUNY schools to those who get their first dose at a state-run site through July 7.
A 20-year-old suspect in several anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn is under arrest and facing hate crimes charges.
Hundreds of people took to the streets on Tuesday, day into night, at times taking over the Brooklyn Bridge, honoring Floyd on the anniversary of his death.
De Blasio joined Rev. Al Sharpton and other to call for more police reforms, changes to the NYPD culture, and more community involvement.
Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch says morale is "at an all-time low" and worries about his members, some 24,000 NYPD officers.
