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Manhattan weekly newsletter (4/19)
B.P. Brewer in the News:
April 10-16
Wednesday, April 14
- AMNY by Dean Moses, Double dose: Mayor rides subway and helps New Yorkers get vaccinated
- Gothamist by Beth Fertig, Vacant Storefronts Proliferate in NYC, And It’s No Easier To Identify Owners
- Patch by Nick Garber, Harlem Celebrates Korean Restaurant Owner Amid Racist Attacks
- TapInto by Marc Bussanich, Elected Officials and Clergy Honor Betty Park
- Wall Street Journal by Katie Honan, Control of New York City Skating Rink’s
Manhattan weekly newsletter (4/12)
B.P. Brewer in the News:
April 3-9
Thursday, April 8
- ABC7, Effort underway to give WWI’s Harlem Hellfighters the recognition they deserve
- Patch by Nick Garber, Harlem Hellfighters, WWI Heroes, Could Get Congressional Honor
- I Love the Upper West Side by Mike Mishkin, Central Park Conservancy Pushes for Wollman Rink Control, Shares Proposal with Public
- New York Post by David Meyer, Citi Bike set to become world’s biggest bike-share outside of China
- West Side
COVID Weekly newsletter (4/8)
- 127,213 cumulative confirmed cases (+3,850 since last week)
- 4,258 cumulative deaths (+49 since last week)
- 2.5% seven-day positivity average (down from 2.9% last week)
- 237,441 adults (17%)
A day in the life: BP Brewer visits vaccine sites
Manhattan weekly newsletter (4/5)
B.P. Brewer in the News:
March 27 – April 2
Friday, April 2
- The City by Josefa Velasquez and Rachel Holliday Smith, Embattled Cuomo Pushes Skyline-Altering Penn Station Real Estate Plan as Critics Mobilize
- Manhattan Times News by Gregg McQueen, Covid oral history project focuses on communities of color
- Streetsblog NYC by Gersh Kuntzman, Open Streets Coalition to Mayor: Give Us a Real Program (And Some Help)!
- AMNY by Carsen Holaday, Questions swirl at
COVID weekly newsletter (4/1)
- 123,363 cumulative confirmed cases (+4,377 since last week)
- 4,209 cumulative deaths (+63 since last week)
- 3% seven-day positivity average (up from 2.7% last week)
- 223,473 adults (16%)
Manhattan weekly newsletter (3/29)
Friends,
Below is a round-up of events and announcements for Manhattan. Check your inbox Thursday for more COVID updates. (If you’re not yet subscribed, sign up here.)
COMMENT This afternoon (3/29) I celebrated Women’s History Month at the Central Park Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument alongside historians Pam Elam and Savona Bailey-McClain and monument sculptor Meredith Bergmann. Thank you to everyone who joined us. Meredith spoke about designing the first-ever … Read more
