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B.P. Brewer in the news:
August 1-7
Thursday, August 6- StreetsblogNYC by Julianne Cuba, Electeds to City Hall: Protect Cyclists on Fifth Avenue
- The New York Times by Mihir Zaveri, Arrests Over Illicit Party Boat With 170 Guests Cruising Around N.Y.C.
- New York Daily News by Ellen Moynihan, Brittany Kriegstein, Catherina Gioino and
Weekly COVID newsletter (8/6)
Current list of COVID-19 testing sites in Manhattan.
B.P. Brewer in the news:
July 22-31
Here are the latest press clips on Borough President Gale Brewer and the work of her office.
Thursday, July 30
- Patch by Brendan Krisel, Manhattan Lags Behind NY State In Census Response
- Telemundo, Manhattan tiene la tasa de respuesta del Censo más baja de NY
- Forbes by Lisette Voytko, Viral NYPD Arrest Video Alarms Officials, Citizens Fearing Repeat Of Portland Federal Agent Tactics
- The Washington Post
Weekly COVID Newsletter (7/30)
Current list of open streets in Manhattan.
On ADA’s 30th anniversary, my report finds few curb cuts are in compliance with ADA standards
This week is the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. My office released a study that finds serious shortcomings regarding pedestrian ramps that are located near accessible subway stations, leaving those stations effectively inaccessible to residents with impaired vision, and those who rely on wheelchairs, walkers and other aids. (We were assisted in the study by The Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York known as CIDNY.)… Read more I joined NYCHA and tenant leaders to accept a donation of 100,000 masks for residents
Weekly COVID Newsletter (7/23)
Friends,
It’s Thursday, July 23, 2020. Welcome to the weekly edition of my COVID newsletter.
At press time, nonprofit news site TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 29,943 confirmed cases and 3,138 deaths; New York City as a whole has 222,444 cases and 23,428 deaths. According to the NYC Dept. of Health, reporting delays are contributing to an unnatural drop in cases; for example, yesterday (7/22) only 11 cases were… Read more Tuesday 7/14, 6:30 pm: Virtual Town Hall on “The Future of Child Care”
- Dr. Virginia Rauh, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
