Category: COVID Newsletters
Friends,
It’s Friday, June 12, 2020.
At press time, TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 25,725 confirmed cases and 3,002 deaths; New York City as a whole has 205,405 cases and 21,993 deaths.
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On Tuesday (6/16) at 2 pm, I’ll be hosting “Pandemic History from the Bottom Up: A Webinar with Oral Historians and Archivists,” with Manhattan Borough Historian Rob Snyder, which will guide participants on how… Read more
Friends,
It’s Thursday, June 11, 2020.
At press time, TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 25,725 confirmed cases and 3,002 deaths; New York City as a whole has 205,405 cases and 21,993 deaths.
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On Tuesday (6/16) at 2 pm, I’ll be hosting “Pandemic History from the Bottom Up: A Webinar with Oral Historians and Archivists,” with Manhattan Borough Historian Rob Snyder, which will guide participants on how… Read more
Friends,
It’s Wednesday, June 10, 2020.
At press time, TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 25,655 confirmed cases and 2,996 deaths; New York City as a whole has 205,011 cases and 21,960 deaths.
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It’s budget season at City Hall, and the Council and Mayor are working out the details on the billions of spending for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
In my efforts to obtain full funding for … Read more
Friends,
It’s Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
At press time, TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 25,588 confirmed cases and 2,986 deaths; New York City as a whole has 204,576 cases and 21,918 deaths.
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Over the weekend I suggested, with the support of Council Member Chin, that we rename a street near City Hall and do what Washington, DC did: paint the street full width with the words “Black Lives… Read more
Friends,
It’s Monday, June 8, 2020.
At press time, TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 25,553 confirmed cases and 2,981 deaths; New York City as a whole has 204,253 cases and 21,877 deaths.
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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… Read more
Friends,
It’s Friday, June 5, 2020.
At press time, TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 25,379 confirmed cases and 2,957 deaths; New York City as a whole has 202,829 cases and 21,782 deaths.
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On Monday, June 8, the city will begin Phase I of re-opening.
Transit. Estimates are that around 200,000 people will return to work, with many riding subways and buses (down from an estimated 8.3 million daily… Read more
Friends,
It’s Thursday, June 3, 2020.
At press time, TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 25,237 confirmed cases and 2,933 deaths; New York City as a whole has 201,806 cases and 21,688 deaths.
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The police violence against protesters last night — NOT looters– who were violating curfew… troubling? Horrifying? Council Member Keith Powers tweeted this video: https://twitter.com/KeithPowersNYC/status/1268386033806249984
…which has, less than a day later, clocked 11 million views.
So… Read more
Friends,
It’s Wednesday, June 3, 2020.
At press time, TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 25,131 confirmed cases and 2,929 deaths; New York City as a whole has 201,123 cases and 21,649 deaths.
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Primary Day is just three short weeks away, on June 23, encompassing primaries for President, Congress, and state and local races.
The ballot will be two-sided. On page one, Presidential candidates and then all the delegates… Read more
Friends,
It’s Tuesday, June 2, 2020.
At press time, TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 25,092 confirmed cases and 2,924 deaths; New York City as a whole has 200,830 cases and 21,607 deaths.
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As we go to press, this was tweeted from NBCNewYork’s Myles Miller: “NYPD officials tell @NBCNewYork all traffic south of 96 St will be restricted to essential workers, commercial deliveries, and residents starting at 8p. This… Read more
Friends,
It’s Monday, June 1, 2020.
At press time, TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 25,056 confirmed cases and 2,913 deaths; New York City as a whole has 200,547 cases and 21,569 deaths.
And as we prepared to hit “send” on our regular newsletter, the Governor and Mayor announced a curfew beginning at 11 pm tonight, running until 5 am tomorrow morning, along with a doubling of the number of… Read more
