The COVID testing and vaccine rollout is far from streamlined--to say the least--so I've compiled...
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B.P. Brewer in the News:
March 20-26
Friday, March 26
- Street Blogs NYC by Julianne Cuba, Electeds Call for Wider Bike Lanes on Second Avenue and Beyond
- Streets Blogs NYC by Eve Kessler and Gersh Kuntzman, Mayor: ‘Permanent’ Open Streets Program is Basically an Application Form, Not a Program
- The Broadsheet by Robert Simko, Brewer Pushes for FiDi Thoroughfare to Be Made Pedestrian-Friendly in Perpetuity
- TapInto by Marc Bussanich, Effort Continues to Save 857 Riverside Drive
COVID weekly newsletter (3/25)
- 118,986 cumulative confirmed cases (+1,082 since Monday, 3/22)
- 4,146
ICYMI: 3/22 Inwood Task Force meeting.
My Inwood Task Force met for the first time on Monday, 3/22 to begin our regular discussions of ongoing and planned construction projects within the area of the Inwood Rezoning. The task force is composed of Inwood stakeholders like community members, elected officials, government agencies, and businesses.
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Friends,
As a reminder, after today’s edition our Monday events newsletter will start being posted online instead of being emailed; we’ll post to our social media accounts (Twitter.com, Facebook.com, and Instagram.com— follow us there under “@galeabrewer”!) when that events listing is published. On Thursdays, we’ll email a COVID-only edition so you can stay abreast of public health information. Once the City Charter-mandated pre-election blackout period is… Read more
B.P. Brewer in the News:
March 13-19
Thursday, March 18
- The Manhattan Times by Gregg McQueen, “The burnout is real” Nurses rally for safe hospital staffing
- The Manhattan Times by Gregg McQueen, Data Delivery: New report reveals specific senior needs
- Patch by Nick Garber, Columbus Circle Barricades Come Down After 9 Months
- The Village Sun, Croman’s ‘House of Mouse’: Stanton St. tenants say they’re overrun by rodents
COVID weekly newsletter (3/18)
Friends,
It’s Thursday, March 18, 2021. Welcome to my weekly COVID-19 newsletter.
This newsletter is narrowing its focus to public health news only after this week, as part of the City Charter-mandated pre-election blackout period. But our events listing will be posted on manhattanbp.nyc.gov on Mondays (instead of being emailed), and we will blast only COVID public health information to your inbox on Thursdays. We’ll also post to our Twitter… Read more
B.P. Brewer in the News:
March 6-12
Wednesday, March 10
- Gotham Gazette by Gale Brewer & Beth Shapiro, How to Get the City’s 136,000 Homebound Seniors Vaccinated More Quickly
- Patch by Nick Garber, Tell New Yorkers Where COVID Lurks In Sewers, Manhattan BP Says
- Gothamist by Sydney Pereira, NYC Congressional Reps Will Try Again To Ban Non-Essential Helicopter Flights Over NYC
Weekly COVID newsletter (3/11)
Friends,
It’s Thursday, March 11, 2021. Welcome to my weekly COVID-19 newsletter.
Here are the bullets for NYC according to nonprofit news site TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker, the New York State COVID testing dashboard, and the NYC Dept. of Health:
Manhattan:
- 110,607 cumulative confirmed cases (+4,893 from last week)
- 4,008 cumulative deaths (+91 since last week)
- 2.6% seven-day positivity average, the same as reported here last week
- 167,605
2021 leadership development training series.
B.P. Brewer in the News:
February 20 – March 5
Wednesday, March 3
- New York Post by the Editorial Board, Why does it take a Post story to get an obvious public-health problem fixed?
- New York Post by Lorena Mongelli and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, Manhattan hoarder is a fashion designer who ‘needs help,’ friends say
- Patch by Nick Garber, Manhattan Community Board Applications Hold Steady In 2021: Data
- 6SQFt by Devin Gannon, Campaign to save Union Square South
