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Weekly COVID newsletter (10/15)
- Manhattan has 34,569 confirmed cases and 3,185 deaths (518 more cases and 2 more deaths since last week).
- The city as a whole has 251,766 cases and 23,905 deaths (3,766 more cases and 32 more deaths since last week).
B.P. Brewer in the News:
October 3 – 9
Friday, October 9
- New York Daily News by Clayton Guse, Manhattan BP demands MTA open subway early on Election Day
- NY1, Lower East Side Girls Club Celebrates Opening of Center for Wellbeing and Happiness
- The Broadsheet, ‘This Is about Pitting One Community Against Another’
- Harlem World Magazine, MBP Brewer Announces 2020 Manhattan Cultural Tourism Grants
- Tribeca Trib by Carl Glassman, ‘A Recipe
Weekly COVID newsletter (10/8)
- Manhattan has 34,051 confirmed cases and 3,183 deaths (425 more cases and 2 more deaths than last week).
- The city as a whole has 248,000 cases and 23,873 deaths (3,426 more cases and 44 more deaths than last week).
B.P. Brewer in the News:
September 25 – October 2
Wednesday, September 30
- Gotham Gazette Max & Murphy Podcast by Ben Max, Borough President Gale Brewer on Manhattan’s Future
- LIC Post by Allie Griffin, Cyclists Hold Rally on Queensboro Bridge, Demand That Car Lane be Converted Into Pedestrian Pathway
- West Side Rag, Lucerne Residents Are Supposed to Move Downtown, But Residents There Are Starting to Push Back Too
- amNY by Mark Hallum, Rally urges
B.P. Brewer in the News:
September 19-25
Friday, September 25
- amNY by Todd Maisel, City’s murder victims remembered in Harlem memorial ceremony
- Gotham Gazette by Felipe De La Hoz, Census Response Rates Vary Widely Among City’s Latino Communities
- West Side Spirit by Emily Higginbotham, ‘How Are We Supposed to Manage?’
Weekly COVID newsletter (10/1)
Friends,
It’s Thursday, October 1, 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 33,626 confirmed cases and 3,181 deaths; New York City as a whole has 244,574 cases and 23,829 deaths. There were 533 new cases citywide yesterday (9/30), compared to last Wednesday’s (9/23) 424 cases, a rise of 26%.
Yesterday the Governor released the state’s… Read more Weekly COVID newsletter (9/24)
Friends,
It’s Thursday, September 24, 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 33,237 confirmed cases and 3,174 deaths; New York City as a whole has 241,511 cases and 23,785 deaths. There were 424 new cases citywide yesterday (9/23), compared to last Wednesday’s (9/16) 333 cases, a rise of 27%.
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We have less than a… Read more
B.P. Brewer in the News:
September 12-18
Sunday, September 13
- New York Daily News by Harry Siegel, Contempt, unprofessionalism, disrespect: To whom does the NYPD report? Apparently not to de Blasio
Weekly COVID newsletter (9/17)
Friends,
It’s Thursday, September 17, 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 32,835 confirmed cases and 3,177 deaths; New York City as a whole has 238,625 cases and 23,762 deaths. There were 252 new cases citywide Tuesday (9/15), compared to last Tuesday’s (9/8) 213 cases, a rise of 18% (albeit on a fairly low base).… Read more 
