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Weekly COVID newsletter (2/25)
- 101,955 cumulative confirmed cases (+4,078 from last week)
- 3,852 cumulative deaths (+68 since last week)
- 2.8% seven-day positivity average (the same as reported here last week)
New seniors report part of Age-friendly Manhattan initiative
Input needed: annual budget priorities survey
Weekly COVID newsletter (2/18)
- 97,877 cumulative confirmed cases (+4,242 from last week)
- 3,784 cumulative deaths (+91 since last week)
- 2.8% seven-day positivity average (down from 3.1% last week)
- 668,341
Weekly newsletter (2/11)
Friends,
It’s Thursday, February 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:
- 93,635 cumulative confirmed cases (+4,636 from last week)
- 3,693 cumulative deaths (+81 since last week)
- 3.1% seven-day positivity average (down from 3.3% last week)
- 640,017
B.P. Brewer in the News:
January 30 – February 5
Friday, February 5
- Patch by Nick Garber, Give Wollman Rink Back To Central Park, Borough Prez Says
- Gothamist by Jim O’Grady, Lawmakers Push For Landmarking Possible Underground Railroad Site On Riverside Drive
- Bowery Boogie by Holly, Deadline Extended for NYC Community Board Applications
- Patch by Nick Garber, East Harlem Pols Praise Esplanade Funding, Demand Quick Repairs
- NPR by
Weekly newsletter (2/4)
- 88,999 cumulative confirmed cases (+5,065 from last week)
- 3,612 cumulative deaths (+77 since last week)
- 3.3% seven-day positivity average (down from 3.4% last week)
- 610,346
B.P. Brewer in the News:
January 23 – January 29
Wednesday, January 27
- The CITY by Josefa Velasquez, Washington Heights Vaccines Now for Local Residents Only, Hospital Says in Switch After THE CITY Exposed Inequities
- AMNY/THE CITY by Rachel Holliday Smith, De Blasio’s $1 million flood plan shelved and hidden from high-risk East Harlem
- 6sqft by Devin Gannon, Preservationists, pols fight to save Washington Heights home with Underground Railroad ties
- The Wall Street Journal
Weekly COVID newsletter (1/28)
B.P. Brewer in the News:
January 16 – January 22
Friday, January 22
- Radio.com/CBS880 by Marla Diamond, Preservationists rally to save NYC building linked to Underground Railroad from demolition
- New York Daily News by Larry McShane, Historians, politicians rally to save Washington Heights stop on the Underground Railroad from demolition
- Patch by Gus Saltonstall, Community Orgs, Pols Fight To Protect Historic Wash Heights Home
- Patch by Nick Garber, West Harlem Leaders Oppose New Shelter, Call For Housing Instead
