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Weekly COVID newsletter (10/22)
Friends,
It’s Thursday, October 22, 2020. Welcome to the weekly edition of my COVID newsletter.
At press time, nonprofit news site TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker showed the following:
- Manhattan has 35,249 confirmed cases and 3,192 deaths (680 more cases and 7 more deaths since last week).
- The city as a whole has 256,046 cases and 23,949 deaths (4,280 more cases and 44 more deaths since last week).
B.P. Brewer requests Landmarks Preservation Commission act to protect 26 West 95th St. property
B.P. Brewer in the News:
October 10-16
- Patch by Nick Garber, Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion Battle Resumes After Pandemic Pause
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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