The Big Apple is hollow at its core. Vacant rental apartments in Manhattan hit a high point in July amid the coronavirus pandemic – an increase of 122 percent from the same month last year, new data show. Last month, 13,117 apartments were rented, compared to just 5,912 in July …
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Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday increased the pressure for teachers to appear on the first day of school – and said it was “their job” – when he shot down pleas from teachers’ principals and unions to delay it again. The mayor was grilled over the pushback from the …
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The city’s general government called for a delay in reopening New York’s public schools to allow more time to address concerns about coronavirus, the group said in a letter released Wednesday. “I am writing on behalf of the 6,400 New York City School Leaders and ask you to include their …
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It’s hard to know what’s worse – dying than lying. More than 32,000 New Yorkers have died from the coronavirus, a toll higher than any other state. New York also ranks second in at least out of every 50 states, with deaths per million inhabitants. Only New Jersey did it …
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Sunset Park in Brooklyn sees an “uptick” in cases of coronavirus – with 228 people testing positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday. The mayor said the pocket of positive cases was found through “hyperlocal testing” by the city’s Test and Trace Corps. …
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