NEW YORK CITY (WABC) – First-line responders on the front line will get access to the covid vaccine in just a few weeks, but a recent survey found that more than half of FDNY firefighters will refuse the covid vaccine. The survey polled over 2,000 members and about 55 per …
Read More »Roosevelt Hotel closes in NYC due to epidemic damage
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) – After nearly 100 years in business, the historic historic Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan will close due to economic losses caused by the coronavirus epidemic. The hotel is expected to close by the end of October. It has about 500 employees, some of whom were on …
Read More »Covid News: How big airborne particles can cause a big coronavirus problem
In a lab at the University of Maryland, people infected with the new coronavirus sit on a chair and place their faces at the end of a large cone. They recite the alphabet and sing or just sit quietly for half an hour. Sometimes they cough. The cone sucks everything …
Read More »Brooklyn family stepped out of JetBlue flight over refusing 2-year mask
NEW YORK CITY – A New York City mother speaks out after JetBlue Airways forced her and her six children out of a plane this week when her 2-year-old daughter refused to wear a mask. “I was shocked,” Chaya Bruck said. “My kids started crying. They didn’t know what was …
Read More »COVID-19 Live updates: 16 COVID cases linked to ‘big’ marriage in Borough Park, Florida over 10,000 dead
NEW YORK (WABC) – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced a recent uptick in COVID cases in one Brooklyn neighborhood, with 16 cases of coronavirus linked to a large wedding in Borough Park. “We always want to act out of an abundance of caution,” Blasio said. …
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