NEW YORK – Suddenly it was 20 years. Once again, the living victims of the 9/11 attacks – the walking wounded who lost or survived friends and relatives and now wonder why – came back to what we once called Ground Zero. They mourned on a morning eerily similar to Tuesday in 2001 – a … Read more
This is the greatest hurricane risk in New England in 30 years. Hurricane and storm surge warnings were in place in parts of Long Island and southern New England. Forecasters said Henri would hit land at or near hurricane strength on Sunday. The northeastern US is preparing for its first direct hit from a hurricane … Read more
New York City election officials are still counting votes from the June 22nd mayor’s primary. New Yorkers will have to wait for more rounds of counting, which will be carried out according to the new ranking system. (2nd July)
Shaun Donovan, a former federal building minister; Raymond J. McGuire, a former Citi executive; and Scott M. Stringer, the city auditor who all benefited from heavy television spending, had hoped to show unexpected strength through the ranking process, but may be too far behind according to the original count. Dianne Morales, a former non-profit executive, … Read more
Almost all of the leading Democratic mayoral candidates have stuck to the same playbook when it comes to television commercials: save your money till the end, then bomb the voters. According to AdImpact, an ad tracking company, candidates have so far spent and pledged $ 37 million on television advertising, mostly in the past few … Read more
NEW YORK – What started as an internet jab on hopeful Mayor Andrew Yang for saying his favorite subway station was Times Square is now being condemned as racist after a stereotypical cartoon portrayed Yang as a tourist. Yang made the comment in an interview with Showtime host Ziwe posted on Monday when asked about … Read more
The Democrats running for New York mayor debated issues such as crime and the economy on Thursday evening, less than six weeks before the Democratic primary. (May 14th)
Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, said Tuesday the company had been mandated to ship 1.6 billion doses of its Covid-19 vaccine worldwide this year and the company expects to deliver at least 3 billion doses of the vaccine by 2022 to produce. The company is in talks with countries for multi-year contracts with potential delivery. … Read more
Weather: Today mostly sunny with a temperature in the high 60s. Expect partly cloudy skies tonight with a temperature dropping by the mid 40s. Alternative parking: Valid until April 29th (Maundy Thursday, Orthodox). The federal stimulus tests should be a near universal benefit. Payments totaling $ 3,200 that would help most Americans recover from the … Read more