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Cuomo Announces Moratorium on COVID-Related Residential Evictions Will Be Extended Until August 31
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an emergency bill Monday, extending the state's ban on residential evictions past its January 1 deadline. "When the COVID-19 pandemic began, we asked New Yorkers to protect each other by staying at home. As we fight our way through the marathon this pandemic has become, we need to make sure New Yorkers still have homes to provide that protection," Governor Cuomo said.
The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Business Without Leaving Your Job
This thought has crossed my mind multiple times since I started working 6 years ago, and I know I’m not the only one. Right now, 24 million Americans want to be self-employed in 2021. But according to a recent report from Freshbooks, the desired to quit not enough to actually do it:
NYC Subway: service is authorized to return to 24 hours on May 17
Photo by Ketut Subiyanto from Pexelshttps://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-wearing-a-face-mask-on-the-subway-4429149/. The NYC subway has been doing nightly shutdowns for almost a year to facilitate COVID-19 cleaning, but this Monday, Andrew Cuomo announced it would be beginning again with 24/7 services starting on May 17th. The decision to close the subways for cleaning was made a year ago when scientists placed greater weight on surface contamination as a vector of coronavirus infection than they do now.
Mayor De Blasio sets the goal to reopen New York City 100% on July 1
Photo by Ramil Ugot from Pexelshttps://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-blue-shirt-and-black-backpack-standing-on-top-of-building-5011. New York City will reopen at 100% capacity on July 1, guaranteeing that we will have "a great summer in the city" will be lived as they are used to. New Yorkers, with cultural events, restaurants, and shops running at full capacity.
New York City Delete Exam Cost to Be a Police Officer and Offer $42,000 as Starting Salary
Photo by Joshua Santos from Pexelshttps://www.pexels.com/photo/city-man-people-street-4581211/. New York has a Police deficit. They have retirements accelerating massively amid tensions between civilians, politicians, unions, and the uniformed nationwide. At the same time, police officers remain essential as violence grows in NYC, the most populous city in the United States.
FEMA Authorizes Resumption of Vaccination with Johnson & Johnson in Miami
Photo by Gustavo Fring from Pexelshttps://www.pexels.com/photo/person-getting-vaccinated-3985170/. The FEMA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted a 10-day break on Johnson & Johnson's vaccine after 15 women, of the nearly 8 million who received the vaccine, developed blood clots. A federal advisory panel decided that the benefits far outweighed the risks.
NJ resident claims he "has the right" to sell his organs due to the economic crisis
Photo by Vidal Balielo Jr. from Pexelshttps://www.pexels.com/photo/man-operating-a-surgery-3376790/. John Bellocchio, a resident of Oakland, New Jersey, is demanding the federal government for the right to sell his own organs, challenging a US law that prohibits it.
Miami works on a plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
Photo by Nextvoyage from Pexelshttps://www.pexels.com/photo/coconut-trees-2225499/. The city of Miami is working on a plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2035. It involves a series of measures to protect the environment.
U.S. Coast Guard Intercepts Go-Fast Boat With $95M in Cocaine
Photo by Rachel Claire from Pexelshttps://www.pexels.com/photo/sea-water-ocean-summer-6761420/. The USCG Cutter Tampa crew spent Tuesday in Miami unloading nearly three tons of cocaine that they intercepted off the coast of Colombia.
Man Attacks Undercover Asian Cop, Gets Released Without Bail in New York
A man accused of trying to shove an undercover Asian cop onto subway tracks in Queens has been released without bail on Sunday. Hernandez, 32, faces three counts of hate crimes in the attack on an undercover cop on a subway platform in Long Island City around 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The next day he was released, although he has at least 12 previous arrests to his credit.
Re-Opening update: New York City Expands the Capacity Again for Museums, Zoos, and Movie Theaters
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this Monday that as of April 26, cinemas, museums, aquariums, zoos, and botanical gardens in New York will be authorized to increase the capacity of people they may have at the same time to avoid contagion of COVID-19, which will occur from May 19 with large arenas and spaces for concerts and other massive events.
Man Arrested for Calling to Report “Lost Cocaine” in New York
José Espinosa was arrested in Long Island (NY) after making an unusual call to report that he had misplaced “something”, which turned out to be cocaine. It all started when the 40-year-old man went to a medical center in East Garden City on Thursday and when he returned home he realized that he had forgotten "something", so he contacted the place. Normally such a call would not be problematic, except that what Espinosa allegedly thought he misplaced turned out to be cocaine, according to Nassau County Sheriff's Office.
New York City Begins $1.45B Project to Protect Manhattan from Floods
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday the beginning of construction activities for the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR), a massive $ 1.45 billion climate resilience project that will extend flood protections and improve open spaces for more than 110,000 New Yorkers, including 28,000 public housing residents (NYCHA), on the East side of Manhattan, from 25th Street south to Montgomery Street.
Governor Cuomo Extends Permission to New York Restaurants Just One More Hour
They can close at midnight; and weddings and other events until 1 a.m., from next Monday 19. Starting Monday, April 19, New York restaurants will be able to serve the public for one more hour until midnight, and weddings and other organized events will be allowed to run until 1 a.m., Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday.
More than a million Miami-Dade residents have received at least the first dose of the vaccine
Tourists can also get vaccinated in Miami. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says that more than one million Miami-Dade residents have received at least the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
Survey Reveals “Fear” in New York Metro and Bus Passengers; Mayor and MTA blame each other
Regular users of the New York City subway and buses feel less safe from crime and harassment than they did six months ago, when the pandemic and lockdown were still at their climax, according to data from the latest deficit survey Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA).
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