At the Veterans Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, attended by Mayor Bill de Blasio, on Thursday, November 11, 2021. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Health and the Holidays In the annals of public health there is probably no moment more notorious than the ill-timed parade in Philadelphia that... Home 20 Nov 2021 | 09:57
Mayor Bill de Blasio receives a booster shot from Dave A. Chokshi, Commissioner of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on Monday, October 25, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office Vaccine Resisters As they go about their daily lives New Yorkers don’t generally give much thought to Denmark. But they probably should, as... News 30 Oct 2021 | 11:46
Mayor Bill de Blasio reads to a first grade class in Ozone Park, Queens, Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. COVID September Kids went back to school, but could they stay there? Delegates returned to the United Nations, some of them, anyway. Riders... News 26 Sep 2021 | 12:05
Dr. Matthew Harris, head of vaccine distribution at Northwell Health, administers a third shot of the Moderna vaccine to Arthur Magee, 81, an immune-compromised cancer patient from Brooklyn. Photo courtesy of Northwell Health Boosters, Third Doses and the Vaccine Confusion She told the pharmacist the truth. “I am a rather healthy 66 year-old,” explained the Upper West Sider, fully vaccinated since... News 03 Sep 2021 | 10:40
Mayor Bill de Blasio at his briefing on Monday, August 16, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. On the Front Lines of the Mayor’s Mandate We paid a visit to the front line of the city’s new war on the coronavirus. What we found was worrisome. A fellow with a mask... News 20 Aug 2021 | 03:37
Hawk Newsome, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Greater New York, opposes the COVID vaccine because of wariness shaped by discrimination. Photo: Uncle EZ Still Not Taking Their Shot As the highly contagious Delta variant ravages New York, vaccination rates are plateauing. An effort by the city to put pressure... News 15 Aug 2021 | 02:55
Mayor Bill de Blasio at the Coney Island Hospital Tower Building, renamed in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Thursday, August 5, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. Living With the Virus This is what learning to live with the coronavirus looks like. We used to speak muscularly of boxing in the virus. Or flattening... News 08 Aug 2021 | 10:52
Mayor Bill de Blasio at a briefing at City Hall on Monday, August 2, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. Vaccines, Masks and Mandates When in doubt, wear a mask, even if you are vaccinated. But under no conditions, let the need to wear a mask distract you... News 03 Aug 2021 | 01:06
At his briefing on Thursday, July 22, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio warned New Yorkers and tourists to be in NYC this summer or face “FOMO,” fear of missing out. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. Will Delta Spoil the Summer of NYC? Bill de Blasio does not seem to remember his own public health training. You know, from last year, when vaccines were a distant... News 26 Jul 2021 | 11:55
Mayor Bill de Blasio on election day. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office The Delta Variant Arrives The Delta variant is here. The Centers for Disease Control calls this mutation of Sars-CoV-2 a “variant of concern,” an apt... News 02 Jul 2021 | 02:00
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that landmarks across the state would be lit blue and gold on June 15 in celebration of 70 percent of New York adults receiving their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Here, fireworks in New York Harbor. Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Beyond the Celebration It is a tale of two ZIP codes. Both are neighborhoods in Manhattan, connected by the B and 3 trains, yet worlds apart. In... News 20 Jun 2021 | 12:39
On 32nd Street in Koreatown. Photo: Peter Burka, via Flickr A Guide to New York’s New Rules on Masks and Distancing New York eased its mask and social distancing mandates again on Wednesday, May 19, but people shouldn’t be throwing their... News 20 May 2021 | 10:57
Mayor Bill de Blasio under the blue whale on a tour of the new vaccine site at the American Museum of Natural History on April 23, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office Beyond the Blue Whale There is a big caveat hidden in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s declaration that New York City would fully reopen this summer. “Right... News 01 May 2021 | 10:44
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo gives a briefing on the Fiscal Year 2022 New York State Budget on April 7. Photo: Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo COVID Year 2: A Rocky Start The change was palpable. Governor Andrew Cuomo, Emmy award- winning communicator of the pandemic, seemed frustrated, or at... News 16 Apr 2021 | 11:52
Sarah Butler, who just just turned 108 years old, receives the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from the FDNY’s homebound vaccination program at her home in Harlem on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office A Tangled Vaccine Web Gale Brewer distributed a remarkable list last Friday. It was not your typical shopping list or to-do list. This was a list... Home 10 Apr 2021 | 05:10
