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Nearly 70 percent of kids ages 5 to11 are still unvaccinated.

The city health department attributes the rise in cases to the BA.4 or BA.5 omicron subvariant, which made up 46 percent of cases sampled in the most recent week where data was available.

Passage of such a constitutional amendment before its early August legislative deadline, however, remains far from certain.

And more on the Jan. 6 committee

Parents of young kids are rejoicing: their children are finally eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine.

The recent drop<b> </b>in Covid-19 cases has<b> </b>led New York City officials to roll back a mask mandate for young children — one of the few remaining pandemic-era precautions that was still in place in New York.

Albany lawmakers spent the final days of the legislative session passing a series of bills to shore up protections for abortion providers and patients who travel to New York for the procedure.

“New York must and will become an abortion safe haven for women from all across the country,” Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal said.

High-profile measures, like abortion access and protections, are expected to garner much of the focus at the Capitol.

Last week, the White House stepped in to help ramp up infant formula production after a shortage had been building for months.