BY Julie Franklin, Regional West | January 2, 2021
Regional West welcomed its first baby of the new year at 7:46 p.m. on New Year’s Day.
Zyaire is the first baby born in 2021 at Regional West’s Birth and Infant Care Center, weighing in at 6 pounds, 6 ounces, and 18.25 inches long.
Erika Carmody, director of Regional West’s Birth and Infant Care Center, presented the family with a variety of baby gifts, which is a Regional West tradition for the first baby born each year at the medical center. Melissa Guerrero, RN, unit charge nurse, presented the newborn with a onesie commemorating his status as Regional West’s first baby born in 2021.
The Biggest Snowstorm in Years Blanketed New York
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Weather:
Mostly sunny today and Saturday with highs in the low 30s but very cold at night. Cloudy and slightly warmer Sunday.
Alternate-side parking: Suspended through Saturday for snow operations. Parking meters will remain in effect.
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New Yorkers had the lushest snowfall seen on city streets in years. For many residents, their routines carried on: working from home, taking classes online. But some people made an effort to go outside for a change.
The Threat Against New Yorkâs Bodegas
Alternate-side parking: In effect until Dec. 25 (Christmas).
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Itâs the place to grab a loaf of bread â or toilet paper â when the grocery store is sold out, where New Yorkers can get a cup of coffee and a lotto ticket while scratching the bodega catâs ear.
But as the pandemic continues and more people lose their jobs or fall on hard times, bodegas have increasingly become the targets of crime.
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In the first eight months of the pandemic, there was a 63 percent rise in shootings inside or in front of bodegas and corner stores.