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Photo Courtesy of Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office “After one of the most painful years in our City’s history, this budget puts us on a path to recovery while making responsible choices in light of steep revenue losses due to COVID-19,” Mayor de Blasio said. By Forum Staff Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday presented New York City’s Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2022. The FY22 Preliminary Budget is $92.28 billion. “After one of the most painful years in our City’s history, this...

The shortage of tests stems from a shortage of the chemical reagent the city’s Health + Hospitals Corp. uses to process them, one source said.

Going Big: How Stadiums Are Being Used In The Fight Against COVID-19 KEY POINTS President-elect Biden wants 100 million people vaccinated in his first 100 days Unlike the polio campaign in the 1950s, the effort is troubled by a trust deficit Looking at the slow pace of providing inoculations against COVID-19, state and local leaders are starting to open up stadiums and other large facilities as mass vaccination sites, though guidelines on social distancing could complicate the effort. Presiden...

In December of 2019, President Trump tweeted a picture of himself bracketed by an unpunctuated caption. "In reality, they’re not after me" it read. "They’re after you I’m just in the way." I wrote then that the tweet "artfully sums up the Trump era from the perspective of the president and his supporters." Resembling the famous Uncle Sam "I want you" poster, the image and the 14 words captured "the belief of Trump Nation that the political establishment, the media, the permanent bureaucr...

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The New York Mets and the city are partnering to allow Citi Field in Queens to be used as what the city describes as a "24/7 mega vaccination" site, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.

The U.K. strain of COVID is here. Two cases of a more virulent coronavirus mutation were identified in two New York City residents — one in Manhattan and the other in Queens, city officials said Wednesday. The two cases represent the first documented evidence of the strain in the Big Apple and heighten concerns that the more contagious variant could overwhelm hospitals.

All-night vaccinations are now underway at New York City's two 24/7 vaccine mega-sites, at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park and the Bathgate Contract Postal Station in the Bronx.

NYCs First 24/7 Vaccine Sites Open In The Bronx And Brooklyn, Three More On The Way arrow Teresa Jimenez sits with a navigator during the registration process at the Covid-19 vaccination facility in the Bathgate Post Office, in the Bronx on January 10th, 2021. Kevin Hagen/AP/Shutterstock The citys first 24/7 vaccine sites in Brooklyn and the Bronx are set to vaccinate up to 2,000 people a day at each location, which city health officials hope will help New Yorkers newly ...

NYC clinic probe leaves partially vaccinated patients concerned about what comes next   Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images A nurse unpacks Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in Boston on Dec. 24, 2020. The Moderna vaccine is the one that a New York clinic is under investigation for giving to members of the general public. (JTA) - When David first saw the advertisement on his local Long Island community Whatsapp group inviting people like him and his wife, both over 65, to sign up to get the COVID-1...