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A new study found the coronavirus pandemic likely caused a 46 percent drop in residential home sales in the city. (Matt Troutman/Patch)
NEW YORK CITY Turns out a once-in-a-century pandemic isn t the best time to buy a home in New York City.
Residential sales and investment in 2020 dropped 46 percent over the year before, according to a new study by the Real Estate Board of New York.
The $47.1 billion in sales would be impressive for nearly every other city, but still marked a 36 percent decline in tax revenue from already hard-hit state and city budgets, the study found.
Subscribe With this full scope of real estate activity in 2020, we can fully see the devastating economic impact the COVID pandemic has had on New York, James Whelan, the real estate board s president, said in a statement. Our City and State are in dire need for the new federal administration to step in with a stimulus package – including state and local aid, rent relief and unemployment benefit
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Freshman Rep. Mondaire Jones intervened Monday to prevent Rockland County resident Paul Pierrilus from being illegally deported to Haiti, where he has never been.
Pierrilus, a financial consultant who lives in Spring Valley, immigrated to the United States at the age of 5.
Pierrilus was born in the French territory of St. Martin, which does not extend birthright citizenship. Although his parents were formerly Haitian citizens, Pierrilus is not a citizen of Haiti nor has he been to the country.
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He has been under an order of supervision since 2006; and, following procedure, he checked in at the ICE New York City Field Office Jan. 11, according to news reports. He was taken into custody.
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San Mateo County Health Officer Dr. Scott Morrow said in a statement Wednesday that even he does not yet have a full understanding of how the COVID-19 vaccine is flowing through the county. (Shutterstock)
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA Confused about the local coronavirus vaccine rollout?
You re in good company.
San Mateo County Health Officer Dr. Scott Morrow said in a statement Wednesday that even he does not yet have a full understanding of how the COVID-19 vaccine is flowing through the county.
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Morrow said a lack of data and the various routes of vaccine distribution make it difficult to grasp how many people and exactly who has received the vaccine in the county. He urged people to be patient as uncertainty and ambiguity are expected in the early phases of such a large endeavor.
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The New York State Police are warning New Yorkers about scams related to purebred puppies. (Shutterstock)
NEW YORK New York State Police are warning residents of a scam that is bilking people related to the sale of puppies.
State police in Troop B, which is upstate, said they ve been receiving multiple calls from people who said they ve been scammed out of hundreds of dollars after answering classified ads for purebred puppies for sale.
Victims report that, after answering the ad, the suspects provide a photo of the breed they are looking for and arrange for a deposit to be paid.
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The shadows of nurses are projected onto the wall while they perform COVID-19 vaccinations at a Veterans Affairs long-term care facility on December 17, 2020 in Vancouver, Washington. (Getty Images News / Nathan Howard)
LONG ISLAND, NY Long after nursing school ended Rachel H. continued studying, always staying on top of the latest studies and clinical trials in the medical field. It didn t matter if the material concerned a controversial state-of-the-art medical treatment or a new medication. She has been following the progress of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, and she is not willing to roll up her sleeve so soon due to concerns over long-term effects, despite the fear of contracting COVID-19.