The Tri-State area continues to dig out and get back to normal Wednesday after the massive nor'easter dropped upwards of 18 inches of snow across parts of the area.
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NJ TRANSIT service updates
NJ Transit will resume full weekday service on Wednesday on all bus, light rail and Access Link services systemwide. Atlantic City Rail Line will operate on a regular weekday schedule. All other rail lines will operate on a Level 1 Severe Weather schedule.
Ban on Commercial Vehicles on I-84 Corridor Lifted
Bans of commercial vehicles, empty trailers and tandem trailers on state highways across New York State have been lifted and truck traffic can now safely return to normal. Similar bans have also been lifted on bridges and tunnels maintained by the MTA and Port Authority. All motorists are also being reminded that advisory speeds of 45 mph remain in effect on a number of state highways and should plan accordingly.
The Biden administration is aiming to vaccinate 100 million people in 100 days, but the new director of the CDC warned that it won’t necessarily mean calling up the local pharmacy to schedule your COVID-19 shot in the coming weeks.
The Vaccine Allocation Mess In New York SHARE
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo are currently at loggerheads over vaccine allocation in the city. The governor has only approved for the vaccine to be given to the first prioritized groups: healthcare workers in hospitals, urgent care providers, and nursing home residents and staff. New York City Mayor De Blasio believes that the city should be given authority to broaden eligibility further, and that if given that authority, they could already be vaccinating many more New Yorkers, including the over‐75 demographic at highest personal risk from the virus.
Vaccine rollout, M&A Monday, stimulus hopes
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Vaccine rollout in US as Covid runs rampant
The vaccine rollout and merger Monday stock market rally was faded as investors start to ponder how much higher prices will be able to go next year. Both the Dow and Russell 2000 index tentatively made record highs before getting faded. Uncertainty of the trajectory of stocks has the top banks calling for next year for the S&P 500 index to rally between 4% to 20%. Predicting what stocks will do by the end of the Trump administration is probably just as hard of a question.