Page 2 - Bo Ky News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Unofficial, highly opinionated information about the City that Never Sleeps

80,000 City Workers Report Back to Their Desks This Week arrow Cheryl Guilford-Jackson on lunch break after her first day back at the Municipal Building in more than a year Beth Fertig / WNYC For Cheryl Guilford-Jackson, Monday marked the return of an old routine. “I got up in the morning, got myself ready, this time I made lunch,” she said, laughing.  For the first time in 14 months, Guilford-Jackson commuted from her home in Long Island to her desk at the Manhattan Municipal Building across the street from City Hall. She was among roughly 80,000 city employees w...

Chinatown and the pandemic: One year later Chinatown marks one year of the pandemic Chinatown was one of New York City's first neighborhoods to feel the damaging effects of the pandemic, and one year later, it's still facing an uncertain future when it comes to recovery. NEW YORK - It’s been a year since COVID-19 hit our area and in Wellington Chen’s opinion,  New York City’s Chinatown is among the communities hardest hit. "The Asian Americans were very cautious. So early on they started wearing masks, they started staying away just in case and in addition people then associated that t...