City To Reduce Speed Limit On 11 Roadways arrow Transportation Commissioner Hank Gutman near Conduit Boulevard and Pitkin Avenue in East New York, on May 10, 2021 Department of Transportation In an effort to prevent more car crashes, the de Blasio Administration will reduce the speed limit along 45 miles of streets at 11 locations in the four outer boroughs. Officials identified the roadways for having some of the highest rates of crashes in the city. The new speed limits will go into effect in the coming weeks, and the NYPD will allow a 60-day grace period before ticketing will begin. “Telling drivers to slow down – and working closely with the NYPD to hold dangerous drivers accountable – will save lives and make our city safer,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement.
By May 11, 2021 12:28 AM EDT (Photo : Getty Images/Victor J. Blue) NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 20: A woman wearing a mask walks the Brooklyn Bridge in the midst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on March 20, 2020 in New York City. The economic situation in the city continued to decline as New York Gov Andrew Cuomo ordered all nonessential businesses to keep all their workers at home and New York weighed a shelter in place order for the entire city. New York is stepping up its vaccination program with COVID-19 vaccine pop-up sites soon available in New York City s subway stations, transit hubs, and surrounding suburbs. This effort is to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, as announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday. As an incentive, New York will offer a free seven-day MetroCard or Metro-North ticket or round trip LIRR to any individual who decides to be administered the vaccine during their daily commute.
Covid-19: Global Cases Fall but the Virus Is Surging in Countries That Lack Vaccines Last Updated May 12, 2021, 8:27 a.m. ETMay 12, 2021, 8:27 a.m. ET The W.H.O. says a coronavirus variant first found in India is a “variant of concern.” The F.D.A. authorizes the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds. Follow our live Here’s what you need to know: Buddhist monks were tested at a temple in Bangkok after a monk there died of Covid-19.Credit.Rungroj Yongrit/EPA, via Shutterstock After a devastating year with wave after wave of coronavirus infections around the world, new cases and deaths are falling in many of the Western nations that were once among the hardest hit. But while the virus recedes in wealthy nations with robust vaccination campaigns, it is pummeling India and threatening to swamp Southeast Asian countries that until now had largely kept the virus at bay.
New York City to Offer Vaccine Shots in Subway Stations Photo: Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images Attempting to expand a vaccination effort on the verge of stalling out, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that eight subway and commuter-rail stations would provide walk-up Johnson & Johnson vaccines beginning on Wednesday. The pilot program will run from May 12 to May 16, giving out shots at the 179th Street station in Jamaica; the Stillwell Avenue stop in Coney Island; Broadway Junction in East New York; the E. 180th Street station in the Bronx; and Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station in Manhattan. Pop-up locations will also be located at the Long Island Rail Road station in Hempstead and the Metro-North in Ossining.
Hylan Boulevard’s new speed limit: 8 things you need to know Updated May 11, 2021; Posted May 11, 2021 Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the entire 14-mile span of Hylan Boulevard will soon have a 30-mile-per-hour speed limit. (Staten Island Advance/Paul Liotta) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A new speed limit is coming to Hylan Boulevard, prompting safe streets advocates to rejoice, as elected officials and angry motorists fume over what they believe to be the latest chapter in the city’s war on cars. The decision to implement a 30-mile-per-hour speed limit along the entire span of Staten Island’s longest street has unsurprisingly been met with mixed reaction within the community.