The COVID-19 pandemic hit the Bronx harder than any other borough by several measures, according to an economic analysis released on June 8 by the New York State comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, with one finding showing that only 61.3 percent of households had reliable internet, compared to a range of 69.5 to 78 percent across the […]
District 11 City Council Member Eric Dinowitz has called on the City’s health commissioner, Dr. Dave A. Chokshi, and on the commissioner for the Department for the Aging, Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez, to immediately move to reopen the city’s senior centers. In his letter, the council member said the centers have long been the only place where […]
The FBI issued a warning on March 30 about a growing number of fraudulent vaccination cards which were being peddled to New Yorkers and to American residents, nationwide. Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz has now introduced legislation at State level to charge those partaking in such fraud. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), […]
The Office of the Bronx Borough President announced on Monday that a “Mobile Vax Bus” will be traveling throughout the borough, offering COVID-19 vaccinations this week, starting on Monday, May 10. The dates, times and locations are as follows: From Sunday, May 9, to Monday, May 10, from midday to 8 p.m. in the […]
Take me out to get the vaccine, and then the game? You bet! In an effort to get more COVID-19 vaccines into the arms of reluctant New Yorkers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday, May 5, that State residents who show up for a quick jab in the arm of the Johnson & Johnson […]
A report by the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce shows that The Bronx received just 7 percent of all federal Payment Protection Program (PPP) loans allocated to New York City. This was the second lowest percent of all five boroughs, after Staten Island. Meanwhile, the report shows that federal PPP loans injected $25 billion, approximately, into […]
The closure of the Bronx High School of Science mass vaccination site, effective April 15, was a blow to local seniors in the Bronx Community Board 7 district and beyond, as reported last week by Norwood News. A new COVID-19 vaccination site opened at Lehman College on Wednesday, April 14, though details of the […]
More than a dozen Bronxites waiting in line for a COVID-19 vaccination watched in utter silence as a man was wheeled out of Yankee Stadium, placed inside an ambulance, and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. It is unknown if the man had received the vaccination or not. A pair of paramedics pulled […]
Jessica Haller, tech entrepreneur and environmentalist who recently finished in third place in the March 23 District 11 City Council special election, announced on Friday, April 16, that she will not be running in the District 11 Democratic June primary race. “After taking some time to reflect on the results of the special election, I […]
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