Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, was one of the first in the nation to raise her hand to take the BioNTech/Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, delivered by Michelle Chester, DNP. ( Photo: Northwell Health) Communicating the Pandemic (Part 2) How you perform in a crisis is all about what you prepared before the crisis Preparing for the next pandemic includes many... Voices 23 Mar 2025 | 10:12
A photo taken at approximately 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, 2020, looking down a deserted 42nd Street just over a week after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. ( Photo: Vladislav Grubman/Wikimedia Commons) Communicating the Pandemic (Part 1) I still remember the chill I felt watching Dr. Demetre Daskalakis in that video. “It’s already here,” he was saying, like... Voices 23 Mar 2025 | 06:32
The September 11 Commemoration Ceremony in 2020. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. The Forever Epicenter History constantly recalibrates our threshold of the unfathomable. What we thought was unbearable turns out to have been... Home 08 Sep 2021 | 01:45
Viral TikTok brings New Yorkers together in Manhattan. Photo courtesy of @wspmoms We Met on TikTok As New Yorkers look for ways to readjust to seeing friends and family, many have had to find creative ways to engage with... News 30 Aug 2021 | 09:48
EJ’s owner Robert Eby. Photo courtesy of Robert Eby. The Blue Palace Still Glows With its aqua-blue stools and cups of coffee that flow endlessly from its gleaming urns, EJ’s Luncheonette has shined as... Home 26 Aug 2021 | 12:53
Dr. Reshmi Srinath. Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Health System ( " ") Understanding the Two Pandemics: COVID-19 and Obesity The facts are clear: obesity may triple your risk of being hospitalized for COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease... News 20 May 2021 | 10:38
Mayor Bill de Blasio tours the Pandemic Response Lab at the Alexandria Center for Life Science. Photo: Ed Reed Vaccinating New York City It is a truism in public health that vaccines don’t end epidemics. Vaccinations end epidemics. As 2020 dwindles down to... News 06 Dec 2020 | 05:45
The Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen volunteers prepare meals for those in need. Photo courtesy of Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. Soup Kitchen Survives Pandemic, Braces for Future “The volunteers were dropping like flies,” said Nichole Guerra, Director of Development and Communications at the Holy Apostles... News 04 Dec 2020 | 11:40
Asphalt Green. Photo: Charles Smith Seawright to City: Reopen Indoor Pools As New York State and City continue in the slow-going process of reopening its economies, Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright... Home 24 Aug 2020 | 09:06
Sami Roberts and her boyfriend, Andre, look for a new apartment in Brooklyn. Photo by Sami Roberts. Looking for an Apartment through COVID-Goggles When my boyfriend and I made the great trek from Denver to New York in August of 2019, there was a lot we were unprepared... News 22 Aug 2020 | 01:25
Interim President of NYC Transit Sarah Feinberg speaks at press briefing Tuesday. Photo via YouTube. Fares Returning for Buses At the end of the month, city buses will start to collect fares once again in the midst of a $16 billion budget shortfall,... Home 21 Aug 2020 | 11:16
Central Park. Photo by Rachel Kramer via Flickr. How to Bring New York City Back “Fall down seven times. Get up eight times.” ––Japanese Proverb New York City is dying – or, at least, so I’ve read in the... Home 19 Aug 2020 | 11:27
Dr. Anne Docimo. ( Photo courtesy of UnitedHealthcare) Tips for Remote Care Amid COVID-19 With the COVID-19 emergency prompting people in New York to stay home more than usual, accessing in-person health care services... News 01 Jul 2020 | 11:43
Infographic by Karl Gude and Carol Navarro, RN. Credit: gudethinking.com Break the Chain of Infection News 18 Mar 2020 | 01:15
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