Mayor Eric Adams receiving his second COVID-19 booster shot at City Hall on September 20, 2022. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Vaccine Angst For a brief moment we greeted those vaccines as our salvation from COVID-19, scrambling for appointments and celebrating... News 27 Nov 2022 | 10:34
Emergency field hospital tents in Central Park across from Mount Sinai in March 2020. Photo: Nancy Ploeger An Unhappy Anniversary for COVID-19 The anniversary of an event that has killed some 15 million people around the world, so far, would seem to cry out for a... News 11 Nov 2022 | 07:04
Left to right: Contributor Michael Oreskes, Honoree Dr. Dave Chokshi, Editor in Chief Alexis Gelber, President and Publisher Jeanne Straus, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Honoree Laurie M. Tisch, Honoree Julie Menin. Photo: Steven Strasser Back in Person: The 2022 OTTY Awards For more than 20 years Our Town has proudly hosted the OTTYS – the Our Town Thanks You Awards – as a way to honor remarkable... News 13 May 2022 | 10:57
Dr. Dave Chokshi at a COVID briefing. Photo courtesy of Dr. Dave Chokshi Dr. Dave Chokshi: He Stepped in at a Time of Crisis Dr. Dave Chokshi worries that we are already forgetting how bad it really was. He vividly remembers visiting the ER at Elmhurst... People 01 May 2022 | 04:29
COVID testing at Columbus Circle by the holiday market. Photo: Michael Oreskes COVID’s Sudden New Surge Suddenly, the virus was everywhere. “We’ve never seen this before in New York City,” Dr. Jay Varma, the mayor’s former health... News 17 Dec 2021 | 10:12
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Hochul hold a joint press conference to update New Yorkers on the Omicron variant. City Hall, Thursday, December 2, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office The Omicron Factor When fear runs high and facts are scarce, it’s wise to go back to what you already know works. That, boiled down, were the... News 06 Dec 2021 | 11:32
The first step to limit the uptick in cases, said Dr. Dave Chokshi, the city’s health commissioner, is vaccinating the unvaccinated, including 5- to 18-year-olds. Students at P.S. 19 in the East Village received COVID-19 vaccination shots on Monday, November 8, 2021. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office A New COVID Surge COVID rates are climbing again in New York City. This news may not yet be cause for alarm, but it is certainly reason for... News 15 Nov 2021 | 01:16
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability with Commissioner Dave Chokshi, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on September 29, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office Why Not Vaccine Mandates for All? Vaccine mandates work, the mayor says. So why isn’t vaccination against COVID-19 mandated for more New Yorkers? That question... News 03 Oct 2021 | 02:37
