Mayor Eric Adams makes a pandemic-related announcement in Times Square on Friday, March 4, 2022. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office ‘It’s Time to Open Our City’ For a moment in his State of the Union Address, Joe Biden seemed to be speaking directly to Manhattan. “It’s time for Americans... News 05 Mar 2022 | 01:22
Governor Kathy Hochul holds a COVID-19 briefing in New York City on February 9, 2022. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of the Governor Ending Mask Mandates Governor Kathy Hochul made it clear she was following more than just the science. “Everybody I could think of received a phone... News 13 Feb 2022 | 10:42
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 on election day. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office The Delta Variant Arrives The Delta variant is here. The Centers for Disease Control calls this mutation of Sars-CoV-2 a “variant of concern,” an apt... News 02 Jul 2021 | 02:00
On Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo received the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine from Dr. Jacqueline Delmont at a pop up vaccination site in Harlem. Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Taking Shots — At Each Other The Centers for Disease Control said Friday that grade schoolers can safely sit closer together in class than previously... News 20 Mar 2021 | 02:24
Mayor Bill de Blasio tours a pop-up vaccination site at First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem on February 27, 2021. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Vaccines, Equity and the Economy Something has been missing from our conversation about equity and ending the pandemic. Or, if it is easier to visualize,... News 27 Feb 2021 | 07:52
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
Volunteers urging New Yorkers to stop at St. James Recreation Center testing site on Fordham Road in the Bronx. ( Photo: NYC Health + Hospitals) Microbe Hunting The microbe hunters of New York are using every tool and tactic they can think of to seek out and contain the coronavirus.... News 10 Jul 2020 | 04:03
