Our Town Eastsider

07/16/2024

Restaurant owners who keep sheds up without submitting a new application to meet the deadline will face fines:

The public may soon be seeing a lot fewer outdoor dining establishments, unless fresh paperwork applications from restaurants suddenly picks up in the...

12/25/2023

A 35 year-old–and the mother of two young children–died after a Dec. 14 fall from the 36th floor of a luxury high-rise on York Ave.

A 35 year-old woman is dead after a Dec. 14 fall from an UES high-rise condo, where she lived with her husband and two young children. Police told Str...

12/24/2023

Here are at least ten suggestions that are sure to enhance the visits of friends and relatives who descend on you this holiday season ❄️

Maybe you’ve seen some of these sights, maybe not. But when friends and relatives descend on you this holiday season, here are at least ten things tha...

12/22/2023

The predatory incidents, which spanned Midtown and Lower Manhattan, reportedly occurred in a 12-day span between Nov. 27 and Dec. 9.

A 37 year-old man is being sought by police for three sexual assaults in Manhattan, which he reportedly committed over a 12-day period. The incidents ...

03/27/2020

Stunning photos of NYC landmarks in the time of coronavirus, by Thomas Hengge:
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Life in New York City has come to an abrupt halt amid the outbreak of COVID-19. Following major cities affected around the world, New York Gov. Andrew...

03/26/2020

Today in Coronavirus Watch:
The death toll jumps; Elected officials support suspending rent payments; Lincoln Center retools its website for the at-home audience; Lighthouse Guild offers telehealth services for the visually impaired.

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Updated Thursday, March 26, 5:15 p.m. Quote of the Day: "We now have enough PPE [personal protective equipment] for the foreseeable future" Gov. Andre...

03/24/2020

New York’s mental health professionals are on the front lines of coronavirus response:
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Each year, one in five New Yorkers experiences some form of mental illness, according to data from the New York City Department of Health and Mental H...

03/24/2020

New York is now the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., and life in our crowded metropolis is unlike anything we have known before.
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Not long ago, New York as it is now would have been unimaginable: Times Square without tourists. Empty streets and subway cars. Previously packed bars...

03/23/2020

Today in Coronavirus Watch:
Council Member Mark Levine says he assumes he has coronavirus; C train service disrupted by conductor's positive test; MTA faces $4 billion loss; and more:
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Updated Monday, March 23, 5:30 p.m. Quote of the Day: “If we don’t get the equipment, we’re literally going to lose lives." Mayor de Blasio, on CNN, t...

03/21/2020

The Trump administration issued a Major Disaster Declaration for New York State on Saturday, making the state eligible for billions of dollars from the federal Disaster Relief Fund.
Check in with our Coronavirus Watch for the latest news and updates:
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Updated Saturday, March 21, 5:00 p.m. Quote of the Day: “New York City is the most dense environment. This virus spreads in dense environments.” - Gov...

03/20/2020

CUTEST DOG CONTEST:
🐾Put your pup's name and pic in the comments below
🐾We'll publish our favorites in the paper

03/19/2020

Cuomo workforce reduction order now 75 percent as cases rise. Check in for the latest news and updates on our Coronavirus Watch:
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Updated Thursday, March 19, 5:00 p.m. Quote of the Day: "We are the new epicenter." - Council Member Mark Levine, on Twitter Cuomo Ups Workforce Reduc...

03/18/2020

How Manhattan's religious centers are responding to the coronavirus:

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Last Thursday, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency across New York, business carried on more or less as usual at the Islamic Cultural C...

03/17/2020

New York's elected officials take on a crisis that has shredded the fabric of everyday life.
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At a press conference Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo likened our world to a snow globe. Like a child, the coronavirus pandemic has shaken our world and tu...

03/16/2020

Tri-State collaboration: Gov. Cuomo announced that New York, New Jersey and Connecticut would limit bars and restaurants to takeout and delivery orders; and close gyms, movie theaters and casinos. Keep up with our Coronavirus Watch:

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Updated Monday, March 16, 4:05 p.m. Quote of the Day: "To unleash the full power of the federal government, I’m officially declaring a national emerge...

03/11/2020

Advice, information and insight from a Manhattan-based epidemiologist:

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Dr. Stephen Morse, professor of epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, has spent his career confronting outbreaks...

03/10/2020

The way we live now, Manhattan edition: school closings, sanitizer shortages, empty shelves, Wall Street shocks and an ever-longer list of cases

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In the narrow aisles of Joseph’s Pharmacy on the Upper West Side, customers scoured the shelves for anything they could find to kill the coronavirus. ...