Mask mandates are falling
Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced the end of the statewide mask mandate in schools beginning Wednesday, March 2, and Mayor Eric Adams has said he’ll decide by Friday whether city…
Free COVID-19 at-home tests now available at seven Bronx locations
At-home rapid Covid tests are now available free of charge at seven Bronx locations: the Bronx Museum of the Arts; the Parkchester, Sedgwick, West Farm and Richmondtown libraries; the Bronx…
Judge weighs fining Department of Corrections $500,000 for missed medical appointments
Legal Aid motion says thousands of inmate medical appointments didn’t take place in January, in contempt of a court order State Supreme Court Judge Elizabeth Taylor is considering a motion…
New radiology suite unveiled at Lincoln Hospital
Council Member Salamanca announced new brain tumor detection device to be completed by end of the year After delays caused by the pandemic, the $884,000 renovation of Lincoln Hospital is…
Governor’s new plan to lift mask requirements, other pandemic relief
Gov. Kathy Hochul officially lifted the state’s indoor mask-or-vaccine requirement for businesses Thursday, as Omicron cases in the state continue to plunge. Local businesses and elected officials are now free…
Patterson Playground is central to coordinated drug treatment approach
According to records maintained by the Bronx Opioid Collective, the group has referred 15 people to detox and five to rehab in the three months that it’s set up shop…