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Indoor Dining Increases to 50 Percent Capacity from March 19

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Indoor dining in New York City will expand to 50 percent capacity, effective March 19, according to New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Currently, New York City and New Jersey restaurants are operating at 35 percent capacity, having been allowed expand from the initial 25 percent capacity, in the early part of 2021.   The latest decision to increase to 50 percent was made in partnership with Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey and will coincide with the State of New Jersey also expanding indoor dining to 50 percent on March 19. Other New York restaurants outside of New


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Update: District 11 City Council Race, Eric Dinowitz Endorsed by Local 802 Musicians’ Union & Others

By SÍLE MOLONEY
On Wednesday, March 10, the Associated Musicians of Greater New York Local 802, AFM announced its endorsement of Eric Dinowitz, teacher and Democratic male district leader for the 81st Assembly District, who is running for City Council in the 11th District, for which a special election is being held on March 23.   Local 802 is the largest local union of professional musicians in the world. “We are proud to support Eric Dinowitz for City Council District 11,” union representatives wrote as part of the announcement. “A native of the Bronx, he [Dinowitz] received a degree in music and went


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Lehman College’s Turnbull Speaker Series Resonates during Women’s History Month

Some Americans may not know it, but they have a woman to thank for the N95 medical masks that have become indispensable during the pandemic. Sara Little Turnbull, one of the nation’s first female industrial designers, inspired an early prototype after noticing how frequently medical facility staff needed to adjust flimsier face masks. She reimagined her previous design for molded bra cups to conceptualize a mask that fit better—one of many inventions she’d be linked to throughout her career.   Sixty years later, a new generation of women designers is driving the innovations consumers have come to rely on. That includes


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Update: District 15 City Council Race, Ischia Bravo & Elisa Crespo Garner Additional Endorsements

Community Board 7 Finds New District Manager...Again
By SÍLE MOLONEY
Yesterday, March 8, on International Women’s Day, State Sen. Gustavo Rivera, City Councilman Brad Lander, and The Jewish Vote (TJV) announced ranked choice endorsements of certain progressive women candidates ahead of the Bronx special elections on March 23 in District 15 and District 11.   According to a joint press release, with early voting starting on Saturday, progressives are looking to support transformative candidates and send more women to represent them in the City Council. Rivera, who represents the 33rd senatorial district in the Bronx, and TJV, a project of Jews for racial and economic justice, announced on Monday a


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Espaillat Calls on District 13 High School Students to Enter Congressional Art Competition

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Congressman Adriano Espaillat, who represents New York’s 13th congressional district (NY-13), released a statement on Thursday, March 4, to encourage high school students throughout New York’s 13th congressional district to submit entries to this year’s Congressional Art Competition.   The national contest is open to high school students from around the district to showcase their artistic talents and provides an opportunity for students to display their winning art in the United States Capitol for up to one year.   Espaillat serves as a national co-host of this year’s art competition, which is open to high school students from around the nation. The


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Submit Photos of Loved Ones Lost to COVID for City Memorial Service on March 14

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  To honor the thousands of beloved New Yorkers lost during the COVID-19 pandemic this year, the City of New York will host an official Day of Remembrance this Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 7:45 p.m.   Readers are encouraged to join online to honor family, friends, frontline essential workers, and fellow New Yorkers.   All New Yorkers are invited to tune in and share the name and photograph of a person they lost.The photograph may be featured as part of the City’s ceremony. The photo should be a clear image of the family’s loved one, and the photo specifications are as


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Wallace Avenue Shooting latest in String of Recent Pelham Parkway Violent Incidents

By DAVID GREENE
  Detectives in the 49th precinct are looking for two gunmen who entered an apartment and shot a man in Pelham Parkway before fleeing the area. The shooting is the latest in a string of violent incidents that have been reported recently in the area.   On Monday, March 8, NYPD spokeswoman and detective, Annette Shelton, said the incident was reported at 11:36 a.m. on Thursday, March 4, inside an apartment building in the vicinity of Wallace Avenue and Pelham Parkway South in the 49th precinct.   Shelton said, “A 32-year-old male victim reported to police that when he opened


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Update: Man Dies in Fatal Motorcycle Collision on Major Deegan Expressway

By SÍLE MOLONEY
On Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 9.56 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision on the northbound Major Deegan Expressway in the vicinity of the 233rd Street exit, in Woodlawn Heights, in the 50th precinct.   Upon arrival, police observed a 58-year-old man with severe trauma to his head and torso. EMS also responded and transported the victim to Montefiore Medical Center North where he was pronounced deceased.   Preliminary investigation determined that the victim was operating a 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle and was traveling northbound on the Major Deegan Expressway in the middle lane when


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Phony Plumbers Sought in Wakefield Home Invasion & Torture of Two Men

By DAVID GREENE
Police are looking for two individuals who posed as plumbers, and are now wanted in connection with a home invasion robbery and the overnight torture and assault of two residents in the Wakefield section of the borough.   According to a February 25th statement from the NYPD, the incident began at 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 22, in the vicinity of East 227 Street and Barnes Avenue. Police said a 28-year-old man and a 35-year-old man were inside the home when two men knocked at the door, saying they were there to “fix the plumbing.”   The NYPD statement read


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