New York City’s Top Doctor Says COVID-19 Hospitalizations Remain Low but Cases are Rising

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New York City’s health commissioner, Dave A. Chokshi M.D., said on Monday, Nov. 15, that hospitalizations for patients with COVID-19 across the City remain low. However, there has been an uptick in COVID-19 cases in recent days. “We had anticipated this might occur as the weather gets cooler and people spend more time indoors,” he said. An update on NYC’s #COVID19 situation: Although hospitalizations remain low right now, we are seeing an uptick in cases in recent days. We had anticipated this might occur as the weather gets cooler and people spend more time indoors. 🧵 — Dr. Michelle

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The NYPD confirmed on Thursday, Nov. 18, that a 12-year-old girl from Woodstock who was reported missing in November for the second time in a few months has been found safe. It was reported to police that, prior to being found, Krystal Crespo, 12, of East 152nd Street had last been seen on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at approximately 5.35 p.m. at her home. She was described as female, Hispanic, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighing 115 pounds, with a thin build, brown eyes, and black shoulder-length hair. She had last been seen wearing a black tank top, blue jeans

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Nearly two years after COVID-19 shut down New York City and changed life as we know it, a new series of public service announcements created by Lehman College students for the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) is exploring how New Yorkers adapted, endured, and came together during the pandemic’s early days. The series, “Shift NYC,” was shot and recorded by 10 Lehman students, working with a team of 11 faculty and staff from Lehman’s Multimedia Center and School of Arts and Humanities, over the summer. It debuted this month, with five episodes set to air in weekly installments on Lehman’s Instagram account through early

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The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying the individuals seen in the attached video and photo who are sought for questioning in connection to an assault that occurred in the 47th precinct. It was reported to police that on Wednesday Nov. 10, at approximately 11.30 p.m., in front of 4600 White Plains Road, two individuals approached a 31-year-old male victim and one of them produced a firearm and shot him once in the buttocks and twice in his left leg. The assailants fled the scene on foot eastbound on East

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The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who is sought for questioning in connection to a robbery that occurred in the 46th precinct / Transit District 11. It was reported to police that on Friday, Nov. 12, at approximately 2.50 p.m., inside the Jerome Avenue and East Burnside Avenue subway station in Mt Hope, a 13-year-old male victim was standing on the mezzanine level of the 4 train platform when the unknown individual approached him, displayed a knife, and demanded the victim’s chain. The suspect then

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Video courtesy of the NYPD The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached video and photo who is sought for questioning in connection to a forcible touching incident that occurred in the 46th precinct. It was reported to police that on Thursday, Oct. 7, at approximately 2.38 p.m., the person and a 20-year-old female victim both boarded a Bx3 MTA bus at Fordham Road and University Avenue on the border of University Heights and Fordham Manor. Once on the bus, the assailant grabbed the victim’s buttocks and

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The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who is sought for questioning in connection to a forcible touching incident that occurred in the 52nd precinct / Transit District 11. It was reported to police that on Saturday, Nov. 13, at approximately 7.09 p.m., inside the Bedford Park Boulevard and Lehman College subway station in Jerome Park, a 37-year-old female victim was going up the staircase to the platform of the southbound 4 train when an unknown person poked her in the buttocks. The person then

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The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old girl, reported missing on Saturday, Nov. 13, in the 52nd precinct. Felicana Esteban, 15, of 2928 Jerome Avenue, Apartment 1E, Bronx, New York, was last seen at her home at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13. She is described as being 5 feet, 3 inches tall, and weighs 110 pounds. A photo of Felicana is attached. Anyone with information regarding this missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public

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The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the person seen in the attached photo who is sought for questioning in connection with a shooting that occurred in Bedford Park, located in the 52nd precinct. It was reported to police that on Tuesday Nov. 9, at approximately 10.27 p.m., in front of 2804 Bainbridge Avenue in Bedford Park, the person discharged several rounds from a firearm into the air, and then fled on foot westbound on East 198th Street. There were no injuries or no property damage was reported as a result of