Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHAREBefore visiting family in Maryland for the weekend, Emma Voorhes got a COVID-19 test at the city-run testing site in Woodside."One of them has a health concern, so we are just all being safe," she said. "I am half vaccinated, but just wanted to make sure everyone is safe."Voorhes says she has been getting tested once about every two weeks and has seen the wait times get shorter and shorter.Dr. Eric Ascher, a doctor of family medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital, says lines are shorter...…Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHAREBefore visiting family in Maryland for the weekend, Emma Voorhes got a COVID-19 test at the city-run testing site in Woodside."One of them has a health concern, so we are just all being safe," she said. "I am half vaccinated, but just wanted to make sure everyone is safe."Voorhes says she has been getting tested once about every two weeks and has seen the wait times get shorter and shorter.Dr. Eric Ascher, a doctor of family medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital, says lines are shorter...WW…

Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHARENEW YORK – Reverend Al Sharpton stood in solidarity with state senator John Liu Saturday, denouncing the uptick in hate crimes against Asian Americans in the last year.“We understand when we are being singled out for one reason and one reason only, the color of our skin, as some would say, the angle of our eyes,” said State Senator Liu.The two leaders spoke to an indoor crowd at the National Action Network’s House of Justice at their weekly action rally.NAN says the room was filled to...…Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHARENEW YORK – Reverend Al Sharpton stood in solidarity with state senator John Liu Saturday, denouncing the uptick in hate crimes against Asian Americans in the last year.“We understand when we are being singled out for one reason and one reason only, the color of our skin, as some would say, the angle of our eyes,” said State Senator Liu.The two leaders spoke to an indoor crowd at the National Action Network’s House of Justice at their weekly action rally.NAN says the room was filled to...WW…

Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHARENEW YORK — Manny Tavares has been the manager of the Associated Supermarket on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights since it opened back in 1991.The Staten Islander has immense pride in serving the Brooklyn community."We got a lot of cooks in the neighborhood," he said. "They come and tell me, 'I love the way you have all those spices and this and that, you don't find it nowhere else.'"Tavares says if a customer doesn't find something they need, he tries to have it on the shelf by...…Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHARENEW YORK — Manny Tavares has been the manager of the Associated Supermarket on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights since it opened back in 1991.The Staten Islander has immense pride in serving the Brooklyn community."We got a lot of cooks in the neighborhood," he said. "They come and tell me, 'I love the way you have all those spices and this and that, you don't find it nowhere else.'"Tavares says if a customer doesn't find something they need, he tries to have it on the shelf by...WW…

SHAREQUEENS, N.Y. — Maskless partygoers hopped on a conga line at an indoor holiday party at a Queens restaurant. Video from the bash shows members of the Whitestone Republican Club blatantly ignoring COVID-19 restrictions at the gathering earlier this month.“This is no joke. People’s lives are at risk,” said Daniel Barnabe.“People’s lives have been destroyed and people don’t seem to care still,” added Festa Meti.According its website, the Whitestone Republican Club held its second annual Christmas party on Dec. 9. The gathering of roughly 50 people was held at Il Bacco, a...…SHAREQUEENS, N.Y. — Maskless partygoers hopped on a conga line at an indoor holiday party at a Queens restaurant. Video from the bash shows members of the Whitestone Republican Club blatantly ignoring COVID-19 restrictions at the gathering earlier this month.“This is no joke. People’s lives are at risk,” said Daniel Barnabe.“People’s lives have been destroyed and people don’t seem to care still,” added Festa Meti.According its website, the Whitestone Republican Club held its second annual Christmas party on Dec. 9. The gathering of roughly 50 people was held at Il Bacco, a...WW…

Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHAREThree separate subway shoving incidents in the same week are spooking straphangers. “I took the train on Friday for the first time in a long time and I was paranoid. I kept looking over my shoulder. It's terrible you have to watch your back,” said one subway rider leaving the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center Station.To curb riders' fears, the NYPD is beefing up its presence on subway platforms across the city. The department’s new transit bureau chief, Kathleen O’Reilly, says...…Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHAREThree separate subway shoving incidents in the same week are spooking straphangers. “I took the train on Friday for the first time in a long time and I was paranoid. I kept looking over my shoulder. It's terrible you have to watch your back,” said one subway rider leaving the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center Station.To curb riders' fears, the NYPD is beefing up its presence on subway platforms across the city. The department’s new transit bureau chief, Kathleen O’Reilly, says...WW…

SHAREThe acting U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, Seth DuCharme, says his office will work with the NYPD to bring federal charges in the kinds of lower-level gun cases that previously had been handled by local prosecutors."The perception is the city and certain other pockets have become an environment which is too permissive for armed criminal offenders who walk the streets at the peril of the public and we are going to restore that balance,” said DuCharme.The program is called RASP, the Rapid and Strategic Prosecution Initiative. A dozen senior assistant U.S. attorneys will be reassigned to...…SHAREThe acting U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, Seth DuCharme, says his office will work with the NYPD to bring federal charges in the kinds of lower-level gun cases that previously had been handled by local prosecutors."The perception is the city and certain other pockets have become an environment which is too permissive for armed criminal offenders who walk the streets at the peril of the public and we are going to restore that balance,” said DuCharme.The program is called RASP, the Rapid and Strategic Prosecution Initiative. A dozen senior assistant U.S. attorneys will be reassigned to...WW…

Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHARENEW YORK CITY — Kids sports leagues can resume playing in New York City parks, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday. The New York City Parks Department will begin in September granting permits to youth baseball, softball, soccer, cricket, non-contact lacrosse and flag football leagues, the mayor announced on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show.Breaking news on !Thanks for reversing your decision and agreeing to issue fall permits to our great local youth sports leagues!This is a...…Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHARENEW YORK CITY — Kids sports leagues can resume playing in New York City parks, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday. The New York City Parks Department will begin in September granting permits to youth baseball, softball, soccer, cricket, non-contact lacrosse and flag football leagues, the mayor announced on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show.Breaking news on !Thanks for reversing your decision and agreeing to issue fall permits to our great local youth sports leagues!This is a...WW…