Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHAREThe City Council voted unanimously on Thursday — Earth Day — to ban the use of chemical pesticides on city property, more than six years after similar legislation was first introduced in the chamber. The new ban, an amendment to an existing city law limiting use of pesticides, was ,  known by its commercial name RoundUp. RoundUp, the most popular weed killer in the world, has been linked in some scientific studies to certain cancers. The legislation...…Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHAREThe City Council voted unanimously on Thursday — Earth Day — to ban the use of chemical pesticides on city property, more than six years after similar legislation was first introduced in the chamber. The new ban, an amendment to an existing city law limiting use of pesticides, was ,  known by its commercial name RoundUp. RoundUp, the most popular weed killer in the world, has been linked in some scientific studies to certain cancers. The legislation...WW…

Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHAREAfter a dramatic spike in infections, cases and deaths around the start of the new year, New York City has seen its COVID-19 statistics slowly decline into the spring. While the declines have not been as significant as many health experts have hoped, rates of hospitalizations, new cases, infections and deaths are lower than they’ve been for several months. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been restrictions on gatherings, restaurants, spectator events and travel, arguing that...…Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHAREAfter a dramatic spike in infections, cases and deaths around the start of the new year, New York City has seen its COVID-19 statistics slowly decline into the spring. While the declines have not been as significant as many health experts have hoped, rates of hospitalizations, new cases, infections and deaths are lower than they’ve been for several months. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been restrictions on gatherings, restaurants, spectator events and travel, arguing that...WW…

Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHARENEW YORK — The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio highlighted vaccine statistics Monday that show that a large chunk of doses administered at state-run sites in New York City are going to people who live outside the city. At the vaccine site at the Aqueduct race track in Queens, 75% of the shots have gone to residents outside of the city. At the Javits Center vaccine site, 42% of the shots have gone to residents outside of New York City. Bill Neidhardt, de Blasio’s...…Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHARENEW YORK — The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio highlighted vaccine statistics Monday that show that a large chunk of doses administered at state-run sites in New York City are going to people who live outside the city. At the vaccine site at the Aqueduct race track in Queens, 75% of the shots have gone to residents outside of the city. At the Javits Center vaccine site, 42% of the shots have gone to residents outside of New York City. Bill Neidhardt, de Blasio’s...WW…