AdvertisementA year ago today, Mayor Bill de Blasio took a rare subway ride, boarding a crowded C train at Fulton Street and getting off one stop later at High Street in Brooklyn. His bare face for a photo-op while other maskless straphangers casually breathed all over one another in the background. As the tabloids , the mayor prefers to travel by SUV, but that day he wanted to reassure New Yorkers that, despite growing concerns about the coronavirus, there was “nothing to fear.”Studies have since found that may not be a major source of spread, but that wasn’t known then, and telling people...…AdvertisementA year ago today, Mayor Bill de Blasio took a rare subway ride, boarding a crowded C train at Fulton Street and getting off one stop later at High Street in Brooklyn. His bare face for a photo-op while other maskless straphangers casually breathed all over one another in the background. As the tabloids , the mayor prefers to travel by SUV, but that day he wanted to reassure New Yorkers that, despite growing concerns about the coronavirus, there was “nothing to fear.”Studies have since found that may not be a major source of spread, but that wasn’t known then, and telling people...WW…

AdvertisementAfter getting sidelined by the pandemic in 2020, marijuana legalization is once again a high priority in Albany this year. Since a ballot measure legalizing cannabis for adult use in November, advocates say it makes sense that New York would follow on its heels. But tension between the governor and lawmakers over what legalization should look like could still prove to be a sticking point.Over the past couple of years, sponsors of the have built up support for the bill in the state legislature, while Governor Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly introduced his for marijuana legalization...…AdvertisementAfter getting sidelined by the pandemic in 2020, marijuana legalization is once again a high priority in Albany this year. Since a ballot measure legalizing cannabis for adult use in November, advocates say it makes sense that New York would follow on its heels. But tension between the governor and lawmakers over what legalization should look like could still prove to be a sticking point.Over the past couple of years, sponsors of the have built up support for the bill in the state legislature, while Governor Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly introduced his for marijuana legalization...WW…

AdvertisementBefore the coronavirus swept through New York this spring, Adina Gerver was energetically juggling three different jobs. She made house calls as a direct service provider for kids with special needs, took gigs as a freelance editor specializing in complex Jewish legal texts, and worked 20 hours a week as an office manager for a Jewish congregation in Midtown, commuting to work from her apartment in Washington Heights.Now, six months after contracting COVID-19, she’s left with the office manager position only, working about four hours per week and relying on help from her family...…AdvertisementBefore the coronavirus swept through New York this spring, Adina Gerver was energetically juggling three different jobs. She made house calls as a direct service provider for kids with special needs, took gigs as a freelance editor specializing in complex Jewish legal texts, and worked 20 hours a week as an office manager for a Jewish congregation in Midtown, commuting to work from her apartment in Washington Heights.Now, six months after contracting COVID-19, she’s left with the office manager position only, working about four hours per week and relying on help from her family...WW…

After reopening some of its gyms across the city earlier this month, the company that owns New York Sports Club for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. Town Sports International, which also runs Boston Sports Clubs, Lucille Roberts, and other fitness brands, said it will restructure the company and continue to operate “so our members will not recognize a break in service.”But some NYSC members who are not yet ready to go back to the gym say they’re more concerned about getting a break on their membership fees.Town Sports was hit with a earlier this year for continuing to charge monthly...…After reopening some of its gyms across the city earlier this month, the company that owns New York Sports Club for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. Town Sports International, which also runs Boston Sports Clubs, Lucille Roberts, and other fitness brands, said it will restructure the company and continue to operate “so our members will not recognize a break in service.”But some NYSC members who are not yet ready to go back to the gym say they’re more concerned about getting a break on their membership fees.Town Sports was hit with a earlier this year for continuing to charge monthly...WW…