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  • CB8 September Full Board Meeting

    LAST UPDATE 10:25 PM ET - 9/22/2021
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      Peter Senzamici
      Forth NYC

      And the meeting continues to approve resolutions from past meetings. That's all for tonight.

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  • 3-K or No-K? CB8 Board Debates District Needs and Budget Priorities

    LAST UPDATE 09:43 PM ET - 9/21/2021
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      Peter Senzamici
      Forth NYC

      The full preliminary district needs statement and expense budget is approved and the meeting adjourned. Full approval will be held at the October CB8 Board meeting on the 20th.

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  • Morning, UES: Blood Center backers claim race is at heart of opposition

    LAST UPDATE 09:42 AM ET - 9/10/2021
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      Xana O’Neill
      Forth NYC

      Today: High: 73 / Low: 63☀️ Headlines from down the block and around the city for today, Friday, Sept 10: 🇺🇸 The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is Saturday. Families will read the names of those they lost in a remembrance at ground zero… https://abc7ny.com/911-20th-anniversary-2021-nyc-epicenters-never-forget/11010757/ … and thousands of vulnerable 9/11 first responders have contracted COVID https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/9/9/22665844/covid-death-toll-sept-11-responders-survivors-grows 😷 The city will start enforcing its mandatory indoor vaccine mandate on Monday (more than 33% of city residents are NOT vaccinated) https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-de-blasio-covid-vaccine-mandate-fines-20210909-bjuewtpbv5aunddjglgsoryvjm-story.html 🎃 The Village Halloween Parade is going on as planned this year … IF organizers can raise $150K in the next 3 weeks 😬 https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/2021-village-halloween-parade 🏙 Labor-backed supporters of the controversial UES Blood Center are turning up the volume - and claiming much of the opposition to the tower has racial undertones https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/supporters-blood-center-tower-step-lobbying-ahead-vote

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  • No damage to esplanade after Ida and Henri; sinkholes and barriers at Carl Schurz Park are still concerns.

    LAST UPDATE 08:02 PM ET - 9/9/2021
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      Peter Senzamici
      Forth NYC

      And that's it! Meeting adjourned!

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  • NYC in a state of emergency after historic flooding

    LAST UPDATE 08:40 AM ET - 9/2/2021
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      XANA O’NEILL
      FORTH NYC
      The latest weather for New York City.
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  • Kathy Hochul is sworn in and becomes 1st female governor of NY

    LAST UPDATE 08:45 AM ET - 8/24/2021
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      Xana O’Neill
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  • Cuomo impeachment investigation will be suspended

    LAST UPDATE 02:28 PM ET - 8/13/2021
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      Xana O’Neill
      Forth NYC

      The suspension will take effect once Cuomo, who resigned following a sexual harassment scandal, leaves office effective 8/25.

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  • Vaccines will be required for indoor dining, gyms and some venues in NYC

    LAST UPDATE 10:43 AM ET - 8/3/2021
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      Xana O’Neill
      Forth NYC

      NEW: NYC will require proof of #vaccination for indoor dining, gyms and some venues starting this month, the mayor said today.

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  • Manhattan Borough president rejects Blood Center proposal

    LAST UPDATE 10:25 AM ET - 7/29/2021
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      XANA O’NEILL
      FORTH NYC
      The city Planning Commission is holding a public hearing on the Blood Center proposal on Thursday.
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  • Woman attacked on subway platform at Grand Central

    LAST UPDATE 04:55 PM ET - 7/21/2021
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      Xana O’Neill
      Forth NYC

      Police are searching for a suspect who punched a woman, 60, while she was walking on the No. 7 subway platform at 10:13 p.m. on July 15. (tw: video below released by police does not show the point of impact)

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