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Worker uses an electronic scanner while processing ballots at a Board of Elections facility in July 2020 A year-long stalemate that threatened to add more chaos and confusion to the first year of ranked-choice voting in New York City’s elections broke on Wednesday. [ more › ]

Banh Vietnamese Shop House in NYC during the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurants could soon let some customers eat inside again, despite flailing vaccination efforts and concerns about new coronavirus variants. [ more › ]

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S. The variant continues to spread in New Jersey and New York. [ more › ]

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Students at One World Middle School at Edenwald in the Bronx on October 1, 2020 However, Mayor de Blasio did not offer any clear timeline for high schools. [ more › ]

Barges filled with ‘black mayonnaise’ are moored alongside the Whole Foods Market, in the 4th Street Turning Basin. The waterfront esplanade here is a popular destination for shoppers, families and children. The EPA said the “mishap” is being investigated. [ more › ]

The winner will replace the term-limited Gale Brewer. [ more › ]

Doctor fills out a COVID-19 vaccination record card at a vaccination site at the Corsi Houses in East Harlem on January 15th, 2021. Weeklong hunts. Refreshing websites again and again. The scheduling of second doses faces the same barriers seen with the first jabs. [ more › ]

Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph of a cell infected with SARS-CoV-2 particles, isolated from a patient sample. SARS-CoV-2 virus particles are the small, roughly-spherical structures, found on the surface of the cell, which is exhibiting elongated, rod-shaped cell projections. Image captured at the NIAID Research Facility (IRF) in fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID These charts show the growth of COVID-19 in New York City and State, as well as in NYC boroughs. [ more › ]

Early voting in District 24 “I read about it and still did not understand it." [ more › ]

The Snowy Owl in Central Park Hot owl alert. [ more › ]

A student at PS 188 in Manhattan in September. In a pattern seen in many major school districts across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the ongoing decline in public school enrollment in New York City, which also reflected falling birth rates. [ more › ]

Grocery store cashiers work behind clear plastic barriers at a ShopRite store in NJ. The decision comes just weeks after the Garden State-based grocery chain said dozens of its stores would administer the COVID-19 vaccine. [ more › ]

Pro-Trump protesters seen on and around Capitol building. Rioters broke windows and breached the Capitol building in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election on January 6,2020 They are MAGA in miniature—a coalition of adherents of a variety of extremist ideologies, often radicalized online, and always aligned in support of former President Donald Trump [ more › ]

A revolver recovered at the scene of a gunfight between police and a suspect. The suspect was taken into custody. [ more › ]

Hand sanitizer is squirted into a worshiper's hands as they enter for a Sunday Mass at a church in NJ. The FDA found 84% of samples analyzed were out of compliance, and placed all under "heightened" watch. [ more › ]

A man carries a package of bottled water he picked up at a city-run bottled water distribution site in Newark. A years-long court battle that brought national attention to Newark’s water crisis is coming to an end. [ more › ]

Because that's not WJWD, here are your early links: People keep trying to bring their loaded guns onto planes, jigsaw puzzles are good for you, and a cruise ship comedian reminisces. [ more › ]

The bill would create 4,000 new licenses to sell street food over a ten-year period, more than doubling the 3,000 existing permits. [ more › ]

Police officers in Times Square in 2019 The four ex-employee are suing the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), saying their First Amendment rights were violated when their jobs were terminated in November [ more › ]

NYC Board of Elections staffers count ballots in November 2020 The NYC BOE plans to hand count the results of a City Council special election if no candidate wins a majority in the first round, while they await a response from the State BOE to their request to use tabulation software. [ more › ]

A sign advertising a face mask requirement is displayed at the Moynihan Train Hall in New York City. “I am now starting to wear a surgical mask covered by a fabric mask,” Dr. Jay Varma said Tuesday morning. [ more › ]

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People enter a COVID-19 vaccine distribution site in New York City, January, 22 2021. New York City is running out of its initial supply of the COVID-19 vaccine and is being forced to reschedule appointments as the United States tries to ramp up its distribution. If the public doesn't know who is unvaccinated, hospitals and outreach groups can't work to reach those who've missed out. [ more › ]

The next Bronx Borough President will have to pick up the damage wrought by the pandemic. [ more › ]