First COVID-19 Vaccine Is Given in New York

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio vocalized an aggressive plan Thursday to vaccinate 1 million New Yorkers by the end of January, marking the largest vaccination effort in the city’s history. "This city can do it.The amazing health care professionals of this city are ready," de Blasio said during a briefing.  He detailed plans to expand on operational vaccination sites and set up new sites, or so-called "COVID-19 vaccination hubs," at community clinics and locations throughout the city.

Howard J. Rubenstein, the public relations guru who helped protect the image of New York's rich and famous including the likes of Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch and George Steinbrenner, has died.

Howard Rubenstein, the public relations expert who guided the paths of high-profile clients like George Steinbrenner, Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump, has died at his home in Manhattan.

Take a tour of the Big Apple with Fran Lebowitz.

, Tayshia will be moving to New York ASAP. Speaking to the outlet, Zac said: "She has a one-way ticket to New York.

George Clooney is not convinced U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will be able to bridge the gap between Democrats and Republicans after Donald Trump’s departure from the White House.

David Byrne has shared his hopes for a post-Donald Trump America, though admits it is “too early to celebrate”.Byrne was speaking as part of last week’s Big Read cover feature, around the release of his new Spike Lee-directed concert film American Utopia.“For me Trump was not so much a shock; we knew who he is,” Byrne told NME.

The New York Film Critics Circle has selected Kelly Reichardt's First Cow as its best picture of 2020. The group gave two awards to Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always (best actress for star Sidney Flanigan and screenplay for Hittman) and Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods (best actor for Delroy Lindo and supporting actor for the late Chadwick Boseman).

One of the bigger critics groups gave out their citations today, with the New York Film Critics Circle announcing award winners for 2020. After doling out a Best Picture win last year for The Irishman, they went decidedly smaller this time around, citing First Cow with Picture.

The New York Film Critics Circle revealed their year-end honors and, surprise, Kelly Reichardt’s “First Cow” won Best Film.

Joe Biden's presidential victory, members of the Electoral College gathered in all 50 states and the District of Columbia on Monday to ratify the results of their states' votes in the 2020 election. Hillary Clinton was one of the 29 state electors in New York, and couldn't have been happier to reveal who she cast her vote for via social media.«I believe we should abolish the Electoral College and select our president by the winner of the popular vote, same as every other office,» Clinton, who

A New York City doctor who became one of the first people in the U.S. to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine Monday told Fox News it "felt fantastic." "This is a very hopeful day ..." Dr.

NYT food correspondent Kim Severson tweeted regarding one of the first Americans to receive the shot.Sandra Lindsay, an at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, was the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in New York on December 14. "I'm feeling well.

News coverage on Monday forced on the first coronavirus vaccines to arrive at U.S. hospitals, highlighted by a scene in which a woman healthcare worker became the first person to receive the dose in the state in a non-trial setting.

election, then-President-elect Donald Trump broke protocol by leaving his Trump Tower residence without taking along his press contingent to eat at the restaurant.John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway and Frank Sinatra had favorite tables at 21, and Humphrey Bogart proposed to Lauren Bacall there.

It survived Prohibition, the Great Depression, two World Wars and countless economic downturns. But New York CIty’s famed 21 Club apparently couldn’t outlast the coronavirus pandemic.

As expected, President Donald Trump received cheers and applause from the mostly military attendees at today’s Army-Navy football game in New York.