Bill de Blasio

De Blasio announces outdoor performance & venue assistance programs

Open Culture will allow performances on 100 designated city streets starting this spring, while the ‘Curtains Up NYC‘ program will help venues apply for Save Our Stages grants.

Indoor dining is shutting down again in NYC

”Hospitalizations have not stabilized, and with a rising infection rate and NYC’s density, this means that indoor dining is too high of a risk,” Governor Andrew Cuomo says.

Staten Island bar refuses to close

”You think you scared me by saying I don’t have a license now to serve liquor now? Well guess what? That liquor license is on the wall,” co-owner Keith McAlarney said.

Astor Place Hairstylists has been saved from closure by wealthy customers

That was a very close shave — Astor Place Hairstylists was set to close after 75 years in business at the end of November.

De Blasio makes expanded outdoor dining in NYC "permanent and year-round"

The city will also also allow heating lamps and restaurants to expand seating to adjacent property, with neighbor’s permission.

NYC to allow indoor dining, with restrictions, starting September 30

”We’ve been working on this issue every day,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said, ”and we’re now announcing today that we can go to 25% of indoor dining with certain restrictions that will be enacted on September 30.”

Indoor dining won't be allowed yet as NYC enters Phase Three of reopening.

”I want to make very clear: We cannot go ahead at this point in time with indoor dining in New York City,” Mayor de Blasio said.

NY Senate votes to repeal 50-a; Cuomo vows to sign the legislation

”This has been brewing for decades, if not centuries, in this nation,” said Cuomo. ”It’s time for a real smart policy discussion, and a new model of policing.”

Bill de Blasio lifts NYC curfew, vows to cut funding for NYPD

Following days of police violence against unarmed, peaceful protesters and hundreds of arrests, de Blasio has finally lifted NYC’s 8 PM curfew, one day earlier than planned. He also says he will shift funding from the NYPD to youth and social services.

NYC police violence videos go viral, as Cuomo & de Blasio defend NYPD

“Police bludgeon peaceful protesters with batons for no reason? That’s not a fact. They don’t do that,” Cuomo said, despite viral videos that suggest otherwise.
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