COVID-19
May 20, 2022 | In the Media
In what was a typically busy week for Mayor Eric Adams, he met with the model Gigi Hadid at Netflix’s studio in Brooklyn. He visited a college to promote a new degree in video game design. And he visited the State Capitol in Albany to push for the renewal of mayoral...
May 20, 2022 | In the Media
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A New York City initiative announced Tuesday will seek to learn from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in an effort to prepare for the next crisis. From infectious diseases to climate-related events, the Pandemic Response Institute will try to...
May 17, 2022 | In the Media
Six months after COVID-19 booster shots became available to all eligible New Yorkers who wanted one, uptake of the extra dose is still lagging the vaccination rate in New York City – and in the rest of the state and country. Like many other challenges in the nation’s...
May 16, 2022 | In the Media
More than half of COVID-19 patients in New York City hospitals are not severely ill with the virus, official data suggests, with the rest admitted for another ailment instead of the virus — a sign that pandemic figures in recent months may be inflated. State data...
May 10, 2022 | In the Media
NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today launched the New York City Pandemic Response Institute (PRI), a new partnership with Columbia University and The City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) to help New York...
