New York Governor Andrew Cuomo lifted COVID restrictions in the state’s orange and yellow zone micro-clusters. A few yellow zones remain in the Bronx, Washington Heights, Queens, and Newburgh. But in New York City, Cuomo said a plan for NYC restaurants remains in the works. He is talking to political officials and the health department. The governor said he will have a plan for city restaurants by the end of the week. “We will have an announcement at the end of the week, but we are looking at going back to the 25%, that would be the question. How and when we do you do that,” Cuomo said. Cuomo also said he is also looking at the 10 p.m. closing time, but did not have an announcement yet. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

The New York State attorney general accused the Cuomo administration of undercounting coronavirus-related deaths at nursing homes by as much as 50 percent, according to a report released on Thursday. The count of deaths in state nursing homes has been a source of controversy for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state Health Department officials, who have been sensitive to any suggestion that they played any role in the number of nursing home deaths, which the state put at more than 8,500. They have also been accused of obscuring a more accurate estimate of nursing home deaths, because the state only counted deaths at the actual facilities, rather than including deaths of residents who were transferred to a hospital and died there.

An NYPD officer was shot in the Bronx on Tuesday night. It happened at 10:30PM at Whiteplains Road & Lafayette Avenue. The Officer being was rushed to the hospital by an NYPD cruiser. The suspect is in custody and a weapon has been recovered. The condition of the officer is unknown. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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A man was arrested after randomly assaulting Jews in the heart of Williamsburg’s Hasidic community. It happened on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30PM, when the suspect punched two Hasidic men walking on Lee Avenue near Rutledge Street. No words were exchanged prior to the attack. A crowd began chasing the suspect, and Williamsburg Shomrim arrived in seconds. The man was apprehended at Penn Street near Marcy Avenue as the NYPD arrived, and was taken into custody. Williamsburg Hatzolah responded to evaluate both victims. Thankfully, they were not seriously injured. Sources tell YWN that a knife was found on the suspect’s possession when police searched him.

The RCBC (Va’ad HaRabbanim of Bergen County) member rabbis of Englewood have signed on to support the formation of a Hatzalah division in the city. The squad will be led by veteran New York City Hatzalah and Englewood Hospital paramedic Joshua Hartman. Over the coming months, the group will begin their recruitment, training and fundraising efforts in the hopes of an operational launch date in mid-2021. They’ll serve as a first response squad which will support the efforts of the local 911 EMS ambulance agencies currently serving the city. Once live, they will be a local arm joining more than a dozen Hatzalah chapters across the state, including others presently working on launching in their local communities.

The US Supreme Court is declining to take up the case of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is serving a 6.5-year prison sentence after being convicted in a corruption case. The high court declines to take up the Democrat’s appeal. Once one of the three most powerful state officials, Silver was ousted as speaker in 2015 and was convicted later that year. His original conviction was overturned on appeal, but he was convicted again in 2018. Part of that conviction was then tossed out on another appeal, leading to yet another sentencing in July. Silver, who is 76, began serving his sentence in August.

A New York City police officer shot and wounded a passenger in a stolen car after the driver reversed the car into a police van, authorities said Monday. The confrontation happened at around 10 p.m. Sunday in Queens after two men stole a car that had been left with the keys in the ignition, Chief of Patrol Juanita Holmes said. Police tracked the stolen car using the owner’s cellphone, which had been left inside, Holmes said at a briefing early Monday. When officers got out of their vehicle and approached the stolen car, the driver reversed into the police van, Holmes said. One of the officers fired and struck the 28-year-old passenger in the chest, Holmes said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was in stable condition, she said.

New York City “does not have enough doses” of Covid-19 vaccine to “be able to meet the demand we know exists among New Yorkers”, the city’s health commissioner Dave Chokshi told CNN on Monday. Chokshi said the current supply, only a few thousand doses, would be used in the next 24 to 48 hours. During one week in January, more than 220,000 doses were administered, with a New Yorker getting the jab every three seconds. Chokshi said the city had the capacity to easily double the number of vaccinations, if it had the supply, and more than 20,000 vaccine appointments scheduled for last week had had to be rescheduled. He expected to get a re-supply on Tuesday and Wednesday of 100,000 doses, but those would be gone by the end of the week.

At least 10 victims were treated after a fire in Flatbush on Sunday evening. The fire started at around 5:45PM in a garage attached to a home that houses special needs adults on the corner of Kings Highway and East 29th Street. Smoke quickly filled the home, and the FDNY along with Flatbush Hatzolah were called. Flatbush Hatzolah dispatched around 8 ambulances and around two dozen volunteers to assist the special needs occupants of the home. They were quickly placed into the warm ambulances, getting out of the frigid temperatures outside. Sources confirmed to YWN that a total of 10 victims were being transported to local hospitals for observation. Bichasdei Hashem, they all appeared to be in stable condition. The fire was quickly brought under control by the FDNY.

The FDNY was on the scene of a second alarm fire in Kensington, Sunday afternoon. The FDNY says the fire started in private home located at 607 East 3rd Street, between Ditmas Avenue and Cortelyou Road. The fire spread to 609 East 3rd Street as well. There were no injuries reported. VIDEO & PHOTO BELOW VIA Photos by: Hillel Lichtenstein (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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