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Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

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Quick hit: New York City passes a million vaccinated milestone while Roosevelt Island infection rate stays low

Gathering information from the Department of Health, The City, yesterday, reported that 1,038,220 city residents have been vaccinated. It’s a milestone, but we have a long way to go. Locally, Roosevelt Island continues having an infection rate fare below the...

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Gathering information from the Department of Health, The City, yesterday, reported that 1,038,220 city residents have been vaccinated. It’s a milestone, but we have a long way to go.

Locally, Roosevelt Island continues having an infection rate fare below the city average. By Zip Code, the city median infection rate is 5.29%, and 10044 rings in at 2.31%.

The Meeting That Moved On Without Her
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The Meeting That Moved On Without Her

What I Saw Between a Burned Doorway and a Governance Committee Table Governance Committee Meeting, 5:30 p.m., November 17, 2025, RIOC Operations Office, 680 Main Street

The smoke had thinned by November seventeenth, but it still clung to my coat and the back of my throat. Two nights earlier, fire trucks had crowded the rear of the Landings, their lights bouncing off brick and glass. The flames were gone. The smell remained.

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