According to the latest statistics from the New York City Department of Health, Roosevelt Island’s positive rate for coronavirus infections is just 1.96%.
The numbers are well under the Manhattan borough rate of 3.35% and the city overall rate of 6.32%.
Only 9 out of 459 tested came up positive.
These are seven day rolling averages for the week ending March 24th, 2021.
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On June 18, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation’s Real Estate Development Advisory Committee gathered to discuss ground leases, the master retail lease, and the ten additional years being offered under the Island’s master lease. Howard L. Polivy, the committee’s chair, opened the meeting as a longtime host shows guests through a familiar house, pointing out the furniture as if it had never moved an inch.
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