Thursday, December 31, 2020
After a year like no other, New York's Times Square empties out on New Year's Eve
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Only a handful of invited guests, including health care workers and others from the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, will gather on Thursday evening in New York's Times Square to witness the dropping of the New Year's Eve ball, marking the end of a sobering 2020 and a hopeful start to 2021.
Thank God it's 2021! Year of the pandemic ends with the ball drop in an deserted Times Square, a very small fireworks display and Bill de Blasio dancing with wife Chirlane as millions of Americans are forced to stay home
Hello 2021, and goodbye 2020! The year of the COVID-19 pandemic has officially ended with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio dropping the ball in an eerily empty Times Square as millions of Americans watched the annual event from home.
‘A massive effort’: Mayor de Blasio aims to get 1M New Yorkers vaccinated for COVID by end of January
Mayor de Blasio made a bold New Year’s resolution.
He’s aiming to have 1 million New Yorkers vaccinated for COVID by the end of the month — a move that would translate into the city significantly stepping up its vaccination operation.
A New Year's like no other – how 2021 was welcomed in around the world
Fireworks soared into the sky above the Sydney Opera House, but the harbour below was a deserted ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year that will not be missed.
And while some Australian state capitals enjoyed restricted displays,
‘We must be remembered’: Trump uses New Year’s video to take credit for Covid vaccines amid criticism
Donald Trump used a New Year’s Eve video posted on Twitter to take credit for the coronavirus vaccines being injected in arms across the country, saying of his administration “we have to be remembered”.
“By early next year, the vaccine will be available to every American.
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE! WORLD SAYS A LONG-AWAITED 'GOODBYE' TO 2020
CANBERRA, Australia -- This New Year's Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many bidding farewell to a year they'd prefer to forget.
As the clock struck
The Latest: Tens of thousands on Vegas strip despite warning
LAS VEGAS — Tens of thousands of people were walking on the casino-lined Las Vegas Strip on New Year’s Eve by early evening despite a plea from Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak that people reconsider their plans to go out and celebrate.
NYC Restaurants Can Now Use Their Sidewalks for Selling Food and Takeout
In a minor win for restaurateurs this week, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that restaurants and bars can now use a portion of their sidewalk space to accept takeout orders and sell pre-packaged food items as part of the city’s ongoing Open Storefronts program.
Preparing for 2021: What New York Employers Can Expect in the New Year
2021 is here, and with the new year comes changes for New York employers seeking to ensure full compliance with newly effective laws, or changes to the law, throughout the State. Employers are well-advised to review the changes for the new year, summarized below.
First priority: Long Island hospitals say they are vaccinating as fast as they can
Hospitals on Long Island next week plan to administer the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to people who received it in mid-December, as they continue to give the first dose to high-risk health care workers, EMS workers, urgent care center employees and others on the priority list.
HAPPY NEW YEAR: 21 BIG STORIES TO WATCH IN 2021
As we wind down an eventful 2020 (and look back on some of our top stories of the year), Brooklyn Paper is also looking ahead at some of the biggest stories to watch in 2021.
Here they are, in no particular order
Coronavirus Update New York City: Mayor de Blasio announces vaccines goal, Day of Remembrance for NYC
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Thursday revealed one resolution he has for the New Year, and announced a Day of Remembrance for New Yorkers who lost their lives due to COVID.
He said NYC's goal is to vaccinate 1 million people by the end of January.
NYC MTA’s contactless fare system completes rollout, will phase out MetroCard in 2023
On the last day of 2020, New York City’s Metro Transit Authority announced that it has finished its roll out of contactless payment systems. With the addition of a final stop in Brooklyn, every MTA subway station and bus in the five boroughs now sports the OMNY “Tap and Go” system.
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NYC will vaccinate 1 million in city in January: Mayor Bill de Blasio
An ambitious goal of vaccinating 1 million New York City residents with the COVID-19 vaccine in January was set Thursday by Mayor Bill de Blasio, who noted that meeting the target would require outside cooperation and the city dramatically increasing
How To Get Rid Of Your Christmas Tree In NYC
NEW YORK CITY — New year, new start: It's time to move that Christmas tree before it covers the floor with its dry needles.
New Yorkers can dump Christmas trees on the curb between Jan. 4 and Jan. 15
New York Is Bringing Up the Absolute Rear on Trash Pickup
For a moment last week, the city felt almost like itself again as pedestrians were blessed with one normalcy of a New York winter: the competing — and usually conflicting — interests of snow removal and trash pickup. But a clearer
New York's Empire State Trail is complete. Now you can bike or hike from NYC to Buffalo.
ALBANY – New York has finished work on the final connections for the Empire State Trail, a 750-mile collection of new and existing paths that will allow for direct hiking or biking from New York City to the Canadian border and Albany to Buffalo.
NYC teen arrested in connection to bike gang calls allegation ‘bulls–t’
The 15-year-old Queens boy arrested as part of the roving bike gang that trashed two cars in Manhattan said Thursday that the allegations against him are “bulls–t,” insisting that he has an alibi — and that he doesn’t even own a bike.
Video captures moment cyclists attack car in NYC
A group of bicyclists was caught on camera in New York City attacking an SUV stopped in an intersection, smashing its hood, stomping on the windshield and punching the side windows -- while the terrified driver sat inside with his mother.
How to watch the Times Square Ball Drop on New Year’s Eve online and on TV
How to watch the ball drop in a year that’s dropped the ball.
Times Square will be unfortunately closed to the public tonight over coronavirus concerns, marking the first time the locale’s been empty on New Year’s Eve since 1907.
New Year's Eve Street and Subway Closures Around Times Square (But Don't Go Anyway)
Don't go to Times Square for the New Year's Eve ball drop this year -- there's a pandemic, there are rules about crowds, and it's supposed to rain anyway.
But on the off chance you have some essential reason
World takes in muted New Year’s Eve under Covid shadow
In Sydney the fireworks soared into the sky above the Opera House, but the harbour below was empty. In New York, Times Square was mostly deserted. No light show illuminated Beijing from the top of the TV tower.
Covid pandemic dampens New Year celebrations around the world
Fireworks displays and other public gatherings have been cancelled from Sydney to New York.
Festivities are being particularly muted in Europe, amid fears over a new more contagious strain of the disease .
How to Watch Times Square New Year’s Eve 2021 Free Online
Times Square in New York City will be closed to the public this New Year’s Eve — but you’ll be able to live-stream the festivities, including the famous 2021 ball drop and musical performances, for free.
Live Updates: New Year's Eve celebrations kick off around the world amid coronavirus pandemic
Times Square in New York City was missing its usual enormous New Year's Eve crowd on Thursday night as the coronavirus pandemic continued to disrupt life -- but the traditional ball drop at midnight to welcome the new year was still expected.
New Year's Eve Livestream 2021: Watch Times Square Ball Drop Online and on TV
For many, the end of 2020 will be a welcome sight, and although there won't be thousands of revelers lining the streets of New York's Times Square, the show must go on and people at home can still tune in for the festivities.
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