The average New Yorker is now getting their COVID-19 test results back in three days, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday, as the city works against a national “logjam” in diagnostic testing. This week, test result time has started to “rapidly” decrease in New York City, de Blasio said, …
Read More »Market Extra: Commercial real estate ‘somehow has been skipped over,’ for COVID-19 aid. Here’s a plan to change that through equity investments
Commercial real estate’s COVID-19 woes can’t be patched up with more debt. That’s Lisa Pendergast, executive director of the CRE Finance Council, an industry group focused on the $ 4.6 trillion commercial real estate finance market, on the pile of problems confronting properties as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. …
Read More »Key Words: Fauci says Americans must do 3 things to win the battle against COVID-19
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for three decades and one of the leading experts on pandemics in the U.S. for the last four decades, dished out some harsh words to both the U.S. public and federal authorities. Fauci said SARS-CoV-2, the name for …
Read More »NanaWall Opening Glass Walls Offer Copper Handles Due to COVID-19
NanaWall’s copper finishes provide antiviral and antimicrobial properties for commercial and residential settings. | Credit: NanaWall CORTE MADERA, CA — NanaWall Systems will offer antimicrobial copper handles for their opening glass wall systems. This is in response to long-term COVID-19 concerns. ‘The Best Material is Copper’ “We have been working …
Read More »Black Americans are twice as likely to be hospitalized from COVID-19
New York — It was easy to forget why they were wearing masks. The fourth day of protests against police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd in police custody, turned into violence on Sunday night as some protestors broke into luxury downtown stores. These scenes were …
Read More »CityWatch: Poor, dense neighborhoods in New York’s outer boroughs have highest rate of COVID-19 deaths, ZIP Code data shows
Neighborhoods in southeast Queens as well as Brooklyn have the highest death rates from COVID-19 in the city, according to data New York City’s health department made public for the first time on Monday afternoon. The deaths by ZIP Code offer a new window into how the coronavirus has ripped …
Read More »The Moneyist: My husband died from COVID-19. Will the IRS allow me to use his $1,200 stimulus check for funeral and medical expenses?
Dear Moneyist, My husband and I filed a joint income-tax return. I am aware that the stimulus check for a husband and wife is $ 2,400, and it will likely be one check. Unfortunately, my husband passed away on April 12 from COVID-19, and I have not yet received our …
Read More »Microsoft, Visa and others worth combined $11.5 trillion want Congress to include climate in COVID-19 recovery plan
Chief executives and other representatives from more than 330 businesses, including Capital One COF, -1.91% , General Mills GIS, +0.45% , Microsoft MSFT, +1.45% , Nike NKE, +0.50% , Salesforce CRM, +2.59% , Visa V, +1.43% and more are calling on bipartisan federal lawmakers to build back a better economy …
Read More »CityWatch: New York City aims to conduct 20,000 COVID-19 tests a day
New York City is making coronavirus testing available to increasing numbers of its 8.4 million residents, as it aims to conduct 20,000 tests a day by the end of the month, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday. Now that the city has more capacity — with tens of thousands of …
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