Lincoln Center to emerge from COVID pandemic with outdoor shows
Lincoln Center intends to emerge from the novel coronavirus pandemic by creating 10 outdoor stages for performances and rehearsals in New York City starting April 7. Venues announced Thursday as part of the Restart Stages initiative include a cabaret-style stage on Lincoln Center s Hearst Plaza, areas for public school graduations, dedicated space for arts activities for young people and an outdoor reading room created with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
New York s new nursing home visitation guidelines still keep visitors out
The new guidelines still incorporate a restriction by which if anyone in the nursing home - staff or resident - is diagnosed with the coronavirus, the nursing home cannot allow any visitors for 14 days. For most of the pandemic, it was 28 days, but the state relaxed the restriction in September to two weeks.
7 On Your Side Investigates was the first to report on diverse communities getting hit the hardest by COVID-19 back in April. It led to changes in how city leaders tackled the virus.
Eviction cases pending as of December 28 in New York City have been suspended until at least February 26, and if a tenant signs and delivers what s called a hardship declaration form due to COVID-19, they can t be evicted until at least May 1.
But since March of 2020, 7 On Your Side found eviction notices are at least twice as high in Black and Latino neighborhoods compared to predominately white neighborhoods.
Also, the notices are being filed at a rate of at least five times higher in the community s poorest neighborhoods compared to its wealthiest.
Glasses wearers less likely to get COVID, study says
Wearing glasses might give you an extra layer of protection against COVID. A new study out of India found people who wear glasses are three times less likely to get the virus.
Researchers suggest that s because they re less likely to touch their eyes which can be a significant route of infection.
105-year-old survives COVID, offers advice to long life
Lucia DeClerck said Tuesday she s feeling wonderful. She has now lived through two World Wars and two pandemics, and at 105 years old, she is even getting the hang of Zoom.
New Yorkers should wear 2 masks until at least June: Mayor