New normal in NYC after coronavirus: What will New York look like after reopening
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NEW YORK (WABC) New York City won t look the same after the pandemic is over.
Economists predict a younger, poorer and more eclectic crowd. There will be changes in everything from restaurant dining, to entertainment, to residential and commercial real estate. The new, New York City will just look a little bit different, said Barbara Denham, a senior commercial real estate economist with Moody s Analytics.
Hundreds of thousands of families moved out of the city in the months after the lockdown started. Many of them won t return, but others are coming back along with new people who are looking for new opportunities.
The much-anticipated reopening comes with changes due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
AMC Lincoln Square opened at noon, and it s a different experience now.
Are you ready to go to the movies? Theaters finally reopen today in New York City. 25% capacity. pic.twitter.com/ljBXg1gPYL Derick Waller (@wallerABC7) March 5, 2021
You have to wear a mask unless you re eating or drinking, and there are no more self-serve beverage stations. An employee fills it for you instead.
Some things are not changing, though, like movie theater popcorn. But what many people are wondering is if the public will come back?
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MTA Board approves toll hikes at bridges, tunnels, delays fare hikes on subway, bus, rails
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NEW YORK CITY The MTA Board approved an increase in tolls at bridges and tunnels, but they put the brakes on a similar hike for subway, bus and rail fares until the summer.
The increase raises the one-way toll for New York E-ZPass users at major MTA crossings to $6.55, up from $6.12. Non-New York E-ZPass drivers will pay $10.17, up from $9.50.
Staten Island commuters will continue to have a resident discount, and the post rebate toll to cross the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge increases to $2.95, up from $2.75
As more cases of the highly contagious variants first found in the UK and in South Africa are discovered across the U.S., the race is on to track, identify and test the worrying mutations.
WOODSIDE, Queens (WABC) Even with the widespread concerns over the contagious new COVID variants, it seems many people just want to party - and in tight, packed spaces.
Authorities say they shut down another illegal club - this one on Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, Queens on Saturday.
Police found more than 75 people inside - but COVID was not the only concern. Officials say the place was a fire hazard with a blocked exit and dangerous levels of carbon monoxide
Organizers face several charges including resisting arrest, and health code violations.