Adi Talwar
In correspondence between city and state agencies in May, before the state lifted COVID-19 restrictions, the Health Department recommended halting hotel shelter transfers if the city saw a major variant outbreak or if average COVID hospitalization admissions exceeded 50 cases a day, which it since has.
Los neoyorquinos que resistieron las inundaciones en sus sótanos —a menudo adaptaciones no autorizadas que no cumplen las normas de seguridad de la ciudad— se enfrentan ahora a nuevas dificultades y temores, como peligroso moho, futuras inundaciones y la abrupta pérdida de la vivienda.
Desde junio de este año el Departamento de Protección al Consumidor y al Trabajador (DCWP por sus siglas en inglés) ha realizado 1.508 inspecciones de venta en las calles y ha emitido 424 infracciones en la ciudad, una cifra cercana al promedio de citaciones civiles que emitió la policía de la ciudad antes de la pandemia.
The initiative, which kicked off in March, allows cultural organizations to apply for permits to host performances on certain city streets—an effort to help the performance arts sector, hit hard by COVID-19 restrictions, rebound.
A construction worker died building a $10,000 per square foot development. His death went unacknowledged and the developer was only charged a $12,500 fine, a Documented investigation found.
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