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The New York Daily News reports: Gov. Hochul Thursday declared a state of emergency for New York City and the entire surrounding region after the remnants of Hurricane Ida spawned catastrophic rain and flooding. “Torrential rainfall has resulted in flash flooding, power outages, travel disruptions and damage in impacted areas posing a threat to public health and safety,” Hochul said. …

The New York Daily News reports: Soaking rains from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida sparked “catastrophic” flooding in some areas around the city, sending walls of water cascading into the city’s subway system that shut it down entirely. The dousing dumped rain at a mind-boggling 3-5 inches an hour, the National Weather Service reported Wednesday night. Mayor de Blasio …

Gothamist reports: Back in 2017, the City Council simultaneously created the Mayor’s Office of Nightlife and repealed the reviled Cabaret Law, which made dancing illegal in the vast majority of the city’s bars and restaurants for nearly a century. But the repeal did not change the fact that many establishments were still subject to the same restrictions under zoning regulations. …

NBC New York reports: An anti-vaccine entrepreneur sold about 250 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards through Instagram to New York healthcare workers, while a conspirator entered some of those people into a state database for vaccination registrations, Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office charged Jasmine Clifford, 31, of Lyndhurst, New Jersey, with selling the fake cards, and Nadayza …

ESPN reports: US Open spectators now must show proof of at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to attend matches, a change made less than 72 hours before the tennis tournament starts. The US Tennis Association announced Friday that the New York City mayor’s office decided to require proof of vaccination to go into Arthur Ashe Stadium, the main …

The New York Daily News reports: A Brooklyn preacher’s blessing is a pox upon his flock. The Rev. Kevin McCall is vowing to give COVID inoculation exemptions to members of his church trying to avoid vaccine mandates — and is even offering the letters as an enticement so people will join. McCall told the Daily News on Friday that about …

Gothamist reports: The Department of Justice will close an infamous federal jail in Lower Manhattan, at least temporarily, in an effort to address brutal and decrepit conditions that have long plagued the facility. Human rights experts, public defenders, and judges have long criticized the MCC for exposing defendants to harrowing conditions, including filth, vermin, a lack of medical care, and …

CBS New York reports: Masks will not be required when the US Open tennis tournament gets underway next week in Flushing Meadows, Queens. Fans won’t need to mask up or show proof of vaccination to attend. “The goal is not to prevent all cases of COVID. The goal, really, is to be certain that we don’t have an outbreak of …

New York City’s NBC News affiliate reports: All New York City public school teachers and other staffers will have to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, officials said Monday as the nation’s largest school system prepared for classes to start next month. The city previously said teachers, like other city employees, would have to get the shots or get tested weekly …

ABC News reports: This time, Barry Manilow didn’t make it through the rain. Unlike the Grammy-winning recording artist’s 1980 hit, “I Made It Through Rain,” the superstar-laden “Homecoming Concert” in New York City’s Central Park was canceled because of dangerous weather as Hurricane Henri approached the Northeast on Saturday. Manilow began performing “Can’t Smile Without You,” as part of a …

CNN reports: Some of music’s biggest names will descend on the Great Lawn at New York City’s iconic Central Park for the “We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert” on Saturday to perform for a vaccinated crowd of 60,000. The event, which is being aired exclusively on CNN, is produced by legendary music executive Clive Davis in coordination with the city …

NPR reports: The National Hurricane Center has issued a rare hurricane watch for parts of New England, warning that Tropical Storm Henri will likely develop into a hurricane before making landfall on the northeastern U.S. coast this weekend. “If Henri strikes southeast New England as a hurricane this weekend, it will be the first direct hurricane landfall since Bob in …

The New York Times reports: Chuck Close, who rose to prominence in the 1970s and ’80s with colossal Photorealist portraits of himself, family members and fellow artists, but who late in his career faced accusations of sexual harassment, died on Thursday in a hospital in Oceanside, N.Y. He was 81. At the end of the 1960s, a period when formalist …

The New York Daily News reports: A close friend of Jared Kushner was slapped with state harassment charges Wednesday — nearly eight months after he scored a last-minute pardon from President Donald Trump wiping away federal charges for the same alleged cyberstalking campaign. Ken Kurson, 52, the former editor-in-chief of the New York Observer, was charged last year in Brooklyn …

CNBC reports: Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city of New York are facing their first lawsuit from restaurants for the executive order requiring proof of vaccination to dine indoors. The Independent Restaurant Owners Association, Max’s Esca, DeLuca’s Italian Restaurant and Pasticceria Rocco are seeking an injunction against de Blasio’s executive order. Two fitness venues, Evolve-33 and Staten Island Judo …

Heavy.com reports: Ryan Bartels is a Virginia man who has been accused on social media of being the anti-masker who yelled “1776!” at a woman on a New York City subway on August 15, 2021, in a now-viral video. The incident occurred on the Q subway train in New York City. Officials with the NYPD and the MTA have not …

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a strict new COVID mandate, including proof of vaccination, for those who want to dine indoors, go to the gym and other social events in New York City starting Tuesday. While the mandate, the first of its kind in the U.S., will not be formally enforced until Sept. 13, …

The New York Post reports: GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa and some local Republican leaders were among 300 people at a Manhattan rally Sunday to protest Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vaccine mandate for city employees and indoor venues. “Let people have individual rights and freedom — and not the boot, crushing the life out of our economic system, your ability …

Gothamist reports: New York City marked a grim milestone on Saturday, reporting its millionth COVID case since the start of the pandemic. Confirmation came after the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s daily update of pandemic data. It shows 1,000,469 confirmed and probable cases through August 14th. The city health department has also recorded more than 117,000 …

The New York Daily News reports: Gov. Cuomo’s resignation led to an outcry among Port Authority staffers who want the agency’s top officials to halt his controversial proposal to build an AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport. ”For too long, Gov. Cuomo and his staff have repeatedly pushed the agency to make non-transparent, politically motivated decisions, including decisions that squander the trust …