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DECEMBER 2020 NEWS AND VIEWS FROM NEW YORK'S AIRPORT COMMUNITIES
SOOTHING
WATERS
New Water
Feature at
LaGuardia
LGP
Terminal B
BY JEFF YAPALATER
The kinetic, mesmerizing
water feature is the
newest element of interest,
visual attention and comfort
in the new LaGuardia
Airport
LaGuardia Gateway
Partners Terminal B. This
unique water, sound and
light show is the centerpiece
in the retail concourse on
the departures level of the
terminal. It is the only one
of its kind in the U.S. and
the only one like it in any
CEO Stewart Steeves LaGuardia Gateway Partners, and Port Authority Executive Director Rick airport globally.
Cotton taking moments to relax watching the first of its kind multi-media, light and sound water
fountain feature at Terminal B.
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Ultra-cold vaccine container
NY DISTRIBUTION OF THE
COVID VACCINE BEGINS
The race is on to get the
public inoculated
BY JEFF YAPALATER
“Make no mistake, distribution has
begun, “Cuomo said on Monday Dec, 14th
when the Prizer vaccine was rapidly dispersed
throughout the country.
UPS and Fedex began distributing the
vaccine in quantity Sunday December 13
transporting doses of the vaccine from
storage sites in Michigan and Wisconsin
to its air cargo hub in Louisville, Ky. From
there, the doses were distributed to hospitals
and other medical facilities using its
Next Day Air service, arriving the day after
leaving the Pfizer facilities. It was reported
that UPS would serve the Eastern
half of the country and Fedex the Western
half.
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MISSING THE HOLIDAYS
Seasons’ past
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The JFK Airport EOC goes into action to manage Snowstorm GAIL
BY JEFF YAPALATER
48 hours ahead of the impending
snow storm Gail, the Emergency
Operations Center at JFK Airport
went into action.
Airport GM Charles Everett said
on an airport wide call, “We are preparing
for the first major storm of
the season and want to share information
and coordinate operations.
Our goal is to keep everyone as safe
as possible and yet insure compliance
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with Covid protocols”.
The EOC mandated attendance
for all stakeholders to implement all
operational collaboration and communications.
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Vol. 4, No. 12 Wear masks, spcial distance and wash hands.