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near the amount the city would need
to weather the storm and that city
hospitals could run out of essential
supplies such as ventilators within a
week.
“That is the difference between
someone who is suffering in one of
our hospitals who might make it if
they have access to a ventilator — but
if we can’t have them on the ventilator
at the right time we could lose a lot
of lives,” the mayor said on “Fox and
Friends.”
While the state has begun work
to install a thousand hospital beds
in Manhattan’s Javits Center — no
plans for temporary hospital expansions
have been announced for Kings
County other than the leasing of existing
beds at the Brooklyn Center for
Rehabilitation and Residential Health
Care, despite the high number of cases
in the boroguh, with offi cials calls for
the repurposing of the boroughs available
unused spaces so far going ignored.
“I was surprised and disheartened
that not a single site identifi ed by the
state was in Brooklyn,” Borough President
Eric Adams lamented in a statement.
“We are hearing from numerous
hospitals throughout Brooklyn that
will be unable to accommodate new
patients in a matter of days unless we
take immediate action… we cannot
forget about Brooklyn.”
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and will replace the trains with free
shuttle bus service. Business leaders
slammed the decision, claiming that
the suspension would lessen ridership
and weaken the local economy.
Transit offi cials are postponing
the start of construction along the
F line, which was slated to begin on
March 20, but will reevaluate the
start date once the threat of the virus
has passed, reps with the MTA announced.
However, Luna Park and Deno’s
have no choice but to postpone the
start of the season, since the city ordered
on March 15 that all entertainment
venues close.
On March 20, Governor Andrew
Cuomo implemented a state-wide
“stay at home” order, which requires
all non-essential businesses to shutter
— leaving only industries like
health care, food delivery, supermarkets,
pharmacies open.
Still, Vourderis said that the Wonder
Wheel’s 100th anniversary celebration
is still on for May 23 should
conditions improve. And now, the
party will celebrate not only the
wheel’s centennial, but also the end of
the coronavirus threat.
“We want to open up with a celebration,
not under these circumstances,”
he said. “We’re thinking positively
and looking forward to a post-pandemic
party.”
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OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Pursuant to provisions of Section 25(b)(1) of the Charter of the City of New
York, notice is hereby given that a special election will be held in the
Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings on, Tuesday, April 28, 2020,
between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM for the purpose of electing a
candidate for the 37th Councilmanic District. Only registered voters in this
district are eligible to vote.
For any information on whether you are eligible to vote or where your poll site
is located, please call (212) V-0-T-E-N-Y-C. TDD for the hearing-impaired is
(212) 487-5496.
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