12 JANUARY 6, 2022 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Looking ahead to a brighter 2022
Around here, we native New
Yorkers oft en say that it’s only
tourists who look up at our
skyline.
But as one year passes into another,
it’s time for all of us to look up — not
at the skyline, but at the bright future
ahead.
The year 2021 wasn’t better than
most past years, but it was certainly
a marked improvement from its
immediate predecessor. We are
reminded of the dark days of 2020
now with the resurgence of COVID-19
through the fast-spreading omicron
variant, but even today, this point in
our history is nowhere near as grave
as the spring of 2020 was — not by a
longshot.
We have vaccines. We have monoclonal
antibodies. Soon, we’ll have
pills that are eff ective at beating back
COVID-19’s symptoms and making
them treatable, not life-threatening.
We’re going to get through omicron;
this too shall pass, and once it
does, the recovery that began this
year will kick into an even higher
gear.
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With the calendar offi cially fl ipping to 2022, we believe that this year will be an even more productive,
prosperous and healthy year for New York and beyond. Photo by Dieu-Nalio Chery/REUTERS
The rumors of New York City’s
shape than it was a year ago, with still
downward spiral and death are
plenty of growing to do.
truly exaggerated. Sure, crime is up.
We have a new mayor and a new
We’ve been there before; we turned it
city government taking hold. Here’s
around before, and we’ll do it again.
hoping Eric Adams can do what Bill
The subways were fi lling up slowly
de Blasio could not: deliver on promises
but steadily before omicron, and
of genuine improvement, bolster
they will do so again as we get past
businesses large and small, reform
this bump in the road. Businesses
police while stopping violent crime,
are reinventing themselves and
unite the city, and be a true champion
beginning to boom again. In spite of
for New York and all that it stands for.
infl ation, the economy is in far better
As the ball dropped at Times
Square and the calendar fl ipped to
2022, we can feel some pride in the
recovery that’s taken shape this past
year; joy that we have the tools to stop
COVID-19; and hope that the future
will indeed be brighter, and that 2022
will be an even more productive,
prosperous and healthy year for New
York and beyond.
May all of you look up toward a
very happy, safe and joyous New Year
for all!
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