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Under the new state guidelines, employers can allow workers to return after five days in isolation “in limited circumstances where there is a critical staffing shortage.” https://t.co/WyMLvFNo5f — PolitiTweet.org

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Unlike other consumer goods, the Christmas tree shortage has little to do with the supply chain crisis. Instead, the problems stems from a decline in tree farms—made worse by the 2008 financial crisis—paired with recent extreme weather damaging crops. https://t.co/BeXdRd0lFv — PolitiTweet.org

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A Chelsea brownstone has put up a holiday tribute to Clement C. Moore, the man who allegedly wrote "Twas the night before Christmas" there. https://t.co/Lqw19jKiva — PolitiTweet.org

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Over 115 years ago, The New York Sun published one of the most famous editorials of all time, the answer to an eight-year-old girl's question: "Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?" https://t.co/bbM5EZZkAL — PolitiTweet.org

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A local history buff partnered with a nonprofit in New Jersey to release an audio driving tour of some of the state’s most significant historic sites from the American revolution. https://t.co/fQi3lqvLBO — PolitiTweet.org

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New York City will give $100 to all New Yorkers who receive boosters through December 31st, only at city-run vaccination sites and ones run by SOMOS Community Care, a network of nearly 2,500 providers that partner with the de Blasio administration. https://t.co/6hYwgXVeJB — PolitiTweet.org

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NFL employees were allowed to skip the line at a COVID testing site, according to people waiting and a facility employee — sparking outrage among the roughly 100 people huddled in the cold who said they’d spent hours waiting for pre-scheduled appointments. https://t.co/iFwIntzPP0 — PolitiTweet.org

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As infections surge, some teachers and parents are demanding expanded access to school-based testing and better communication from the Department of Education’s Situation Room, tasked with keeping communities informed about classroom outbreaks. https://t.co/ON7ISVlwVC — PolitiTweet.org

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Lightscape, an hour-long maze at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an illuminated, after-dark experience taking visitors on a one-mile journey that will include site-specific music and 18 works of light art, including "the Winter Cathedral tunnel." https://t.co/SW8ScXaxXX — PolitiTweet.org

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Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett spoke with WNYC/Gothamist to offer advice to New Yorkers about their holiday plans, including tips for parties and students traveling for their winter breaks. https://t.co/OuF9NjFeJ1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Citing staffing challenges, local urgent care chain CityMD has temporarily shuttered 19 offices in New York City, Long Island, Westchester and New Jersey, representing more than one in 10 of the private health care sites. https://t.co/l5Yqw4PtR2 — PolitiTweet.org

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Community boards say if they can’t kill outdoor dining, they would like to review who gets to have permits for outdoor dining and what individual structures will look like. Dept. of Transportation officials have been resistant to conceding any such power. https://t.co/79LqvSXjFw — PolitiTweet.org

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Because Phish cancelled their New Year's Eve show at Madison Square Garden, here are your evening links: Author Joan Didion passes away at 87, the pandemic has shaved 2 years off the American life span, red flags vs. quirks, Christmas horror films, & more. https://t.co/OP9VO1WOAS — PolitiTweet.org

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As COVID rapidly spreads through NYC's jail system, DOC Commissioner Schiraldi sent a frantic letter to public defenders calling on them to help reduce the jail population, bristling some who see it as an effort to shift blame for the state of city jails. https://t.co/LtEHp9mShe — PolitiTweet.org

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“Cocktails-to-go supported small businesses in a difficult time and made the city more vibrant. It’s still a difficult time," Mayor de Blasio told Gothamist. "Albany should bring them back.” So, how long before NY's State Legislature can bring them back? https://t.co/mpZHUOgMAu — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonCampbellNY: A big leap in positive COVID tests yesterday in New York state, per Hochul's office. 38,835 is a new daily record*, and… — PolitiTweet.org

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Amid the sharp increase of COVID-19 cases, Mayor de Blasio announced the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration will be scaled back. The public can still attend, but the capacity will be lowered and both vaccination and masking will be required. https://t.co/0e0kphTIRG — PolitiTweet.org

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"It’s glee, it’s relief,” Lower East Side resident Vince Mola says after receiving an at-home COVID test kit. “These are our new bread lines." "There is something terribly wrong in the richest country in the world when this is like our Christmas present.”https://t.co/SNiF8eU05j — PolitiTweet.org

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Acting Nassau County DA Smith announces Andrew Cuomo won't face criminal charges for an alleged touching incident at Belmont Park in 2019, saying the "investigation found the allegations credible, deeply troubling, but not criminal under New York law." https://t.co/2tbVTHfTwt — PolitiTweet.org

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"We medicalized death, we put it in the hospital and around the same time we stopped being able to look it in the eye," author Joan Didion, who passed away at age 87 on Thursday, said in 2005. "We stopped knowing what to do or say." https://t.co/83PYcsJSlS — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GwynneFitz: "It’s glee, it’s relief and astonishment... I feel like I’m in the Soviet Union in the 1970’s. These are our new bread line… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonCampbellNY: Here's the full statement from Nassau Acting DA Joyce Smith: https://t.co/8rrbxd3jYt https://t.co/qMLXWGHdRv — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @clewisreports: 🚨A note on covid deaths in NYC jails.🚨 The city originally reported 3 deaths from covid early in the pandemic. But in re… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's a list of fun outdoor activities to do in New York City if you've had to change your holiday plans due to the winter COVID surge. https://t.co/WvYQIAR3PC — PolitiTweet.org

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If the omicron surge has ruined your holiday plans, here's a list of fun outdoor activities you can engage in safely over the next week and a half. https://t.co/WvYQIAR3PC — PolitiTweet.org

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SoHo shopping, espresso martinis and rooftop bars have won recurring roles in the TikTok videos of NYC influencers, racking up millions of followers while drawing pushback from native New Yorkers on the platform, who say the clips don't represent the city. https://t.co/b2r6tfGSZ0 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GwynneFitz: There was a brief pause and line stretches down the block again…. https://t.co/R4s0LMh4Nx — PolitiTweet.org

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Dr. Ashwin Vasan, an epidemiologist and practicing physician who currently serves as president and CEO of a mental health nonprofit based in Manhattan, has been selected by Mayor-elect Eric Adams as the next New York City Health Commissioner. https://t.co/qpP2maspEc — PolitiTweet.org

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“We’re waiting on a big resupply both from the private market and the federal government,” Mayor de Blasio said Wednesday morning. “We want to get those kits in our hands, 'cause then we can turn around and get them to people in a much faster manner.” https://t.co/39OQxQoiy8 — PolitiTweet.org

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“Mill Basin, Bay Ridge, hello, Bensonhurst. I don’t hear about rezoning out there. They got land. You didn’t dare go there with that garbage,” says Brother Paul Mohammed. “What is it about us here in East New York? Poor Black people on valuable land.” https://t.co/YGLn73HwbR — PolitiTweet.org