Manhattan's COVID Epicenter Now Sees Few Cases | NYC Roundup

New York City NY

23 June, 2021

4:12 PM

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A round-up of the news stories in New York City today: Only 6 Inwood Residents Tested Positive For COVID-19 Last Week With the vaccination rate hovering around 50 percent in Inwood, just six residents tested positive for the virus from June 13-19. UWS Teddy Roosevelt Statue Is Coming Down After Final Vote The NYC Public Design Commission unanimously voted this week to take down the Teddy Roosevelt statue in front of the Natural History Museum. 'Long Live Radical Communism:' Election Results Prompt A New Sign A group put a message on a Sunnyside cinema marquee, celebrating the likely primary election outcome in Queens' District 22 Council race. Stonewall Protest Sees Anheuser-Busch Beer Poured Down The Drain The pour out was to protest donations Anheuser-Busch made to politicians considered to have taken anti-LGBTQ stances. Park Slope Ceremony To Officially Name Street After Pete Hamill A ceremony will officially co-name a stretch of Seventh Avenue after the late newspaper icon on what would have been his 86th birthday.