Omicron All The Time | NYC Week In Review

New York City NY

23 December, 2021

2:40 PM

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NEW YORK CITY — Here's a roundup of the top headlines from Patch from around New York City this week. Omicron Will Get Worse In NYC In Coming Weeks, De Blasio Warns NEW YORK CITY — Expect omicron COVID-19 cases in New York City to skyrocket even farther in the coming weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. De Blasio repeated that grim prediction Monday and paired... Read more NYC Scrambles To Fix COVID Testing Woes After Long Lines, Waits NEW YORK CITY — Frightened and frustrated New Yorkers who recently waited hours for COVID-19 tests won't have the same experience this week, officials said. Mayor Bill de Blasio promised... Read more Omicron COVID Variant Is 92% Of New Cases In NY: CDC NEW YORK — The omicron coronavirus variant now accounts for 92 percent of new cases in New York and New Jersey, according to a Centers For Disease Control and Prevention. The ... Read more New NYC COVID Sites Open As 170K People A Day Rush For Tests NEW YORK, NY — More locations and expanded hours will make city-run test sites the best place for New Yorkers to get a coronavirus test before the holidays, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio. ... Read more Times Square New Year's Eve Scaled Back Amid Omicron, Mayor Says MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — The city will scale back its plans to welcome tens of thousands of revelers into Times Square to ring in 2022 amid a surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the omicron variant,... Read more Take 'Caution' Over Holiday Plans Amid NYC COVID Surge: Mayor NEW YORK CITY — A growing COVID-19 surge is putting pressure on New Yorkers to decide whether to cancel holiday plans. Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday stopped short of playing Grinch and telling... Read more NYC Offers $100 Incentive For COVID Vaccine Booster Shots NEW YORK CITY — A booster dose of coronavirus vaccine not only provides New Yorkers with increased protection against the omicron variant, it also can put $100 in their pockets. Mayor Bill... Read more De Blasio Leaves Promises Unfulfilled, Kisses City Hall Goodbye NEW YORK CITY — All New York City mayors have run on the unstated but implicit promise that they have not, and will not, cause the death of a groundhog. All have kept that promise, except... Read more