Gabriel Sandoval, Author at THE CITY - NYC News

Restaurants in Residential Areas Ask for Seat at the Table for Outdoor Dining Plans

May 28, 2020, 10:56 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:33 a.m.

Owners on the brink of financial ruin say they should get a from rules that normally preclude sidewalk seating as the City Council considers safe-reopening measures.

Coronavirus

Co-Op City Succeeds With Census While Much of NYC Struggles. What’s Its Secret?

May 19, 2020, 10:03 p.m.May 26, 2020, 1:44 p.m.

Over 70% of households have filled out surveys in chunks of The Bronx’s “city within a city,” compared to 49% citywide average amid the COVID crisis.

Coronavirus

City Cancels $91 Million Ventilator Contract With De Blasio Donor

May 13, 2020, 10:43 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:33 a.m.

Digital Gadgets still keeps millions in city coronavirus protective gear deals as owner Charlie Tebele s mayor’s small business advisory .

Government

Garbage Pickups Dove Deeper in April as New Yorkers Ditched Town or Dug In

May 12, 2020, 9:11 p.m.May 22, 2020, 2:04 p.m.

Manhattan saw 20% less trash collected in April 2020 over the same time a year earlier, part of a citywide shrinkage as coronavirus upends lives.

Government

Garbage Pickups Dove Deeper in April as New Yorkers Ditched Town or Dug In

May 12, 2020, 9:11 p.m.May 26, 2020, 1:08 p.m.

Manhattan saw 20% less trash collected in April 2020 over the same time a year earlier, part of a citywide shrinkage as coronavirus upends lives.

Education

Looming CUNY Budget Cuts Have Faculty and Students Fearing for the Future

May 4, 2020, 8:45 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:33 a.m.

Union calls for campus leaders to consider taking pay cuts as part-time profs and students fight for funding to save jobs and classes.

Brooklyn

National Park Service Pledges to Reopen Floyd Bennett Field to Gardeners

April 29, 2020, 10:27 p.m.May 12, 2020, 3:15 p.m.

But public remains barred from the Brooklyn social distancing haven, which is now harboring idle MTA buses. “It doesn’t make sense,” de Blasio says.

Brooklyn

Floyd Bennett Field Goes on Lockdown as Parking Lot for Idle MTA Buses

April 27, 2020, 10:36 p.m.May 4, 2020, 4:04 p.m.

National Park Service shuts vast Brooklyn recreation area to the public, including hundreds who tend beloved community garden plots.

Government

Counting the Ways New York is Getting Creative With Promoting the Census

April 23, 2020, 5:57 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:33 a.m.

With the in-person approach no longer viable, outreach efforts are being re-aimed to inspire participation through unexpected tactics.

Coronavirus

Millions of N95 Masks NYC Ordered Weeks Ago for Public Hospitals Still MIA

April 17, 2020, 10:25 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

The city’s purchasing agency has signed deals for up to 34 million masks — and has received just 637,760 so far, a review of contract records shows.

Gabriel Sandoval

Restaurants in Residential Areas Ask for Seat at the Table for Outdoor Dining Plans

Co-Op City Succeeds With Census While Much of NYC Struggles. What’s Its Secret?

City Cancels $91 Million Ventilator Contract With De Blasio Donor

Garbage Pickups Dove Deeper in April as New Yorkers Ditched Town or Dug In

Garbage Pickups Dove Deeper in April as New Yorkers Ditched Town or Dug In

Looming CUNY Budget Cuts Have Faculty and Students Fearing for the Future

National Park Service Pledges to Reopen Floyd Bennett Field to Gardeners

Floyd Bennett Field Goes on Lockdown as Parking Lot for Idle MTA Buses

Counting the Ways New York is Getting Creative With Promoting the Census

Millions of N95 Masks NYC Ordered Weeks Ago for Public Hospitals Still MIA

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