As we enter the fall with Covid-19 related deaths surging past 200,000 and with concerns about increased cases during the flu season the fall holidays will look much different in 2020. The CDC released its guidance and risk assessments for the fall holidays. Unfortunately, for Halloween this means no in-person trick-or-treating. For Thanksgiving, this means […]
Reopening Standards for Indoor Activity
The Covid-19 numbers in New York have been excellent for some time after being the original epicenter of the pandemic. To keep the numbers low the state has reopened businesses in various phases, which stalled in July as Covid-19 rates spiked around the country. As such, various businesses, and institutions have been closed indefinitely with […]
New York Forward Loan Fund
New York is opening a new economic recovery loan program for small and micro businesses, nonprofits, and small landlords throughout the state as they reopen after the COVID-19 outbreak. The New York Forward Loan Fund (NYFLF) targets the state’s small businesses with 20 or fewer full-time equivalent employees, nonprofits, and small landlords that have seen […]
Increases to Gas and Electric Bills in NYC
Happy New Year’s Consolidated Edison customer! Get ready to pay significantly more for gas and electricity. New York could see a significant increase to gas and electric bills. The company has proposed rate hikes starting January 1, with more increases to come in 2021 and 2022. Electric bills will increase by about 4 percent in […]
Across the Pond
New York Truck Stop talks “Across the Pond” with #LondonBusWatch I’m honoured to speak with New York Truck Stop Radio about the systemic danger posed by London’s ‘Big Red Buses’ which operated under the control of Transport for London (TfL), a public agency chaired by Europe’s largest city’s Vision Zero Mayor Sadiq Khan. #LondonBusWatch is […]