Published March 12 - Latest Update Apr. 1 @1pm NYC has a 24-hour COVID-19 hotline available at: (888) 364-3065 for up-to-date information. If you are part of an at-risk population such as a senior or immuno-compromised and want testing, call (844) NYC-4NYC, or call 311. Please do not call 911 unless it is a life-and-death emergency. 911 is overloaded. New … [Read more...]
NYC Update: How to Enjoy NYC Parks Virtually
NYC has the greatest parks on the planet, and you can visit them virtually any time while you are observing stay at home rules to help prevent the spread of this horrible disease. Join in for live park tours, meditation and fitness classes, gardening and houseplant care programs and activities for kids with the Urban Park Rangers and gardeners. There's also a live hawk cam and a live … [Read more...]
NYC Update: Virtual Tours & Shows This Week
Take a break from the bad news headlines, stay home safely, and enjoy these special weekday events from the NYC cultural institutions we cannot visit in person right now, including garden tours, museum tours, concerts and live chats with experts, all FREE. You can still enjoy spring and the best of New York City, virtually. Stay home and stay safe. NYCOTC Coronavirus Info … [Read more...]
How to Get Help for Your Small Business in NYC
NYC is offering financial help for small businesses losing money because of Covid-19. Small businesses with fewer than five employees can get a grant to cover 40% of payroll costs for two months to help retain employees. Those are the mom-and-pop stores which remain the lifeblood of NYC. Businesses with between six and 100 employees can apply for zero interest loans of up to $75,000 to … [Read more...]
Celebrating All Things Green in New York City
NYC celebrates our great green city all 365 days a year, not just on St. Patrick's Day. Even though the great green St. Patrick's Day Parade has been cancelled this year due to Coronavirus, you can still enjoy what's green in in NYC. Despite what Kermit the Frog says, it's easy to be green in NYC, because green is everywhere, in NYC parks and gardens, neighborhood and street names, on the … [Read more...]
NYC Parks Named for Women
Celebrate Women's History Month in March by visiting the NYC parks, gardens, playgrounds and even a reservoir named for important New York City women and for other important women in history. There's at least one park in each NYC borough named for a woman who changed NYC, even the world. These impressive women include two First Ladies, a Revolutionary War heroine, an Olympic swimming … [Read more...]
Where to Go Ice Skating at Outdoor & Indoor Rinks
An important part of NYC as a winter wonderland is the city's ice skating rinks. Even though you aren't as graceful as an Olympic medalist, you can still have fun at one of the many outdoor and year-round indoor rinks in NYC, including some where you can skate for FREE. Here is your complete list of 15 ice skating rinks in NYC, including rinks in NYC parks and rooftop rinks with picture … [Read more...]
Kusama Show at NYBG Tickets Go on Sale
The exhibit opens in May, but you should get advance tickets for what is surely to be a show that will make us all go dotty. KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature is a major exhibition by the internationally celebrated Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, with sculptures and paintings throughout the New York Botanical Garden, indoors and out, including one of her famous infinity mirror rooms. Some of the works on … [Read more...]
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