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NYC Public Schools Plan to Give COVID-19 Shots to Elementary Students

November 6, 2021November 5, 2021 Ohio Star Staff

New York City Public Schools will administer COVID-19 vaccinations to elementary students at one-day vaccine clinics at school sites starting next week, following federal approval of the vaccine for 5-to-11-year-old students, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday.

All students five and older can receive the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for free at 1,070 school sites across the city starting Monday, Nov. 8. City-run vaccination sites in the city will begin vaccinating 5-to-11-year-olds starting Thursday.

Commentary: I’m Unvaccinated – and I Plan to Stay That Way

August 5, 2021August 4, 2021 Ohio Star Staff

The word “confusing” is being used (even by the New York Times) to describe the CDC’s reasoning behind its announcement that masks must again be worn indoors, even by the fully vaccinated.

In fact, the CDC’s reasoning is clear, and talk about “confusion” is an attempt to conceal a straightforward assessment: As CDC head bureaucrat Rochelle Walensky said on Fox News on Friday, vaccinated people can still get the “delta” variant and can transmit it. Top medical mafioso Anthony Fauci said essentially the same thing last week—that for the delta variant there was no difference in the observed level of “virality” between people who were vaccinated and those who were not.

ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, and CNN Ignore Former Cuomo’s Aide’s Explosive Sexual Harassment Allegations

February 27, 2021February 26, 2021 Ohio Star Staff

In their prime time news broadcasts last night, five major broadcast networks reportedly neglected to cover the explosive sexual harassment allegations made by a former aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D).

ABC, CBS, and NBC, MSNBC, and CNN all ignored the accusations of Lindsey Boylan, who on Wednesday published an exposé in Medium detailing Cuomo’s inappropriate and harassing behavior toward her, (which Cuomo has denied), according to Newsbusters.

U.S. Officials Battle Coronavirus on Multiple Health Care, Economic Fronts Even as Death Toll Reaches 9

March 4, 2020March 3, 2020 Jason M. Reynolds

The coronavirus death toll in the United States hit nine on Tuesday, even as more areas around the world report infections.

NYPD Union to Mayor Bill De Blasio: ‘We Do Not Respect You’

February 10, 2020May 21, 2020 Ohio Star Staff

After a gunman on Sunday attacked a New York Police Department station, an NYPD union is blaming violence against law enforcement on Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The New York City Police Department Received 2,916 ICE Detainer Requests and Ignored All of Them

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

Newly-released information shows that the New York Police Department has denied thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests over a one-year timespan.

New York Rings in New Year by Offering Gender Neutral Birth Certificates

January 3, 2019January 2, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

by Grace Carr New York City residents may now change their birth certificates to reflect a neutral gender identity after an October bill took effect after the new year. The New York City Council first passed the bill in September allowing any adult living in the city to change…

New York City Just Sent Its Transportation Industry Back to the 1930s

September 20, 2018September 20, 2018 Admin

by Jason Snead At 5 o’clock on Aug. 14, New York City turned its clocks back to the 1930s. The Taxi and Limousine Commission officially stopped issuing licenses to most for-hire vehicles, effectively declaring war on Uber and Lyft in an effort to protect taxis from competition. This is the…