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Extra, Extra: Haunting COVID Visualization Shows How Much Opening A Window Helps
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John Del Signore
Published Feb 28, 2021
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- The Albany Times Union has an in-depth look at what former staffers of Governor Andrew Cuomo say is a culture of bullying, verbal abuse, and sexual harassment: “Walls would literally shake because people were being yelled at so hard. At one point, a television fell off the wall.”
- A Bronx DACA recipient who was arrested for jaywalking and spent the pandemic in ICE detention is expected to be deported next week following an "egregious mistake" by a Department of Correction employee.
- The NY Times has a cool interactive explainer showing how important it is to open windows in classrooms to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread.
- A man who was fatally stabbed outside an alleged Sunset Park gambling "den" was reportedly a good Samaritan just trying to break up a fight.
- Check out footage of a fireball blazing across the skies above parts of Canada and the U.S. last week.
- Myanmar's military rulers fired their ambassador to the United Nations after he gave a speech before the General Assembly imploring the U.N. to oust the junta.
- An off-duty FDNY firefighter was killed in a freak snowmobile accident in Lake George when he ran into a boat dock and crashed through the ice.
- Are you ready to animate your old family photos so they look like something out of Harry Potter?
- In other Black Mirror news, the NYPD's new robot dog is not universally beloved.
- And finally, Bat Cat's hungry:
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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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