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  This year, the city opened 155 early voting sites, where New Yorkers encountered smooth sailing and short lines This article originally appeared in The City. By  Rachel Holliday Smith ,  Jonathan Custodio , and  Gwynne Hogan NEW YORK - Headed into Election Day, a near record number of New Yorkers have already voted early.  According to the city Board of Elections’ unofficial tally , 1,089,328 voters cast ballots in the early voting period, which ran from Oct. 26 through Nov. 3.  That’s just shy of the 1.1 million early voters that turned out in 2020, the first presidential election in which early voting was allowed in New York. Voters then endured long lines, chaos and COVID-related complications at 88 early voting sites that were often unable to meet demand .  But in 2024, the city opened 155 early voting sites — and by almost all accounts, voting proceeded efficiently and without delay. On Sunday alone, 149,319 New Yorkers voted early, the highest single-day early vot

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a sexual assault near City Hall. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice November 4, 2024 Follow @x MANHATTAN - Cops are searching for a man who groped a woman as she walked near City Hall. The NYPD released surveillance video of the alleged suspect in the hope of catching the sex fiend.  At around 4pm on October 23, a 38-year-old woman was walking in the vicinity of Lafayette Street and Worth Street near City Hall. Cops said a man walked up to her and asked for directions.  Suddenly the man grabbed the woman’s breast and then ran off.  The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion and a thin build. He has facial hair and dreadlocks.  The suspect was last seen wearing a light blue jacket, dark shirt, dark pants and white sneakers. He was also seen wearing over the ear headphones.  Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at  1-800-5

  Two planks of the Republican nominee’s agenda would have devastating consequences on the city’s fortunes, economists and scholars say. By  Greg David Follow @x NEW YORK - Last Sunday’s rally at Madison Square Garden , Donald Trump yet again pledged to “launch the largest deportation program in American history.” According to him, deporting millions of immigrants, including those who are undocumented and those who are here legally, will free up millions of jobs, especially for Black and Hispanic Americans.  The Republican presidential candidate has also contended during the campaign that imposing tariffs on all imports into the United States will be “beautiful,” as the revenue will allow the government to reduce taxes while leading to a boom in domestic manufacturing. But virtually no reputable economist or scholar of immigration believes he is right on either count. A tiny minority of economists say he could be right on tariffs, but the vast majority say he is comple

This article originally in NewYork-Presbyterian Health Matters. An infectious disease expert explains the surge in flu, COVID-19, and RSV and whether it’s a cause for concern. By Dorothy Cucci  Manhattan Voice  November 3, 2024 Follow @x NEW YOR K - It’s common for cases of respiratory illnesses to spike during the winter months, but ever since COVID-19 hit, the potential of a “tripledemic” — COVID-19, Respiratory Syncytial Virus ( RSV ), and influenza peaking at the same time — is always looming. This fall, there was also an uptick of Mycoplasma pneumonia (known colloquially as “white lung syndrome”) among children in Ohio, adding to the concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the amount of respiratory illness activity continues to  be “high” or “very high” in the majority of the United States as of January 19. “We tend to see an increase in respiratory illnesses in late October and November leading into December and January,” says Dr. Can