Extremely low booster rates suggest NYC area has no COVID cares left to give

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Monday October 24, 2022 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [Extremely low booster rates suggest NYC area has no COVID cares left to give]( [People walk by a discarded face mask on the sidewalk in New York City.]( [Only 7-8% of the eligible population have gotten the new bivalent boosters, one of many signs that New Yorkers might be downplaying a disease that's still killing hundreds each month.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [A Google screenshot of the Central United Talmudical Academy in Williamsburg]( [Feds: Brooklyn yeshiva will pay $8M in fines, restitution after 'overlapping frauds']( [School officials admitted to diverting federal funds meant for hungry students.]( [Photograph of a prison complex on an island with a boat passing by.]( [Another Rikers detainee dead, the 17th to die in custody this year]( [Erick Tavira was pronounced dead shortly after 2 a.m. on Saturday, bringing the total number of deaths in custody or shortly after release this year to a number higher than last year's historic figure of 16.]( [A "Vote Here" sign seen outside a polling location at Campos Plaza Community Center on first day of early voting for primaries in June 2021. Early voting for the November general election begins on October 29.]( [NY gubernatorial candidates to make their cases ahead of early voting]( [A look at what voters should know before Election Day.]( [A view into the North River Tunnel during the tour]( [10 years after Sandy, Hudson River tunnel just as vulnerable to flooding – and a fix isn’t coming until 2038]( [The $16 billion Gateway Project has been called the most urgent infrastructure project in the country. Yet officials concede they’re crossing their fingers that another big storm won’t hit as the project just gets underway.]( [Mayor Eric Adams hosts a two-day summit on criminal justice at Gracie Mansion.]( [Mayoral summit seeks solutions for 'antiquated' criminal justice system in NYC]( [Three task forces will address: discovery or the sharing of facts and documents before a criminal trial, mental health and “urgent action” items.]( [New York Attorney General Letitia James attending a ceremony at Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue on July 14, 2022 in Buffalo, New York.]( [Buffalo mass shooter was ‘galvanized’ by livestream, AG says. She wants consequences for tech.]( [Critics say that plan faces big obstacles.]( [a man in a trench coat and a woman in a dark hat sit at a table in a pedestrian plaza]( [Extra Extra: The NYPD's most-complained-about officer defends himself in a 4-hour podcast interview]( [Because the Lt. Eric Dym Experience is out, here are your end-of-day links: Staten Island man charged with concealing a corpse in his driveway, commoner who married a Japanese princess passed the New York bar exam, Lego fans are mad, and more.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]() [Gothamist]() [WNYC Studios]() [NJPR]( [WQXR]() [New Sounds]() Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.