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Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, April 23, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Supreme Court won’t block New York City’s school vaccine mandate

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

CORRECTS TO RESPIRATORY SPECIALIST FROM A NURSE - A respiratory specialist operates a ventilator for a patient with COVID-19 who went into cardiac arrest and was revived by staff, Monday, April 20, 2020, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Once hailed, New York’s COVID-19 saviors are now hounded

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Sept. 13, 2021, file photo, a girl passes a &quot;Welcome Back to School&quot; sign as she arrives for the first day of class at Brooklyn's PS 245 elementary school in New York. COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S. have climbed back to where they were over the winter, fueled by children now back in their classrooms, loose mask restrictions and low vaccination levels. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Federal judge delays vaccine mandate for NYC teachers

By Michael Hill - Associated Press

A sign informs customers they must show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to dine indoors at Carmine's Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) ** FILE **

Black Lives Matter calls COVID-19 vaccine mandates ‘racist’ after brawl at NYC restaurant

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this file photo dated Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, a man using a mobile phone walks past Google offices in New York. Google is planning to buy New York's St. John’s Terminal for $2.1 billion, making it the anchor of its Hudson Square campus. Alphabet and Google Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat said Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, that the company is looking to invest more than $250 million in its New York campus this year. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Google to spend $2.1 billion on Manhattan campus acquisition

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A sign informs customers they must show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to dine indoors at Carmine's Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) ** FILE **

Attorney: Hostess attacked at Carmine’s used racial slur, suggested vaccination cards were fake

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala - Met Gala - In America: A Lexicon of Fashion - Arrivals - New York City, U.S. - September 13, 2021. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) wears a "Tax The Rich" dress. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni - HP1EH9E03NL44

‘Virtue signaling to your base’: AOC critics blast lawmaker’s ‘Tax the Rich’ gala dress

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

A &quot;Welcome Back to School&quot; hangs on a fence at Brooklyn's PS 245 elementary school as children arrive for the first day of class, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, in New York. Classroom doors are swinging open for about a million New York City public school students in the nation's largest experiment of in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Students in NYC, the largest U.S. school system, head back to the classroom

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, file photo, a U.S. flag is stuck into the etched name of Father Mychal F. Judge, the New York Fire Department chaplain who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, at the National September 11 Memorial in New York. (AP Photo/Mike Segar, Pool) ** FILE **

‘Never Forget’: 9/11 charity going strong 20 years later

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 1, 2001, file photo, the American flag flies with a background of Navy midshipmen during the national anthem at the 102nd Army Navy NCAA college football game in Philadelphia. Twenty years later, former Army football coach Todd Berry still gets choked up thinking about that Sept. 11, 2001, day and the terrorist attacks carried out not only on the twin towers at the World Trade Center but at the Pentagon, and in a field in rural Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File) **FILE**

Memories of 9/11 bring sadness, pride at service academies

By Pat Graham - Associated Press

In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Giuliani rips ‘mentally impaired’ Biden over Afghan chaos ahead of 20th anniversary of 9/11

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reacts after winning his match against Tallon Griekspoor, of the Netherlands, during the second round of the US Open tennis championships, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

23 down, 5 to go: Djokovic eyes calendar-year Grand Slam at U.S. Open

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control shows a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination card. A Northern California bar owner was arrested on suspicion of selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to several undercover state agents for $20 each. After receiving a tip, undercover agents with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control went to Old Corner Saloon in the city of Clements several times in April and bought fake laminated vaccination cards, officials said. (California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control via AP) ** FILE **

Maderna? Misspelled COVID-19 vaccine card leads to charges in Hawaii

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Author Larry Kirwan poses for a photo in his New York apartment Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Kirwan, a novelist and former leader of the rock band Black 47, tried telling stories of survivors on an album and in a play but finally feels he got it right in the novel &quot;Rockaway Blue.&quot; (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Twenty years later, a tale of 9/11 survivors takes shape

By David Bauder - Associated Press

A Katz's Deli employee, left, checks the proof of vaccination from customers who will be eating inside the restaurant, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, in New York. New York City is asking restaurants, gyms, museums and many other indoor venues to have patrons show proof of vaccination against COVID-19. The new rules are part of the city's latest campaign to control a pandemic that had crippled the city's economy. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Vaccination-check mandates will kill more restaurants

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares to board a helicopter after announcing his resignation, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ** FILE **

As Cuomo exits, he takes last swipe at harassment probe

By Marina Villeneuve - Associated Press

In this Oct. 29, 2020, file photo, students, teachers, administrators and counselors listen as Principal Malik Lewis, second from left, teaches them a history lesson at West Brooklyn Community High School in New York. All New York City public school teachers and other staffers will have to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, officials said Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, as the nation's largest school system prepares for classes to start next month. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

NYC mandates vaccinations for public school teachers, staff

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Barry Manilow performs at We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert at The Great Lawn in Central Park on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Henri cuts short Manilow set at NYC virus recovery concert

By John Carucci - Associated Press

James Masog, center, and Gary Tavares, right, move particle board into place to board up the sliding glass doors of a clients house in Charlestown, R.I., ahead of Hurricane Henri, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. New Englanders, bracing for their first direct hit by a hurricane in 30 years, are taking precautions as Tropical Storm Henri barrels toward the southern New England coast. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)

Henri weakens to tropical storm ahead of Northeast landfall

By Michael Hill - Associated Press

This photo from Wednesday, June 26, 2019, shows R&amp;B singer R. Kelly arriving at the Leighton Criminal Court in Chicago for arraignment on sex-related charges. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File)

Years in the making, R Kelly sex abuse trial gets underway

By Tom Hays - Associated Press