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New York, June 22 (EFE ) .- New York City embarked on Phase 2 of reopening on Monday with barbershops resuming businesses and restaurants opening for outdoor dining, after more than 100 days of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: JORGE FUENTELSAZ).FOOTAGE SHOWS A BARBERSHOP AND RESTAURANTS REOPENING IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, US.SOUNDBITES: 1.) PIERRE LUIGI PALAZZO, OWNER OF ITALIAN RESTAURANT GNOCCO IN NEW YORK CITY 2.) A CUSTOMER AT VESELKA RESTAURANT IN NEW YORK CITY. 3.) JASON BIRCHARD, OWNER OF VESELKA RESTAURANT IN NEW YORK CITY. 4.) WILLIAM KELLY, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ASTOR PLACE ASSOCIATION WHO OVERSAW THE ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC SPACES ON ASTOR PLACE STREET IN NEW YORK CITY (IN ENGLISH).
New York City police officers are at the scene of the Brooklyn subway station where a man in a gas mask shot 10 people on a packed train during the morning rush-hour, setting off a smoke bomb before opening fire on terrified passengers. IMAGES
Steven A Henry via Getty Images Scott Stringer, an early front-runner for New York City mayor, pledged to completely phase out fossil fuels, drive private utility companies out of the nation’s largest metropolis, and “electrify everything” in a near total embrace of climate activists’ demands ahead of this year’s election. The 34-page proposal Stringer laid out Sunday would transform the five boroughs, glazing the rooftops with solar panels and battery units, prioritizing bike lanes and pedestrian walkways over highways, and providing new programs to make electricity cheaper and green jobs more plentiful for the city’s squeezed working class.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo visits the Grand Central subway station as the US COVID-19 epicenter starts its first phase of reopening. IMAGES