It’s detached, like tunnel vision, but a little soft and malleable.” Putting stuff in print and saying fuck it was a big relief. “By the time we came out, we’d all been online too much with its rules about identifying that you’re on the right side. The decision to abandon the internet and the frenzy of social media came as a relief, Banse said. “Are we meant to keep retweeting, liking, reposting, and sharing echo-chamber content that honestly becomes boring and dangerous after a certain point?” reads Canal’s manifesto. With four issues to date, and print run of just 1,000, the latest being the Valentine’s themed Love & Life issue, the Canal is a hotly anticipated downtown print that eschews the internet and its discourse – or lack thereof. With the chaos and total depression of the pandemic – and we’re not making light of it – the only thing we could do was laugh.” “We ran with it in the hope that for someone out there it would better their day. “Covid made everyone feels so separate, and we wanted to create some kind of community that people could recognise,” Guterman told the Guardian. The founders of the Canal, Gutes Guterman and Claire Banse, both 23, said the concept came to them in July while sitting on a park bench. "There certainly will be particular institutions that may choose to have rules around a vaccination or testing," he told reporters, adding that the city will keep monitoring COVID-19 data and adjust its approach accordingly.Years after the demise of alternative newspapers like the Village Voice, two of those expressions have taken form in print: the NewNow, from thee former Paper magazine editor Kim Hastreiter, and the Drunken Canal, a self-described “biased news source”, that treats Brooklyn as a foreign land, runs a horoscope of mostly bad omens and a column entitled: “Uh-oh … sorry to hear you’ve been cancelled”. Statistics show that new Covid cases have fallen from its height of 7,000 cases a day to 2,000 cases daily.ĭe Blasio did not mention whether museums, theatres or other locations would have special rules in place as they reopen. This is exactly how we get to the full reopening we're all looking forward to." "It means that we're getting back on track, that everything's going back to normal," said Francisco Krauz, a construction worker, as quoted by Reuters.ĭe Blasio noted that 6.4 million doses of vaccine have been administered in New York City and more than 42 percent of residents have received at least one inoculation. The announcement has special meaning, because not only is New York the largest city in the United States, but it was once the epicenter of the Coronavirus. "I think if we do what we have to do, we can be reopened earlier." "I don't want to wait that long," said Cuomo. "I think the best way to proceed here is to set out the city's vision," de Blasio said.Īsked about New York City's reopening plan, Cuomo said he is hopeful that the opening might even happen before July 1. While De Blasio said he had not coordinated the opening with state officials, his announcement comes one day after Governor Andrew Cuomo lifted restrictions on all nightlife. "Now we can see that light at the end of the tunnel." "We are ready to bring New York City back fully on July 1," de Blasio told a news briefing. Mayor Bill de Blasio made the announcement, noting the progress officials have seen in vaccinating the city's 8 million residents. NEW YORK CITY, New York: New York's mayor has announced that the city will "fully reopen" on July 1, after more than one year of the Covid lockdown.
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