newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Giants’ NFL Draft decision only gets harder if they pass on Isaiah Simmons

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The first question. Tackle or not?
The second question: If it is a tackle, which one?
Unless the Giants pull another first-round stunner in the NFL Draft 2020 — was it really only a year ago they snagged Daniel Jones at No. 6? — it stands to reason they will be unable to trade down, will sit tight at No. 4 and take an offensive tackle or multifaceted linebacker Isaiah Simmons. On the outside, there are those firmly entrenched in the Simmons camp and a horde of others demanding immediate help for the offensive line.
Either course of action makes sense but for now, it seems as if general manager Dave Gettleman is adamant about providing protection and insurance for Saquon Barkley and Jones. It was Gettleman who made the investment in these two offensive components and not fully supplying them with help makes little sense.
If it is offensive tackle, the Giants should have their pick of their top-rated player in a year where there is no consensus No. 1, with an array of opinions that range from 1, 2, 3, 4 to 4, 3, 2, 1 and everywhere in between.
Some like Tristan Wirfs (Iowa) best. Others are taken with Jedrick Wills (Alabama). There is support for massive Mekhi Becton (Louisville). There is a bit of a split on Andrew Thomas (Georgia). Shaun O’Hara, the former Giants center, believes Thomas and Wills are the top two tackles and the Giants should take Wills. So does David Diehl, the starting left tackle on the past two Giants’ Super Bowl teams. Daniel Jeremiah, the NFL Network draft analyst, views Thomas clearly as fourth in line.
“I have three guys up there,’’ Jeremiah said, “and then I have a little bit of a gap.’’
There is no gap, some say.
“I prefer Wirfs, but if Thomas was taken [by the Giants] it wouldn’t bother me,’’ Dan Shonka, general manager and national scout for Ourlads Scouting Services, told The Post. “He’s one of the two best tackles in this draft. I talk to a lot of offensive line coaches out there and a lot of those guys like Thomas.’’
There are similarities and differences and widespread disagreement. Generally, most agree Wirfs is the most athletic, Thomas the most ready to step in and play left tackle right away in the NFL, Wills the most ready to start at right tackle and that the monstrously sized Becton has the greatest upside but also represents the greatest risk.
Even here, there is divergence.
“Becton is my top player,’’ Jeremiah said. “God didn’t make many like this. I mean, he is the definition of a freak.’’
The Giants might not want to gamble in any way with this pick and that could steer them away from Becton, who has technique flaws. Plus, Becton reportedly had his drug test flagged at the NFL Scouting Combine.
The case for Wills: He is already an accomplished pass protector, he has excellent, violent hands and keeps his feet balanced. Giants coach Joe Judge, a former Alabama assistant, will know everything he needs to know about Wills. He is probably less-suited to make the move to left tackle than Thomas. If for some reason Wills is not great at right tackle, scouts believe he could move inside to guard and be a Pro Bowler.
The case for Thomas: He looks the part, with long arms and he is technically very sound. He allowed only one sack in 2019 and on film his dominance in the run game shows up. His lower body is not huge and needs to add strength, though.
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The case for Wirfs: He was a state-champion wrestler and that athleticism shows up. He wowed everyone at the combine, moving wonderfully with his thick, powerful legs. There are those who see his future at guard and he might be a great one, so there is no real risk that he will be a bust.
The case for Becton: Take a look at him. At 6-foot-7 and 364 pounds, it takes the entire play clock to get around him. If he improves his hand movements and harnesses his physical gifts he will be something special. Some scouts worry if he is this big this young, how durable will he be?
Shonka believes the Giants will take either Wirfs or Thomas and he is the bigger believer in Wirfs, but not by much.
“He’s clearly the number one offensive tackle,’’ Shonka said. “He’s got violence in his game. He threw wrestlers around like they were rag dolls. He’s not Lawrence Taylor tough, but he’s a tough guy.’’
Four tackles, one choice.


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Connecticut cops deploy ‘pandemic drone’ to combat coronavirus

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A Connecticut police department is using a drone equipped with virus-detecting technology to help battle the coronavirus .
The Westport Police Department on Tuesday tested the “ pandemic drone , ” which can measure body temperatures , read heart rates , and detect for coughing and sneezing from 190 feet away , according to the drone company Dragonfly .
The department also plans to use drone technology to enforce social distancing at beaches , train stations , parks and other areas where people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enhances the safety of our officers and the public , but the concept of using drones remains a go-to technology for reaching the most remote areas with little to no manpower needed , ” said Westport Chief of Police , Foti Koskinas .
Westport Police Department has been using drones since 2016 .
The department ’ s drone-pilot , Captain Ryan Paulsson , said , “ we are modeling the future of drone integration in public safety by utilizing Draganfly ’ s technology as first responders.
” As of Tuesday , Fairfield County @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 306 coronavirus cases and 34 deaths from the disease .

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A Connecticut police department is using a drone equipped with virus-detecting technology to help battle the coronavirus.
The Westport Police Department on Tuesday tested the “pandemic drone,” which can measure body temperatures, read heart rates, and detect for coughing and sneezing from 190 feet away, according to the drone company Dragonfly.
The department also plans to use drone technology to enforce social distancing at beaches, train stations, parks and other areas where people congregate.
“This technology not only enhances the safety of our officers and the public, but the concept of using drones remains a go-to technology for reaching the most remote areas with little to no manpower needed,” said Westport Chief of Police, Foti Koskinas.
Westport Police Department has been using drones since 2016.
The department’s drone-pilot, Captain Ryan Paulsson, said, “we are modeling the future of drone integration in public safety by utilizing Draganfly’s technology as first responders.”
As of Tuesday, Fairfield County, where Westport lies, has seen 306 coronavirus cases and 34 deaths from the disease.


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Disney announces season three of ‘The Mandalorian’ is currently in the works

The Force is still with Baby Yoda .
Though its season 2 premiere date isn ’ t until October , Disney has officially announced that season 3 of the hit series The Mandalorian is currently in production .
Sources close to the project have confirmed to Variety that creator Jon Favreau has been “ working on season 3 for a while , ” the art department has already been producing concepts for the show with Doug Chiang , Lucasfilms ’ Vice President and executive creative director .
Another source confirmed that the production design department began working on Season 3 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ a huge lead time ” on the project .
This news comes just after the second season wrapped its own production last month .
While not much is known about the upcoming season , it does seem that Rosario Dawson , former star of Netflix ’ s “ Daredevil , ” will be playing Ashoka Tano — Anakin Skywalker ’ s failed apprentice and hero from “ The Clone Wars.
” Dawson , however , hasn ’ t given anything away .
“ That ’ s not confirmed yet but when that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” she said .
“ I ’ m very excited for that to be confirmed at some point.
” The Mandalorian isn ’ t the only project that Disney is planning to film in a galaxy far , far , away .
The other projects include an untitled Obi-wan Kenobi show with Ewan McGregor reprising his role as the famed Jedi master and the Cassian Andor show starring Diego Luna , as well as Stellan Skarsgard and Kyle Soller .

The Force is still with Baby Yoda.
Though its season 2 premiere date isn’t until October, Disney has officially announced that season 3 of the hit series The Mandalorian is currently in production.
Sources close to the project have confirmed to Variety that creator Jon Favreau has been “working on season 3 for a while,” the art department has already been producing concepts for the show with Doug Chiang, Lucasfilms’ Vice President and executive creative director.
Another source confirmed that the production design department began working on Season 3 on Monday, saying that they need “a huge lead time” on the project.
This news comes just after the second season wrapped its own production last month.
While not much is known about the upcoming season, it does seem that Rosario Dawson, former star of Netflix’s “Daredevil,” will be playing Ashoka Tano — Anakin Skywalker’s failed apprentice and hero from “The Clone Wars.” Dawson, however, hasn’t given anything away.
“That’s not confirmed yet but when that happens, I will be very happy,” she said. “I’m very excited for that to be confirmed at some point.”
The Mandalorian isn’t the only project that Disney is planning to film in a galaxy far, far, away. The other projects include an untitled Obi-wan Kenobi show with Ewan McGregor reprising his role as the famed Jedi master and the Cassian Andor show starring Diego Luna, as well as Stellan Skarsgard and Kyle Soller.


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Thief swipes puppy from home of nurse treating coronavirus patients

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A heartless thief @ @ @ @ @ home of a nurse who has been treating coronavirus patients at a California hospital , @ @ @ @ @ dognapper , wearing a mask and hood , can be seen on surveillance video grabbing @ @ @ @ @ and peddling away on a bicycle , according to police in Concord , California .
@ @ @ @ @ start over as a family .
I had just moved and it was my kids @ @ @ @ @ started a new chapter , and Max was an early birthday present for my son.
@ @ @ @ @ children were devastated by the loss .
“ I ’ m still holding on to @ @ @ @ @ .
“ My family , coworkers and friends are super supportive and have help raised @ @ @ @ @ released images of the pooch robber , who was on the loose Tuesday night .

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A heartless thief stole a puppy from the home of a nurse who has been treating coronavirus patients at a California hospital, police said Tuesday.
The dognapper, wearing a mask and hood, can be seen on surveillance video grabbing the 11-week-old pup named Max and peddling away on a bicycle, according to police in Concord, California.
“I was heartbroken,” the nurse, Shaila Sheikh, told CNN.
“Max was helping us start over as a family. I had just moved and it was my kids and me. We had started a new chapter, and Max was an early birthday present for my son.”
Sheikh added that her children were devastated by the loss.
“I’m still holding on to hope,” she said. “My family, coworkers and friends are super supportive and have help raised reward money.”
Concord police released images of the pooch robber, who was on the loose Tuesday night.


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Yankees and Mets to pay full-time employees through May

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With MLB commissioner @ @ @ @ @ to individual clubs to lay off or cut the pay of major and minor league @ @ @ @ @ beginning May 1 , the Yankees are among a list of teams that will continue @ @ @ @ @ May .
The Associated Press was the first to add the Yankees to the list @ @ @ @ @ to pay their employees as well .
Manfred suspended uniform employee contracts with the season @ @ @ @ @ .
No games mean no incoming revenue .
However , the commissioner left it up @ @ @ @ @ what it was going to do .
In an AP story Monday , it was @ @ @ @ @ , Braves , Red Sox , White Sox , Reds , Twins , Phillies , @ @ @ @ @ Jays will pay full-time employees through May .
The Tigers don ’ t plan any @ @ @ @

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With MLB commissioner Rob Manfred leaving it up to individual clubs to lay off or cut the pay of major and minor league coaches, trainers and scouts beginning May 1, the Yankees are among a list of teams that will continue to pay full-time employees through May.
The Associated Press was the first to add the Yankees to the list. The Mets are expected to pay their employees as well.
Manfred suspended uniform employee contracts with the season on hold because of COVID-19. No games mean no incoming revenue.
However, the commissioner left it up to each club as to what it was going to do.
In an AP story Monday, it was reported the Yankees, Diamondbacks, Braves, Red Sox, White Sox, Reds, Twins, Phillies, Padres, Giants and Blue Jays will pay full-time employees through May. The Tigers don’t plan any layoffs or furloughs.


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--History shows why Jets need to hit with No. 11 pick in NFL Draft

They might not all be familiar names , but the players selected with the 11th-overall pick in recent years have been productive players who have offered quality service to their teams , a trend the Jets must continue with their choice Thursday night in the 2020 NFL Draft .
Given the talent pool available and the recent history of players taken in the 11th slot , it will be tough for Jets general manager Joe Douglas to miss with the pick and embarrassing if he does .
For nearly a decade — year after year — the 11th pick has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a career worthy of his selection .
It includes one of the league ’ s most dominant players ever in Texans defensive end J.J. Watt , taken in 2011 , and continued to at least 2018 with Steelers Pro Bowl safety Minkah Fitzpatrick , originally drafted by the Dolphins .
Put an incomplete on 2019 choice Jonah Williams , taken 11th by the Bengals .
The All-America offensive tackle from Alabama missed the entire 2019 with shoulder surgery , but is expected to be healthy and ready for 2020 .
History says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to get it right .
Douglas might be tempted to move out of the 11th spot , especially if there is an early move on wide receivers and a couple of offensive tackles start to slide .
If he stays at 11 , history suggests he will get the kind of player the Jets desperately need .
Here ’ s how those taken in the 11th spot of the NFL draft since 2011 have performed : • Watt ( 2011 ) is a five-time Pro Bowler and three-time Defensive Player of the Year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dontari Poe ( 2012 ) has started 118 of 121 games for the Chiefs and Panthers .
• OT D.J .
Fluker ( 2013 ) has started 88 of 92 games for the Chargers , Giants and Seahawks .
• OT Taylor Lewan ( 2014 ) is a three-time Pro Bowler , who has started 80 of 85 games for the Titans .
• CB Trae Waynes ( 2015 ) has started every game he has played for the past three years .
• CB Vernon Hargreaves ( 2016 ) has been slowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 41 games played .
• CB Marshon Lattimore ( 2017 ) is a two-time Pro Bowl player , having started all 43 games played for the Saints .
• Fitzpatrick ( 2018 ) , drafted by Miami , is now with Pittsburgh , where he started 14 games last year .
• Williams ( 2019 ) will prove his worth this season .
Submit your Jets questions here to be answered in an upcoming Post mailbag The Jets are on the clock now and the 11th pick must be used to help quarterback @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Jets will need to decide if they want to make a long-term commitment to him or let his current deal continue .
To get a better read on Darnold , the Jets need to improve their offensive line , which is why targeting one of the top offensive tackles in the draft makes the most sense .
Georgia offensive tackle Andrew Thomas could be there , or Tristan Wirfs of Iowa or Mekhi Becton of Louisville .
Whoever the choice , the Jets need him to be the kind of offensive tackle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jets : durable , dependable and a team leader starting 160 of 160 games over 10 seasons .
Part of the reason the Jets are in the position they are now is because they have not landed franchise players in the first round .
Safety Jamal Adams , taken with the sixth-overall choice in 2017 , and Darnold , third-overall in 2018 , might be that .
Who knows about DT Quinnen Williams , who limped through a nondescript rookie year after being the third-overall choice in 2019 .
What hurts the Jets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first-round choice in 2013 , and Calvin Pryor , another first-round choice in 2014 , are out of the league , and two other first-rounders , DT Leonard Williams and LB Darron Lee , are no longer on the team .
Sure , it ’ s important to find gold in the middle rounds , but it ’ s in the first round where the future franchise players and Pro Bowl talents are supposed to come from .
The Jets need to have the 11th pick work out for them like it has @ @ @ @ @ @

They might not all be familiar names, but the players selected with the 11th-overall pick in recent years have been productive players who have offered quality service to their teams, a trend the Jets must continue with their choice Thursday night in the 2020 NFL Draft.
Given the talent pool available and the recent history of players taken in the 11th slot, it will be tough for Jets general manager Joe Douglas to miss with the pick and embarrassing if he does.
For nearly a decade — year after year — the 11th pick has produced a player still in the midst of a career worthy of his selection. It includes one of the league’s most dominant players ever in Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, taken in 2011, and continued to at least 2018 with Steelers Pro Bowl safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, originally drafted by the Dolphins. Put an incomplete on 2019 choice Jonah Williams, taken 11th by the Bengals. The All-America offensive tackle from Alabama missed the entire 2019 with shoulder surgery, but is expected to be healthy and ready for 2020.
History says Douglas gets it right. He has to get it right. Douglas might be tempted to move out of the 11th spot, especially if there is an early move on wide receivers and a couple of offensive tackles start to slide. If he stays at 11, history suggests he will get the kind of player the Jets desperately need.
Here’s how those taken in the 11th spot of the NFL draft since 2011 have performed:
Watt (2011) is a five-time Pro Bowler and three-time Defensive Player of the Year with 96 career sacks.
DT Dontari Poe (2012) has started 118 of 121 games for the Chiefs and Panthers.
OT D.J. Fluker (2013) has started 88 of 92 games for the Chargers, Giants and Seahawks.
OT Taylor Lewan (2014) is a three-time Pro Bowler, who has started 80 of 85 games for the Titans.
CB Trae Waynes (2015) has started every game he has played for the past three years.
CB Vernon Hargreaves (2016) has been slowed by injuries but has started 35 of 41 games played.
CB Marshon Lattimore (2017) is a two-time Pro Bowl player, having started all 43 games played for the Saints.
Fitzpatrick (2018), drafted by Miami, is now with Pittsburgh, where he started 14 games last year.
Williams (2019) will prove his worth this season.
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The Jets are on the clock now and the 11th pick must be used to help quarterback Sam Darnold. At some point, the Jets will need to decide if they want to make a long-term commitment to him or let his current deal continue. To get a better read on Darnold, the Jets need to improve their offensive line, which is why targeting one of the top offensive tackles in the draft makes the most sense.
Georgia offensive tackle Andrew Thomas could be there, or Tristan Wirfs of Iowa or Mekhi Becton of Louisville. Whoever the choice, the Jets need him to be the kind of offensive tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson became for the Jets: durable, dependable and a team leader starting 160 of 160 games over 10 seasons.
Part of the reason the Jets are in the position they are now is because they have not landed franchise players in the first round. Safety Jamal Adams, taken with the sixth-overall choice in 2017, and Darnold, third-overall in 2018, might be that. Who knows about DT Quinnen Williams, who limped through a nondescript rookie year after being the third-overall choice in 2019. What hurts the Jets now is Dee Millner, their first first-round choice in 2013, and Calvin Pryor, another first-round choice in 2014, are out of the league, and two other first-rounders, DT Leonard Williams and LB Darron Lee, are no longer on the team.
Sure, it’s important to find gold in the middle rounds, but it’s in the first round where the future franchise players and Pro Bowl talents are supposed to come from. The Jets need to have the 11th pick work out for them like it has worked out for everyone else.


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--California county may have found earliest US deaths from coronavirus

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California officials have discovered what are possibly the earliest known coronavirus deaths in the United States .
Santa Clara County announced Tuesday that three people who died at home during February and March tested positive for COVID-19 during their autopsies .
The deaths took place on Feb. 6 , Feb. 17 and March 6 .
It was previously believed that the first US victim of the virus was a man in Washington state who died on Feb. 29 .
Officials said they sent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CDC for testing and that results came back Tuesday .
“ These three individuals died at home during a time when very limited testing was available only through the CDC , ” the county said in a statement .
“ Testing criteria set by the CDC at the time-restricted testing to only individuals with a known travel history and who sought medical care for specific symptoms.
” Santa Clara officials believe that limited testing has led to an undercount of cases and deaths , a similar phenomenon that has played out in other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ City .
“ As the Medical Examiner-Coroner continues to carefully investigate deaths throughout the county , we anticipate additional deaths from COVID-19 will be identified , ” the statement said .

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California officials have discovered what are possibly the earliest known coronavirus deaths in the United States.
Santa Clara County announced Tuesday that three people who died at home during February and March tested positive for COVID-19 during their autopsies. The deaths took place on Feb. 6, Feb. 17 and March 6.
It was previously believed that the first US victim of the virus was a man in Washington state who died on Feb. 29.
Officials said they sent samples from the February deaths to the CDC for testing and that results came back Tuesday.
“These three individuals died at home during a time when very limited testing was available only through the CDC,” the county said in a statement.
“Testing criteria set by the CDC at the time restricted testing to only individuals with a known travel history and who sought medical care for specific symptoms.”
Santa Clara officials believe that limited testing has led to an undercount of cases and deaths, a phenomenon that has played out in other municipalities and countries, including New York City.
“As the Medical Examiner-Coroner continues to carefully investigate deaths throughout the county, we anticipate additional deaths from COVID-19 will be identified,” the statement said.


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Derek Jeter Hall of Fame induction decision coming soon

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Derek Jeter may have to remain on deck for another year for his Hall of Fame induction. That’s the word from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
A final decision will be reached soon, perhaps as early as May 1. The Hall has to decide whether to go on with the induction the weekend of July 26, push it back later into the summer/fall or not have an induction at all in 2020 and move the entire ceremony to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
No final decision has been made.
“The health and public safety aspect of it is paramount,’’ Hall vice president of communications and education Jon Shestakofsky told The Post Tuesday. “But we also consider the experience that we are providing for both the visitors and for members of our Hall of Fame family that would be traveling.
“Pretty much everything remains on the table, other than a virtual event.”
The Hall of Fame wants fans at the event, which is why this would not be a virtual event, especially with so many Jeter fans wanting to see him inducted.
“Our board has been having conversations for over a month about the status of induction weekend,’’ Shestakofsky said. “We are expecting to make an announcement in early May to indicate the direction that we are going. Again, health and safety is our No. 1 objective.’’
Along with the former Yankee captain, the class of 2020 includes Larry Walker, Marvin Miller and Ted Simmons.
If this year is a complete washout, Double the Fun in ’21 could be the new slogan, in which the class of 2020 would be combined with the 2021 class. The leading candidate for the class of 2021 is Curt Schilling, who garnered 70 percent of the 75 percent of the votes needed from the Baseball Writers Association of America. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens continue to lurk on the ballot as well. There also is the possibility the Golden Days Era Committee could select Gil Hodges when that committee meets in December.


newyorkpost--2020-04-21--DNA shows Florida parents abandoned 3 babies at the same apartment complex

A Florida couple ditched their three newborn children at the same Florida apartment complex over several years , new DNA testing has shown .
Back in July , a one-year-old was found wrapped in a T-shirt on the doorstep of a home at the Willow Key Apartments in Orlando — and it wasn ’ t the first time .
Two other babies were abandoned at the complex in 2016 and 2017 .
DNA testing showed that the three rugrats have the same father and mother , the Orlando Sentinel reported last week .
The Orlando Police Department is now trying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forensic genetic genealogy firm called United Data Connect .
Under Florida ’ s Safe Haven Law , a guardian can leave a newborn under seven days old at a hospital or fire station without facing criminal charges .
If the parents are found , cops would first “ ensure the safety and well being of the mother and of any other children , ” OPD spokeswoman Heidi Rodriguez said .
Any help , such as social services , “ will be determined once we make contact with the family and determine their needs @ @ @ @ @

A Florida couple ditched their three newborn children at the same Florida apartment complex over several years, new DNA testing has shown.
Back in July, a one-year-old was found wrapped in a T-shirt on the doorstep of a home at the Willow Key Apartments in Orlando — and it wasn’t the first time.
Two other babies were abandoned at the complex in 2016 and 2017.
DNA testing showed that the three rugrats have the same father and mother, the Orlando Sentinel reported last week.
The Orlando Police Department is now trying to identify the parents, hiring a forensic genetic genealogy firm called United Data Connect.
Under Florida’s Safe Haven Law, a guardian can leave a newborn under seven days old at a hospital or fire station without facing criminal charges.
If the parents are found, cops would first “ensure the safety and well being of the mother and of any other children,” OPD spokeswoman Heidi Rodriguez said.
Any help, such as social services, “will be determined once we make contact with the family and determine their needs,” she said.


newyorkpost--2020-04-21--Virginia teen gets stuck inside washing machine while playing hide-and-seek

A game of hide-and-seek for a Virginia family took an awkward turn when an 18-year-old girl had to be rescued by the fire department after getting stuck inside a washing machine .
Amari Dancy chose the unconventional hiding spot while playing with her younger relatives last Sunday in their Woodbridge , Virginia home , according to NBC News .
“ We already had hid underneath the bed , in the closet , and we couldn ’ t go down into the basement , ” Dancy told the outlet .
“ So , I was like ‘ Oh , OK , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ washer machine.
” Dancy ’ s younger cousin found her and notified the adults in the house , who called 911 , the report said .
“ I was really worried to see if they were going to get me out or not , ” Dancy said .
Members of the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue were able to remove the top of the appliance and safely extricate Dancy .
“ Once they figured out what to do … I just felt relieved .
I just wanted to be out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I mean it ’ s pretty embarrassing , but all I can do is laugh it off .
”

A game of hide-and-seek for a Virginia family took an awkward turn when an 18-year-old girl had to be rescued by the fire department after getting stuck inside a washing machine.
Amari Dancy chose the unconventional hiding spot while playing with her younger relatives last Sunday in their Woodbridge, Virginia home, according to NBC News.
“We already had hid underneath the bed, in the closet, and we couldn’t go down into the basement,” Dancy told the outlet.
“So, I was like ‘Oh, OK, let’s just hide in the washer machine.”
Dancy’s younger cousin found her and notified the adults in the house, who called 911, the report said.
“I was really worried to see if they were going to get me out or not,” Dancy said.
Members of the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue were able to remove the top of the appliance and safely extricate Dancy.
“Once they figured out what to do … I just felt relieved. I just wanted to be out of there,” the teen said.
“I mean it’s pretty embarrassing, but all I can do is laugh it off.”


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Sofia Coppola says Francis Ford told her to read poetry to understand film

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens @ @ @ @ @ to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) Director Sofia Coppola has revealed @ @ @ @ @ father Francis Ford Coppola gave her as a teen that you wouldn ’ t usually @ @ @ @ @ Study poetry .
The Oscar winner told moderator Annette Insdorf during an online 92nd Street @ @ @ @ @ director dad gave her an encyclopedia of “ poetics ” ( that ’ s literary @ @ @ @ @ us ) , and she said that he “ always talked about film being poetry.
@ @ @ @ @ viewers .
Sofia ’ s next film , “ On the Rocks , ” stars @ @ @ @ @ and is distributed by A24 and produced by Apple .

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Director Sofia Coppola has revealed some coveted advice her filmmaker father Francis Ford Coppola gave her as a teen that you wouldn’t usually hear from your parents: Study poetry.
The Oscar winner told moderator Annette Insdorf during an online 92nd Street Y talk that her iconic director dad gave her an encyclopedia of “poetics” (that’s literary criticism for the rest of us), and she said that he “always talked about film being poetry.”
The discussion drew 1,000 viewers. Sofia’s next film, “On the Rocks,” stars Bill Murray and Rashida Jones and is distributed by A24 and produced by Apple.


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--‘The Boys’ on Amazon totally crushed this superhero sex scene

You might want to sit down for this one .
“ The Boys ” on Amazon ’ s Prime Video @ @ @ @ @ having sex with a superhero .
When a superpowered woman named Popclaw ( Brittany Allen @ @ @ @ @ , she decides to seduce her landlord , Alesky ( Christian Bako ) .
The @ @ @ @ @ ’ t know her own strength .
Watch a play-by-play of the kinky scene , @ @ @ @ @ with superhero-robber roleplay , in this episode of “ Steamy and Streamy.
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You might want to sit down for this one. “The Boys” on Amazon’s Prime Video showed viewers the dangers of having sex with a superhero. When a superpowered woman named Popclaw (Brittany Allen) is late on rent, she decides to seduce her landlord, Alesky (Christian Bako). The only problem: She doesn’t know her own strength. Watch a play-by-play of the kinky scene, which starts out innocently enough with superhero-robber roleplay, in this episode of “Steamy and Streamy.”
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newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Cops deliver birthday cake to quarantined Bronx boy

🎂 When we heard this young 9yr old child was a bit discouraged he couldn ’ t celebrate his birthday outside , we wanted to make sure his day was a memorable one by stopping by with birthday cake‼ Happy Birthday from all of us at the 49th Precinct !
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🎈🎁🎉❤💙🎂 # NYPDConnecting pic.twitter.com/wSu1Wxp7xO These cops are on the sweets beat .
Police delivered a cake and sung “ Happy Birthday ” to cheer up Alexander , a 9-year-old Bronx boy who was sad he had to spend his birthday inside under the coronavirus lockdown .
Four officers from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the heartwarming scene as they sang to the boy from a safe social distance .
“ When we heard this young 9yr old child was a bit discouraged he couldn ’ t celebrate his birthday outside , we wanted to make sure his day was a memorable one by stopping by with birthday cake , the precinct said on Twitter .
The Police Department , along with the MTA , has been among the hardest-hit New York agencies during the coronavirus crisis .
As of Monday , 4,435 members of the NYPD @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the outbreak began with at least 31 members of the force dying from the disease .
The video “ brings me so much joy , ” tweeted Bronx State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi .
“ Thank you @ NYPD49Pct for going above and beyond to support our community through this difficult time .
”

🎂 When we heard this young 9yr old child was a bit discouraged he couldn’t celebrate his birthday outside, we wanted to make sure his day was a memorable one by stopping by with birthday cake‼ Happy Birthday from all of us at the 49th Precinct!! 🎈🎁🎉❤💙🎂 #NYPDConnecting pic.twitter.com/wSu1Wxp7xO
These cops are on the sweets beat.
Police delivered a cake and sung “Happy Birthday” to cheer up Alexander, a 9-year-old Bronx boy who was sad he had to spend his birthday inside under the coronavirus lockdown.
Four officers from the 49th Precinct posted the video Tuesday of the heartwarming scene as they sang to the boy from a safe social distance.
“When we heard this young 9yr old child was a bit discouraged he couldn’t celebrate his birthday outside, we wanted to make sure his day was a memorable one by stopping by with birthday cake, the precinct said on Twitter.
The Police Department, along with the MTA, has been among the hardest-hit New York agencies during the coronavirus crisis. As of Monday, 4,435 members of the NYPD have tested positive for the virus since the outbreak began with at least 31 members of the force dying from the disease.
The video “brings me so much joy,” tweeted Bronx State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi. “Thank you @NYPD49Pct for going above and beyond to support our community through this difficult time.”


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Maitland Ward sued for $270K by porn peers

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) Maitland Ward ’ s transition to the porn industry isn ’ t going as swimmingly as she ’ d like you to think .
The actress , who made the jump last year — shocking and/or titillating fans of “ Boy Meets World , ” the iconic sitcom on which she originally broke through — is being sued by some former co-workers to the tune @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court filing , in which an actress and videographer/editor photographer claim they started working with Ward in July 2017 .
Ward and the unnamed actress hit it off so well that they allegedly started hooking up off the clock .
Unfortunately , as nothing gold can stay , the partnership fell apart , and the pair claim Ward made off with cash from a deal the group struck in happier times , which she held onto wth “ bad checks and broken promises , ” as TMZ puts it .
They ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and damages .
Ward called the suit “ slander ” and “ immoral , ” in a statement to TMZ , adding , “ There are zero contracts and agreements that have any info pertaining to this completely made-up story.
” Well , you know what they say : All ’ s fair in love and porn .

Maitland Ward’s transition to the porn industry isn’t going as swimmingly as she’d like you to think.
The actress, who made the jump last year — shocking and/or titillating fans of “Boy Meets World,” the iconic sitcom on which she originally broke through — is being sued by some former co-workers to the tune of $270,000.
TMZ obtained the court filing, in which an actress and videographer/editor photographer claim they started working with Ward in July 2017. Ward and the unnamed actress hit it off so well that they allegedly started hooking up off the clock.
Unfortunately, as nothing gold can stay, the partnership fell apart, and the pair claim Ward made off with cash from a deal the group struck in happier times, which she held onto wth “bad checks and broken promises,” as TMZ puts it. They’re seeking their share of the alleged deal and damages.
Ward called the suit “slander” and “immoral,” in a statement to TMZ, adding, “There are zero contracts and agreements that have any info pertaining to this completely made-up story.”
Well, you know what they say: All’s fair in love and porn.


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Coronavirus allows anchors to let viewers into their homes — literally

Broadcast news anchors weathering the coronavirus storm from the confines of their apartments or houses have no choice but to offer peeks into their personal spaces during their broadcasts .
Read on for what five New York-area anchors have to say about lifting the curtain to their living rooms , and beyond .
For the past several weeks , Snapchat users have noticed Savannah Sellers — the host of NBC ’ s “ Stay Tuned , ” the daily news show that appears on that mobile platform — seated in a temporary , yet cozy , studio .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Village that she shares with her boyfriend , investment analyst Alex Yaraghi .
As seen in her broadcasts , her perch features a stacked bookcase and an exposed brick wall leading to an open kitchen where she keeps fresh flowers on the counter .
“ I ’ m lucky that the grocery store I go to carries them and continues to have them , ” the 28-year-old Sellers , who ’ s also a correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC , says of the blooms , which include white roses .
“ [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Most of all , even in the small frame , Sellers ’ viewers are getting a peek into her life .
“ It ’ s nice to show me as a whole person and a personality that can ’ t come out in a studio just reading the news , ” she says .
On the bookshelf , for instance , her viewers can see a ceramic dog — which isn ’ t just a small keepsake .
Sellers ’ grandmother , who recently died after battling Alzheimer ’ s , painted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hand-poured candles from Rome , where she studied abroad and says “ is my favorite city other than New York.
” “ It felt nice to have a little piece of Italy , where I was supposed to be going in a couple weeks , ” she adds .
“ They remind me of what Italy ’ s going through , ” in terms of that nation ’ s own battle with the coronavirus , and “ what we ’ re all going through.
” As for the books , Sellers is happy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work , like Katy Tur ’ s “ Unbelievable : My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History ” and Steve Kornacki ’ s “ The Red and the Blue : The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism.
” The social-media response from her followers has been positive .
A March Instagram upload showing off this corner of her apartment — with comments including “ Obsessed with your space !
” and “ Love how the books are color-coordinated !
” — helped connect her with her audience .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 , are also at home .
“ It makes you feel like we ’ re all dealing with this together , ” she says .
“ I think it ’ s nice we ’ re in solidarity.
” Though she sits in front of a screen for her weekday broadcasts , Dana Perino — the anchor of Fox News Channel ’ s “ The Daily Briefing ” and co-host of “ The Five ” — is surrounded by familiar comforts .
Working from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , NJ , the biggest one is her dog Jasper , an 8-year-old Hungarian Vizsla , who ’ s known to make the occasional broadcast appearance .
“ He ’ ll look right in the camera , ” she says .
But recently , while Perino hosted “ Storytime with Dana ” — an online weekday program in which she reads books for children and their families — Jasper came close to causing a scene .
“ I didn ’ t have him on set with me , ” says the 47-year-old former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was “ sniffing under the bed and getting close to some wires , ” she adds of Jasper ’ s precarious trek .
Luckily , nothing came crashing down .
Generally , while Perino broadcasts from the guest bedroom , her husband Peter McMahon will keep the pooch downstairs , or her assistant will keep him in another room .
“ He ’ s really quiet , ” says Perino , and that ’ s in large part thanks to McMahon taking Jasper for long walks to give him exercise .
Elsewhere in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blue and coral tones , as well as white linens on the beds — Perino will prepare for her segments while standing at her kitchen island .
The home also features a porch where Jasper likes to sit and a game table in her living room where Perino solves puzzles with her husband while listening to music playing on vintage stereo equipment .
“ It ’ s a comfortable place to be , ” she says , but she admits she ’ ll welcome reality when she returns to the studio .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re back for sure.
” On his second day of working from home — feeling weighed down by the “ grim ” tone of coronavirus-related coverage — CNBC stocks correspondent Bob Pisani had a simple thought for improving the general mood .
“ I decided to use my posters as a backdrop to provide a little color and lightness to balance the steady stream of bad news , ” says the 64-year-old .
By posters , he means an array of vibrant , and original , rock concert posters that he ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ His rotating display includes everything from Jimi Hendrix to Soundgarden , and from the Grateful Dead to Duran Duran , that appear behind him when he shoots from his home ’ s second-floor study — 90 miles from where he shoots at the New York Stock Exchange .
“ The Twitter traffic just exploded — I was very surprised at how interested people were , ” says Pisani of the feedback he quickly received from viewers .
“ I think people are interested in a bit of a distraction from all the news @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ newscasters ] and how it may reveal a little bit of their personality.
” “ A little bit ” being the operative phrase , as Pisani declines to say where he lives .
“ Like most financial reporters , I ’ m fairly private and usually stick to reporting the news , ” he says .
Other than journalism , music is Pisani ’ s other great love — having seen Bob Dylan , the Grateful Dead and the Grand Funk Railroad .
“ It just always made me feel good , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s no surprise the passion also bleeds into acquiring posters — which he ’ ll do , in part , at conventions each fall in San Francisco .
His knowledge of their history is encyclopedic , especially of posters from the 1960s and the artistic styles behind them .
“ I think these artists are like the Toulouse-Lautrecs of their age , ” he says of the French artist whose posters famously captured the essence of 1890s Paris .
“ These artists were active in the 1960s and invented Psychedelia , which had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the 1960s.
” “ If I ’ m not afraid to show it to a visitor , then I ’ m generally not afraid to show it to our viewers , ” says CBS ’ Vladimir Duthiers of his Upper West Side two-bedroom .
But within his first few days of broadcasting from this perch , which the 50-year-old shares with his fiancee Marian Wang , a senior news producer at “ Last Week Tonight with John Oliver , ” Wang requested that a small photo of Michelangelo ’ s nude “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refrigerator door .
“ ‘ Maybe we don ’ t want that photo [ there ] , ’ ” Duthiers — a “ CBS This Morning ” and CBS News correspondent , and a CBSN anchor — recalls her saying , adding that a full-frontal nude shouldn ’ t appear on air .
“ ‘ It ’ s a morning show after all.
’ ” Still , Duthiers says he opts to broadcast his segments from various locations in the apartment as a way to connect with his audience .
“ I was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my life , ” he says .
“ I do have a sense of what it ’ s like to watch Anderson Cooper … and think ‘ maybe he likes the same books that I like , ’ or ‘ maybe he ’ s interested in the same hobbies I am.
’ You want to have a connection with the person you ’ re consuming media from.
” So , when shooting in his living room , he ’ ll sometimes sit with several electric guitars and a bookcase stacked with tomes behind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The apple-red Gretsch Electromatic , for instance , is the very first guitar he purchased about 16 years ago when he became serious about playing after initially starting at age 15 .
But his books hold a deeper love in his heart .
Among those kept in that shelving unit , which he says is a fraction of his collection , are “ D ’ Aulaires ’ Book of Greek Myths ” that he ’ s had since childhood .
“ Wherever I go , wherever I move , I always take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , adding that , while moving around a lot as a child , they were a constant — and , with regards to his collection of biographies ( like those on Eleanor Roosevelt and Muhammad Ali ) , his inspiration to become a journalist .
“ They ’ re really a big part of my life.
” Other shooting angles show pieces of art he bought in South Africa from artist Ezequiel Mabote — and , beyond reaching out to Duthiers to comment on his guitars and book collection — viewers have reached @ @ @ @ @ @ @ name .
“ He ’ s probably selling a lot of art right now , ” Duthiers quips .
The general dialogue with viewers keeps Duthiers going .
“ There ’ s a connection you make with somebody without having spoken to that person , ” he says .
“ It goes beyond the reporting you ’ re doing on air — it ’ s something visceral and human.
” NY1 ’ s Jamie Stelter holds the phone up to her nearly 3-year-old daughter Sunny and asks where the 38-year-old traffic reporter and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been working lately .
“ It ’ s Bubby ’ s room , ” says Sunny , of Stelter ’ s third bedroom where she and her husband , CNN anchor Brian Stelter , have her parents stay when they visit their Columbus Circle apartment .
Now , it ’ s a television studio .
For her broadcasts , Stelter sits in front of a screen inside that shows the New York City skyline — but viewers can still get the occasional peek of Stelter ’ s family life on their televisions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on air a couple Fridays in a row .
“ It ’ s not a secret that I have two tiny children who are at home with me , ” she says .
“ I love that they came on camera , I ’ m sure they ’ ll appear more when it ’ s appropriate .
There ’ s a line also … just in terms of work/life separation.
” Still , a silver lining is that working from home has led to more family time .
After her on-air hits , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make French toast for Sunny , to puree food for her infant son Story — and to change dirty diapers .
“ I ’ m doing all kinds of mom things that I would do on the weekends , and now it ’ s a seven-day-a-week thing , ” says Stelter .
“ We ’ re falling into … rhythms with it now.
” At first , she explained to the kids she ’ d have to stay in the spare bedroom to do work , but that she ’ d be back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during her broadcasts . )
Now , she says , “ There ’ s a little more understanding of this is what goes on.
” Even Brian , who sets up Stelter ’ s at-home anchor kit at 5 each morning , has had to adjust .
Stelter says he ’ d previously straggle into the room half-asleep — but it ’ s been easier for him lately to set up her lights and camera .
“ He ’ s not a morning person , and that ’ s okay , ” she @ @

It’s news to us!
Broadcast news anchors weathering the coronavirus storm from the confines of their apartments or houses have no choice but to offer peeks into their personal spaces during their broadcasts.
Read on for what five New York-area anchors have to say about lifting the curtain to their living rooms, and beyond.
Savannah Sellers, NBC
For the past several weeks, Snapchat users have noticed Savannah Sellers — the host of NBC’s “Stay Tuned,” the daily news show that appears on that mobile platform — seated in a temporary, yet cozy, studio. It’s the two-bedroom apartment in the East Village that she shares with her boyfriend, investment analyst Alex Yaraghi.
As seen in her broadcasts, her perch features a stacked bookcase and an exposed brick wall leading to an open kitchen where she keeps fresh flowers on the counter.
“I’m lucky that the grocery store I go to carries them and continues to have them,” the 28-year-old Sellers, who’s also a correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, says of the blooms, which include white roses. “[They] brighten it up a bit.”
Most of all, even in the small frame, Sellers’ viewers are getting a peek into her life.
“It’s nice to show me as a whole person and a personality that can’t come out in a studio just reading the news,” she says.
I’m lucky that the grocery store I go to carries [flowers] and continues to have them. … [They] brighten it up a bit. - Savannah Sellers
On the bookshelf, for instance, her viewers can see a ceramic dog — which isn’t just a small keepsake. Sellers’ grandmother, who recently died after battling Alzheimer’s, painted it for her. There are also hand-poured candles from Rome, where she studied abroad and says “is my favorite city other than New York.”
“It felt nice to have a little piece of Italy, where I was supposed to be going in a couple weeks,” she adds. “They remind me of what Italy’s going through,” in terms of that nation’s own battle with the coronavirus, and “what we’re all going through.”
As for the books, Sellers is happy to show titles by her friends at work, like Katy Tur’s “Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History” and Steve Kornacki’s “The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism.”
The social-media response from her followers has been positive. A March Instagram upload showing off this corner of her apartment — with comments including “Obsessed with your space!” and “Love how the books are color-coordinated!” — helped connect her with her audience. And that comes at a time when many, in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, are also at home.
“It makes you feel like we’re all dealing with this together,” she says. “I think it’s nice we’re in solidarity.”
Dana Perino, Fox News Channel
Though she sits in front of a screen for her weekday broadcasts, Dana Perino — the anchor of Fox News Channel’s “The Daily Briefing” and co-host of “The Five” — is surrounded by familiar comforts. Working from her five-bedroom beach home in Bay Head, NJ, the biggest one is her dog Jasper, an 8-year-old Hungarian Vizsla, who’s known to make the occasional broadcast appearance.
“He’ll look right in the camera,” she says.
It’s a comfortable place to be … [but] I will be glad once we’re back for sure. - Dana Perino
But recently, while Perino hosted “Storytime with Dana” — an online weekday program in which she reads books for children and their families — Jasper came close to causing a scene.
“I didn’t have him on set with me,” says the 47-year-old former White House press secretary, but he was “sniffing under the bed and getting close to some wires,” she adds of Jasper’s precarious trek. Luckily, nothing came crashing down.
Generally, while Perino broadcasts from the guest bedroom, her husband Peter McMahon will keep the pooch downstairs, or her assistant will keep him in another room.
“He’s really quiet,” says Perino, and that’s in large part thanks to McMahon taking Jasper for long walks to give him exercise.
Elsewhere in the home — which is adorned with blue and coral tones, as well as white linens on the beds — Perino will prepare for her segments while standing at her kitchen island. The home also features a porch where Jasper likes to sit and a game table in her living room where Perino solves puzzles with her husband while listening to music playing on vintage stereo equipment.
“It’s a comfortable place to be,” she says, but she admits she’ll welcome reality when she returns to the studio. “I will be glad once we’re back for sure.”
Bob Pisani, CNBC
On his second day of working from home — feeling weighed down by the “grim” tone of coronavirus-related coverage — CNBC stocks correspondent Bob Pisani had a simple thought for improving the general mood.
“I decided to use my posters as a backdrop to provide a little color and lightness to balance the steady stream of bad news,” says the 64-year-old.
By posters, he means an array of vibrant, and original, rock concert posters that he’s collected for more than 30 years. His rotating display includes everything from Jimi Hendrix to Soundgarden, and from the Grateful Dead to Duran Duran, that appear behind him when he shoots from his home’s second-floor study — 90 miles from where he shoots at the New York Stock Exchange.
“The Twitter traffic just exploded — I was very surprised at how interested people were,” says Pisani of the feedback he quickly received from viewers. “I think people are interested in a bit of a distraction from all the news and watching … what’s behind [newscasters] and how it may reveal a little bit of their personality.”
“A little bit” being the operative phrase, as Pisani declines to say where he lives. “Like most financial reporters, I’m fairly private and usually stick to reporting the news,” he says.
Other than journalism, music is Pisani’s other great love — having seen Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead and the Grand Funk Railroad. “It just always made me feel good,” he says, and it’s no surprise the passion also bleeds into acquiring posters — which he’ll do, in part, at conventions each fall in San Francisco. His knowledge of their history is encyclopedic, especially of posters from the 1960s and the artistic styles behind them.
“I think these artists are like the Toulouse-Lautrecs of their age,” he says of the French artist whose posters famously captured the essence of 1890s Paris. “These artists were active in the 1960s and invented Psychedelia, which had a profound impact on the visual style of the 1960s.”
Vladimir Duthiers, CBS
“If I’m not afraid to show it to a visitor, then I’m generally not afraid to show it to our viewers,” says CBS’ Vladimir Duthiers of his Upper West Side two-bedroom. But within his first few days of broadcasting from this perch, which the 50-year-old shares with his fiancee Marian Wang, a senior news producer at “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” Wang requested that a small photo of Michelangelo’s nude “David” sculpture be removed from their refrigerator door.
“‘Maybe we don’t want that photo [there],’ ” Duthiers — a “CBS This Morning” and CBS News correspondent, and a CBSN anchor — recalls her saying, adding that a full-frontal nude shouldn’t appear on air. “‘It’s a morning show after all.’ ”
Still, Duthiers says he opts to broadcast his segments from various locations in the apartment as a way to connect with his audience.
“I was a viewer and consumer of news all my life,” he says. “I do have a sense of what it’s like to watch Anderson Cooper … and think ‘maybe he likes the same books that I like,’ or ‘maybe he’s interested in the same hobbies I am.’ You want to have a connection with the person you’re consuming media from.”
You want to have a connection with the person you’re consuming media from. - Vladimir Duthiers
So, when shooting in his living room, he’ll sometimes sit with several electric guitars and a bookcase stacked with tomes behind him — all of which have meaning. The apple-red Gretsch Electromatic, for instance, is the very first guitar he purchased about 16 years ago when he became serious about playing after initially starting at age 15. But his books hold a deeper love in his heart. Among those kept in that shelving unit, which he says is a fraction of his collection, are “D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths” that he’s had since childhood.
“Wherever I go, wherever I move, I always take them with me,” he says, adding that, while moving around a lot as a child, they were a constant — and, with regards to his collection of biographies (like those on Eleanor Roosevelt and Muhammad Ali), his inspiration to become a journalist. “They’re really a big part of my life.”
Other shooting angles show pieces of art he bought in South Africa from artist Ezequiel Mabote — and, beyond reaching out to Duthiers to comment on his guitars and book collection — viewers have reached out to get the creator’s name.
“He’s probably selling a lot of art right now,” Duthiers quips.
The general dialogue with viewers keeps Duthiers going.
“There’s a connection you make with somebody without having spoken to that person,” he says. “It goes beyond the reporting you’re doing on air — it’s something visceral and human.”
Jamie Stelter, NY1
NY1’s Jamie Stelter holds the phone up to her nearly 3-year-old daughter Sunny and asks where the 38-year-old traffic reporter and “Mornings on 1” co-host has been working lately.
“It’s Bubby’s room,” says Sunny, of Stelter’s third bedroom where she and her husband, CNN anchor Brian Stelter, have her parents stay when they visit their Columbus Circle apartment.
Now, it’s a television studio. For her broadcasts, Stelter sits in front of a screen inside that shows the New York City skyline — but viewers can still get the occasional peek of Stelter’s family life on their televisions. She’s had the kids come on air a couple Fridays in a row.
“It’s not a secret that I have two tiny children who are at home with me,” she says. “I love that they came on camera, I’m sure they’ll appear more when it’s appropriate. There’s a line also … just in terms of work/life separation.”
I love that [my children] came on camera, I’m sure they’ll appear more when it’s appropriate. - Jamie Stelter
Still, a silver lining is that working from home has led to more family time. After her on-air hits, Stelter walks out of the room to make French toast for Sunny, to puree food for her infant son Story — and to change dirty diapers.
“I’m doing all kinds of mom things that I would do on the weekends, and now it’s a seven-day-a-week thing,” says Stelter. “We’re falling into … rhythms with it now.”
At first, she explained to the kids she’d have to stay in the spare bedroom to do work, but that she’d be back soon. (Brian stays with them during her broadcasts.)
Now, she says, “There’s a little more understanding of this is what goes on.”
Even Brian, who sets up Stelter’s at-home anchor kit at 5 each morning, has had to adjust. Stelter says he’d previously straggle into the room half-asleep — but it’s been easier for him lately to set up her lights and camera.
“He’s not a morning person, and that’s okay,” she says.


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Celebrity chef, real estate firm whip up nonprofit to feed coronavirus heroes

Renown chef Daniel Boulud is partnering with SL Green Realty to create a local nonprofit that will help combat hunger and feed frontline workers .
Food1st will launch Thursday , with 2,000 dinners delivered to frontline workers staying in midtown hotels .
The food is being prepared in Boulud ’ s Lower East Side test kitchen and funded with a $ 1 million donation from SL Green .
“ This is all not-for-profit .
We are buying the food and paying employees to prepare and deliver the meals , ” Boulud said , adding that the meals will work out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ materials , labor and delivery costs .
“ We are trying to solve multiple problems , from a food crisis to getting people back to work , ” said Marc Holiday , SL Green ’ s CEO .
The $ 1 million seed grant should fund the preparation and delivery of more than 150,000 meals , said Holiday , who hopes other SL Green restaurant tenants will also join in and help “ re-activate ” restaurant kitchens across the city .
Boulud is opening a restaurant at SL Green ’ s new skyscraper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Boulud says Food1st , which will deliver “ thousands of meals daily ” to first responders , medical personnel , the elderly and New Yorkers in need , will coordinate with other charities like City Harvest and City Meals on Wheels , where he is co-president of the board .
Privately , the chef behind Daniel and DBGB Kitchen & Bar , is contemplating how to reopen his restaurants in a safe and responsible way .
“ We ’ re going to have to reinvent our entire social relationship with our staff and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restaurant life after the quarantines are lifted .
He ’ s also predicting some changes .
“ Fine dining will bounce back but it may be a different experience with more value — not always caviar and champagne but always delicious food .
”

Renown chef Daniel Boulud is partnering with SL Green Realty to create a local nonprofit that will help combat hunger and feed frontline workers.
Food1st will launch Thursday, with 2,000 dinners delivered to frontline workers staying in midtown hotels. The food is being prepared in Boulud’s Lower East Side test kitchen and funded with a $1 million donation from SL Green.
“This is all not-for-profit. We are buying the food and paying employees to prepare and deliver the meals,” Boulud said, adding that the meals will work out to around $7 each including raw materials, labor and delivery costs.
“We are trying to solve multiple problems, from a food crisis to getting people back to work,” said Marc Holliday, SL Green’s CEO.
The $1 million seed grant should fund the preparation and delivery of more than 150,000 meals, said Holliday, who hopes other SL Green restaurant tenants will also join in and help “re-activate” restaurant kitchens across the city.
Boulud is opening a restaurant at SL Green’s new skyscraper at One Vanderbilt later this year.
Boulud says Food1st, which will deliver “thousands of meals daily” to first responders, medical personnel, the elderly and New Yorkers in need, will coordinate with other charities like City Harvest and City Meals on Wheels, where he is co-president of the board.
Privately, the chef behind Daniel and DBGB Kitchen & Bar, is contemplating how to reopen his restaurants in a safe and responsible way. “We’re going to have to reinvent our entire social relationship with our staff and our customers,” Boulud said of restaurant life after the quarantines are lifted.
He’s also predicting some changes. “Fine dining will bounce back but it may be a different experience with more value — not always caviar and champagne but always delicious food.”


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Former Daily News editor Jim Rich nabs top job at G/O Media

Jim Rich , the former editor-in-chief of the Daily News who was tapped to relaunch sports site Deadspin in March , has been elevated to editorial director of the whole G/O Media stable of sites .
He succeeds Paul Maidment , who resigned in November after trying to push rebellious and freewheeling staffers at Deadspin to “ stick to sports ” rather than cover a mishmash of sports , culture and media as it did in its days as part of Gawker Media .
The edict by Maidment and G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller famously backfired , triggering a mass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shuttering the site in early November .
Rich , who bounced to a number of short-lived gigs following the end of his Daily News stint , was tapped to relaunch and re-staff the moribund sports site , now based in Chicago , in late January .
It relaunched in March just as most sports leagues were shutting down to curtail the coronavirus pandemic .
On April 3 , the company cut less than 5 percent of its workforce in response to the collapse of advertising due to coronavirus .
In addition to Deadspin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , also based in Chicago , as well as New York-based sites Gizmodo , Jezebel , Lifehacker , Jalopnik , the AV Club , Kotaku , The Takeout , The Root and The Inventory .
“ I am thrilled that he has accepted the position of editorial director , not only because of his newsroom background but also because of his dedication to journalistic authenticity and steadfastness , ” said Spanfeller in a statement .
One of Rich ’ s first tasks will be building a bridge to the union , known as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during its ownership by Univision and which clashed with management after the sale to private equity firm Great Hill Capital in the spring of 2019 .
Gizmodo Media Group Union recently rapped Spanfeller for taking a meager 10 percent pay cut while most other media CEOs have been taking cuts ranging from 50 percent at Condé Nast , Vice and Vox to 85 percent at Bustle Digital Group and 100 percent at Gannett and BuzzFeed .
“ G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller , though , doesn ’ t seem to want to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ industry standards , ” according to a tweet Tuesday from the GMG Union , which is part of the Writers Guild of America East .

Jim Rich, the former editor-in-chief of the Daily News who was tapped to relaunch sports site Deadspin in March, has been elevated to editorial director of the whole G/O Media stable of sites.
He succeeds Paul Maidment, who resigned in November after trying to push rebellious and freewheeling staffers at Deadspin to “stick to sports” rather than cover a mishmash of sports, culture and media as it did in its days as part of Gawker Media.
The edict by Maidment and G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller famously backfired, triggering a mass walkout by the staff that ended up shuttering the site in early November.
Rich, who bounced to a number of short-lived gigs following the end of his Daily News stint, was tapped to relaunch and re-staff the moribund sports site, now based in Chicago, in late January. It relaunched in March just as most sports leagues were shutting down to curtail the coronavirus pandemic.
On April 3, the company cut less than 5 percent of its workforce in response to the collapse of advertising due to coronavirus.
In addition to Deadspin, G/O runs satirical site The Onion, also based in Chicago, as well as New York-based sites Gizmodo, Jezebel, Lifehacker, Jalopnik, the AV Club, Kotaku, The Takeout, The Root and The Inventory.
“I am thrilled that he has accepted the position of editorial director, not only because of his newsroom background but also because of his dedication to journalistic authenticity and steadfastness,” said Spanfeller in a statement.
One of Rich’s first tasks will be building a bridge to the union, known as the Gizmodo Media Union, which formed during its ownership by Univision and which clashed with management after the sale to private equity firm Great Hill Capital in the spring of 2019.
Gizmodo Media Group Union recently rapped Spanfeller for taking a meager 10 percent pay cut while most other media CEOs have been taking cuts ranging from 50 percent at Condé Nast, Vice and Vox to 85 percent at Bustle Digital Group and 100 percent at Gannett and BuzzFeed.
“G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller, though, doesn’t seem to want to keep up with his peers or adhere to industry standards,” according to a tweet Tuesday from the GMG Union, which is part of the Writers Guild of America East.


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Singer Alec Benjamin releases coronavirus song ‘Six Feet Apart’

It was only a matter of time before someone wrote a coronavirus-themed song .
Singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin , 25 , released a new song titled “ Six Feet Apart ” that talks about life during the coronavirus crisis .
“ Oh I , miss you most at six feet apart when you ’ re right outside my window but can ’ t ride inside my car , ” the Phoenix-based singer croons .
YouTube commenters have commented on how much they related to the song .
“ One day I ’ ll show this song to my kids and tell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stuck inside .
Missing friends and family .
Feeling my mental health getting worse day by day , ” wrote user Svea Boe .
Others commented that the lyrics , “ hit hard.
” “ This literally has me in tears it ’ s how I ’ ve been feeling this whole time , ” wrote user Gabby Jackson .
“ Six Feet Apart ” has been streamed more than 813,850 times on YouTube with over 69,000 likes by Wednesday night .
Benjamin made news last year when inspiration John Mayer attended his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Six Feet Apart ” comes more than a month after YouTuber ZDoggMD posted a video of “ My Corona ” — a comedic parody of the Knack ’ s hit song “ My Sharona .
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It was only a matter of time before someone wrote a coronavirus-themed song.
Singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin, 25, released a new song titled “Six Feet Apart” that talks about life during the coronavirus crisis.
“Oh I, miss you most at six feet apart when you’re right outside my window but can’t ride inside my car,” the Phoenix-based singer croons.
YouTube commenters have commented on how much they related to the song.
“One day I’ll show this song to my kids and tell them about the corona crisis. Being stuck inside. Missing friends and family. Feeling my mental health getting worse day by day,” wrote user Svea Boe.
Others commented that the lyrics, “hit hard.”
“This literally has me in tears it’s how I’ve been feeling this whole time,” wrote user Gabby Jackson.
“Six Feet Apart” has been streamed more than 813,850 times on YouTube with over 69,000 likes by Wednesday night.
Benjamin made news last year when inspiration John Mayer attended his concert, joining him onstage.
“Six Feet Apart” comes more than a month after YouTuber ZDoggMD posted a video of “My Corona” — a comedic parody of the Knack’s hit song “My Sharona.”


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning set to play charity golf match

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Sports will be brought back briefly by some of its most legendary rivals.
A golf match featuring Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, is in the final stages of planning, and likely to take place between May 15 and May 24, according to The Action Network. All proceeds from “The Match: Champions for Charity,” which is scheduled to air on TNT, will benefit coronavirus relief efforts.
The location of the one-day event has not been determined — a source told The Action Network that Woods’ local course, Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Fla., is the front-runner — nor has the format of the match, which is expected to pit Woods and Manning against Mickelson and Brady.
The event could be held on Memorial Day weekend, according to ESPN.
“It’s on now,” Phil Mickelson wrote on Twitter.
“There was talks about doing it all along anyway,” Manning told 104.3 The Fan in Denver Wednesday concerning speculation about the event before it was announced. “And now, to have a chance to have a major fundraising event for COVID-19 relief, almost like a telethon if you will … If that can take place, I’m all in for that.”
The PGA Tour — which would need to approve any televised or streamed event in which its players participate — said it has yet to sign off but “is still working to ensure health and safety concerns, among other things,’’ according to ESPN.
Woods and Mickelson previously met in a head-to-head TV special in Las Vegas in November 2018, with ‘Lefty” claiming the $9 million winner-take-all purse.
The PGA Tour is currently scheduled to return — without fans — June 11-14 at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Stop shutting down talk of how lockdowns end — we need it to happen ASAP

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Chinese author Cixin Liu’s visionary science-fiction novel “The Three-Body Problem” features a planet called Trisolaris with an unstable atmosphere whose surface occasionally becomes uninhabitable — and whose inhabitants can literally dehydrate themselves and turn into static pieces of canvas skin until the crisis passes.
We are all Trisolarans now. The coming of COVID-19 has impelled us to dehydrate our lives and our economy so we can survive an atmosphere in which an aerosolized virus has achieved the power potentially to kill millions.
Liu’s Trisolarans can only come back to life after their atmosphere stabilizes and someone rehydrates them. The question before us real-world Trisolarans is: How do we rehydrate ourselves and revivify our economy after a period of forced indolence?
For far too many people, it seems, even posing the question generates automatic condemnation. Let a local politician say he wants to “reopen” his town, and he is accused of indifference to suffering and dying, all in the name of mere commerce. With so many lives at stake, the condemners declare, how can anyone even begin to think about resuming normal activities?
The answer is simple: How can we not? We must think about it, because we need it to happen. All of us. We need it to happen, and as soon as it is possible to do so, because we literally cannot afford to continue living this way.
Not psychologically, not practically and not economically.
First, consider the psychology. For a time, the salient metaphor of this dreadful moment seemed to be that America had placed itself in the economic and social equivalent of a medically induced coma. But powerful and vivid as the idea is, it’s not quite right.
Comas deprive their victims of consciousness, but we are all living through this disaster painfully aware of every disruption of the lives we were leading before it — not to mention the anxiety, the boredom, the isolation, the cabin fever, the stir craziness.
A great 1997 documentary called “Hands on a Hard Body” detailed a contest at a car lot in Texas, in which all the entrants had to do was stand by a pickup truck, put a palm on it and just stay there. The last man standing won his pickup. As you watch, the contestants begin to go totally crazy from the profound effort it takes to do absolutely nothing.
The challenge we’ve been presented by the COVID-19 crisis is to exist in a condition of forced indolence, and the experience is close to intolerable. Left unchecked, indolence can begin to have a degenerative quality. It begets more indolence.
The indolent begin to forget, in bizarrely short order, what it was to be active, engaged, out and about — so much so that even though we in New York have only been living in this lockdown condition for five weeks, it already seems like a violation of some deep social stricture even to imagine going to a restaurant, or a movie, or a ballgame.
The more America’s forced indolence begins to seem like normal life, the harder it will be to emerge from it.
Now add to this the consequences of the forced indolence in the form of an instant and unprecedented recession (talk about burying the lede!).
The federal government has already committed in excess of $6 trillion to help Americans and the American economy weather this storm. The US economy generated $21.4 trillion last year. That $6-plus trillion in direct government moneys and Federal Reserve liquidity is the equivalent of 3 months of this country’s overall economic output.
We’re already a month into our dehydration, and a week ago one of the sources of relief — the forgivable loans to small business — ran out of money. The fund will be replenished momentarily, but what happens when those trillions are gone?
This consideration needs to be at the heart of our conversations about the crisis. To pretend we can ignore it, or accuse those who are focused on it of callousness and attempted murder, is to be guilty of a kind of emotional manipulation and hysteria that, left unchecked, will cost this country the very wealth it needs to weather this dreadful storm — and rehydrate us.
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newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Trump on Georgia’s decision to reopen businesses Friday: ‘It’s too soon’

President Trump on Wednesday said he disagrees with Georgia Gov .
Brian Kemp ’ s decision to reopen part of his state ’ s economy Friday .
“ I think it ’ s too soon , ” Trump said at the White House coronavirus task force briefing , of Kemp ’ s call to allow certain small businesses — including hair and nail salons — to reopen their doors .
“ I told the governor very simply that I disagree with his decision , but he has to do what he thinks is right , ” the president said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Other businesses given the green light to reopen include bowling alleys and tattoo parlors .
But to start operating again , the businesses must follow strict social distancing and hygiene requirements , which can be troublesome , especially for services like haircuts that usually require close contact .
Trump suggested that the businesses set to open in the Peach State would be better suited to start in “ Phase 2 ” of the federal guidance for reopening states .
“ I think spas and beauty salons and tattoo parlors and barber shops in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” the president said .
“ Maybe you wait a little bit longer until you get into a Phase 2 .
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President Trump on Wednesday said he disagrees with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to reopen part of his state’s economy Friday.
“I think it’s too soon,” Trump said at the White House coronavirus task force briefing, of Kemp’s call to allow certain small businesses — including hair and nail salons — to reopen their doors.
“I told the governor very simply that I disagree with his decision, but he has to do what he thinks is right,” the president said.
Kemp announced the move on Monday. Other businesses given the green light to reopen include bowling alleys and tattoo parlors.
But to start operating again, the businesses must follow strict social distancing and hygiene requirements, which can be troublesome, especially for services like haircuts that usually require close contact.
Trump suggested that the businesses set to open in the Peach State would be better suited to start in “Phase 2” of the federal guidance for reopening states.
“I think spas and beauty salons and tattoo parlors and barber shops in Phase 1 … is just too soon,” the president said.
“Maybe you wait a little bit longer until you get into a Phase 2.”


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Inside the coronavirus’ hellish tear through New York’s nursing homes

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The coronavirus has been allowed to run roughshod through nursing homes and rehabilitation centers statewide to hellish results , relatives of some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers told The Post Wednesday .
“ It ’ d be a miracle if they survive this , ” said a woman whose mother — 80-years-old and suffering from dementia — lives at Brooklyn ’ s Cobble Hill Health Center .
The facility has already lost a state-high 55 residents to the contagion , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Health — but is apparently doing little to separate the ill from those still healthy .
“ I asked my mom if there was a COVID-only floor and she said , ‘ No they weren ’ t doing that , ’ ” related the woman , who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal .
“ It ’ s hard to move them , ” she acknowledged .
“ But if you don ’ t move them , you ’ re killing them , to be perfectly honest.
” Sprain Brook Manor Rehabilitation Center @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fatality , according to the Health Department ’ s accounting .
Nevertheless , Janet Bedin lives in fear for her older brother , Alexander , who is recuperating there following a hospital stay for a urinary tract infection .
“ They don ’ t understand how insidious this disease is , ” said Bedin , 65 .
Alexander , who is 71 and has Asperger syndrome , has his own room at the facility as he receives physical therapy and intravenous antibiotics , but Bedin said that other patients on his floor have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her brother shares a nurse .
“ I have been pleading with the administrator not to allow her into his room , ” said Bedin .
“ I don ’ t want anyone who has come into contact with COVID-19 patients to be anywhere near my brother as he is so vulnerable.
” Bedin , a Manhattan resident , said that she is considering removing her brother from the facility as soon as he finishes his course of antibiotics .
— but that she is “ beside herself ” with worry in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see him , but I know that he is crying , ‘ Get me out of here !
’ ” said Bedin .
“ I can ’ t in good conscience leave him there.
” The Bristal of North Woodmere assisted living facility in Nassau County has been thrown into utter disarray by the chaos , according to one woman who convinced her 92-year-old mother to come home with her rather than leave her there .
“ They [ workers ] were episodically wearing masks , some people would , some people wouldn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wearing gloves , some wouldn ’ t , ” said the woman , a physician who requested anonymity .
“ They ’ re like sitting ducks in a Petri dish , ” she said of residents .
Horrified by the standards she ’ s seen in the facility , the doctor coaxed her mother — who has breast cancer , hypertension and asthma — to live with her .
“ I said , ‘ Look , if you stay there you ’ re going to die of coronavirus by yourself in a room @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That ’ s how I convinced her to leave.
” Donny Tuchman , CEO of Cobble Hill Health Center , said , “ Our policy is to isolate symptomatic residents to the best of our ability , ” adding that the staff “ works hard ” to maintain social-distancing in the dementia unit .
“ We are very , very cautious and careful , ” said Akiva Fried , administrator of Sprain Brook Manor Rehab , in part .
“ Alex is a very special individual who we care tremendously about.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a call seeking comment .
The woman whose mother remains at Cobble Hill Health Center said that the octogenarian requires too much care for a homecoming to be a realistic option .
The potential life-or-death quandary has left her “ almost in a panic and helpless ” as she searches for a solution , she said .
“ What am I supposed to do with my mom at this point ?
” she asked .
“ Am I just going to let her get this and die ?
“ Something has to be @ @ @

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The coronavirus has been allowed to run roughshod through nursing homes and rehabilitation centers statewide to hellish results, relatives of some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers told The Post Wednesday.
“It’d be a miracle if they survive this,” said a woman whose mother — 80-years-old and suffering from dementia — lives at Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill Health Center.
The facility has already lost a state-high 55 residents to the contagion, according to statistics maintained by the state Department of Health — but is apparently doing little to separate the ill from those still healthy.
“I asked my mom if there was a COVID-only floor and she said, ‘No they weren’t doing that,’ ” related the woman, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal.
“It’s hard to move them,” she acknowledged. “But if you don’t move them, you’re killing them, to be perfectly honest.”
Sprain Brook Manor Rehabilitation Center in Yonkers has not suffered a coronavirus fatality, according to the Health Department’s accounting.
Nevertheless, Janet Bedin lives in fear for her older brother, Alexander, who is recuperating there following a hospital stay for a urinary tract infection.
“They don’t understand how insidious this disease is,” said Bedin, 65.
Alexander, who is 71 and has Asperger syndrome, has his own room at the facility as he receives physical therapy and intravenous antibiotics, but Bedin said that other patients on his floor have coronavirus — including a man with whom her brother shares a nurse.
“I have been pleading with the administrator not to allow her into his room,” said Bedin. “I don’t want anyone who has come into contact with COVID-19 patients to be anywhere near my brother as he is so vulnerable.”
Bedin, a Manhattan resident, said that she is considering removing her brother from the facility as soon as he finishes his course of antibiotics. — but that she is “beside herself” with worry in the interim.
“I can’t see him, but I know that he is crying, ‘Get me out of here!’ ” said Bedin. “I can’t in good conscience leave him there.”
The Bristal of North Woodmere assisted living facility in Nassau County has been thrown into utter disarray by the chaos, according to one woman who convinced her 92-year-old mother to come home with her rather than leave her there.
“They [workers] were episodically wearing masks, some people would, some people wouldn’t. Some people would be wearing gloves, some wouldn’t,” said the woman, a physician who requested anonymity.
“They’re like sitting ducks in a Petri dish,” she said of residents.
Horrified by the standards she’s seen in the facility, the doctor coaxed her mother — who has breast cancer, hypertension and asthma — to live with her.
“I said, ‘Look, if you stay there you’re going to die of coronavirus by yourself in a room,’” she recalled. “That’s how I convinced her to leave.”
Donny Tuchman, CEO of Cobble Hill Health Center, said, “Our policy is to isolate symptomatic residents to the best of our ability,” adding that the staff “works hard” to maintain social-distancing in the dementia unit.
“We are very, very cautious and careful,” said Akiva Fried, administrator of Sprain Brook Manor Rehab, in part. “Alex is a very special individual who we care tremendously about.”
A spokesperson for The Bristal of North Woodmere said they’ve strictly adhered to CDC guidelines and all employees have the gear when in the building.
The woman whose mother remains at Cobble Hill Health Center said that the octogenarian requires too much care for a homecoming to be a realistic option.
The potential life-or-death quandary has left her “almost in a panic and helpless” as she searches for a solution, she said.
“What am I supposed to do with my mom at this point?” she asked. “Am I just going to let her get this and die?
“Something has to be done.”


newyorkpost--2020-04-22--Yankees president Randy Levine pushes back against fan-less games

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Yankees president Randy Levine doesn’t envision the entire season being played in empty ballparks.
Slated to start on March 26, MLB’s season is on hold due to the coronavirus.
“I think the president’s guidelines have been very, very well done and that we have to abide by them. The sports industry can be an example for all industry for us to work with health experts and the people who run baseball teams and all associated businesses to reach that compromise how can we get into our parks as soon as we can with all the appropriate mitigation,’’ Levine said Wednesday on FOX Business Network’s “Mornings With Maria” show. “Social distancing, taking temperature checks, wearing masks, wearing gloves. I think it is all doable because I think that to have games just on TV for the whole season for many, many reasons is not practical.’’
While MLB and the Players Association haven’t formalized a plan as to when a season would start and where the games would be played, Levine would like to see a plan develop.
“I think, as the president has said, he wants — as [does] Gov. [Andrew] Cuomo — we need to get baseball back and we need to get a plan working with everybody as soon as possible to show how it is done,’’ Levine said. “Whether we start with stadiums with no fans but then quickly transition to one with fans.’’
Customers in the seats are important because clubs rely on them for revenue from ticket sales, concessions and parking.
“All of us are looking at many, many plans. Do you start in certain cities? Do you start with no fans and then move into your ballpark with limited fans? And how do you go about doing it? Everything is on the table,’’ Levine said. “Here in New York, we’re going to start a little later because obviously, the virus has affected us much harsher than in other places. So I think we should just get going and be prepared. There has to be a private-public partnership that all sides, the economic sides, the health sides, are brought to bear to make sure this is done safely and reasonably. And that’s where we are trying to go right now to get this thing going as quickly as we can. The country needs sports.’’
The Yankees are among a group of teams that will pay full-time employees through the end of May.
“No furloughs, no pay cuts until May 31 and then reassess the situation. So hopefully by May 31 we have this plan,’’ Levine said. “We have this real opportunity now. Doctor [Anthony] Fauci gave us the opportunity to put the pedal to the metal along with the president’s guidelines to see how we can do a plan where we can begin to think about getting fans into the stadium.’’
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pointed out recently the coronavirus will dictate a time frame.
“It’s going to be the virus that determines what the timetable is because if we get the virus under really good control it is conceivable that you may be able to have some baseball with people practicing physical separation. Namely, you don’t pack a stadium,’’ Fauci said.