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The Covid-19 Pause: Liquor Stores, Laundromats and Matilda’s Law

by Brooklyn Reader March 23, 2020January 28, 2021

He calls it putting the City “on pause,” so that everyone understands it means STOP… but, hopefully, not for too long. Governor Cuomo’s 10-Point Policy that he announced on Friday and which went into effect at 8:00pm on Sunday, calls for an all-out sheltering-in of residents, due to the coronavirus crisis. As of Sunday, there […]

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