Places and Things

New York City will reopen its movie theaters for the first time in nearly a year New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will allow movie theaters in New York City to open with a limited audience capacity for the first time in nearly a year. As part of the restrictions, theaters will only allow a maximum of 50 people to sit in any one screening (restricting capacity to 25 percent). Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/22/22295880/new-york-city-movie-theaters-open-cuomo

The US Navy Hospital Ship Comfort docked in New York City, the epicenter of the US coronavirus outbreak, on Monday. The ship is expected to be operational soon. from https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/us/usns-comfort-hospital-ship-new-york-coronavirus/index.html https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200330064232-nyc-hospital-coronavirus-marquez-pkg-exlarge-169.jpg

Today, New York approved the first digital currencies that are tied to the US dollar, called "stablecoins." These cryptocurrencies avoid the price volatility of their brethren by being pegged to stable assets. from https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/10/new-york-approves-gemini-paxos-cryptocurrency/ http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

(CNN) President Barack Obama announced Friday he was designating the area around the Stonewall Inn in New York City as the country's first national monument to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights. http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/24/travel/stonewall-inn-first-lgbt-national-monument/index.html