Man Has Only Two Tries Left to Figure Out His Password to Retrieve His $220 Million

  

Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, has two guesses left to figure out a password that is worth, as of this week, about $220 million, according to a New York Times report.

If he can figure out the password, it will enable him to unlock a small hard drive, known as an IronKey, which contains the private keys to a digital wallet holding 7,002 Bitcoin. While the price of Bitcoin dropped sharply on Monday, it is still up more than 50 percent from just a month ago when it passed its previous all-time high around $20,000.

The problem is that Mr. Thomas years ago lost the paper where he wrote down the password for his IronKey, which gives users 10 guesses before it seizes up and encrypts its contents forever. He has since tried eight of his most commonly used password formulations — to no avail.

“I would just lay in bed and think about it,” Mr. Thomas said. “Then I would go to the computer with some new strategy, and it wouldn’t work, and I would be desperate again.”

Thomas’s plight has aroused the attention of hard drive and password crackers, offering their services for a piece of the quarter-billion-dollar pie. Alex Stamos, an internet security expert at Stanford Internet Observatory, claimed he can crack the password within six months. However Mr Stamos is demanding a 10 per cent cut of the fortune.

“Um, for $220m in locked-up bitcoin, you don’t make 10 password guesses but take it to professionals to buy 20 IronKeys and spend six months finding a side-channel or uncapping,” Mr Stomas said on Twitter.

“I’ll make it happen for 10%. Call me.”

Mr Thomas was paid the Bitcoin for making a video about how the cryptocurrency worked,  when it was worth around $5 a coin. Last week, on the back of a record-breaking run, Bitcoin was trading at more than US$40,000.

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Trump Releases Video Condemning Violence... Media is not reporting it

 In his first public remarks since the House voted to impeach him for a second time, President Trump said he “unequivocally condemns” the violence that took place at last week’s Capitol riot.

“Mob violence goes against everything I believe in and everything our movement stands for,” Trump said. “No true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence.”

Trump said individuals who participated in the riot will be “brought to justice.” He called for supporters to help “ease tensions, calm tempers and help to promote peace” in our country.”

The president also addressed planned demonstrations in Washington ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, telling those who plan to attend to refrain from violence and lawbreaking.

“I have directed federal agencies to use all necessary resources to maintain order,” Trump said.

The video was posted on YouTube on the White House’s official channel. President Trump has been banned from using most social media platforms in his personal capacity in recent days.

The president also addressed his ban from various social media platforms in his latest video. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have indefinitely suspended his account. Separately, Amazon has barred Parler, a social media platform favored by the right, from using its web hosting services.

“Efforts to censor, cancel and blacklist our fellow citizens are wrong and they are dangerous,” Trump said. “What is needed now is for us to listen to one another, not to silence one another.”

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Inspired by Seeing Israeli Jews Celebrate Shabbos Congressman Announces Indefinite Social Media Leave

 Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Monday that he will be taking an indefinite “social media sabbatical” partly “inspired by seeing our Jewish brethren in Israel celebrate Shabbat.”

The Congressman, who represents Texas’ 21st Congressional District, said he will suspend both his personal and official accounts, delete the social media applications from his devices and encourage others to do the same. He has not decided how long he will be offline for, but he believes going without social media “will make me a better man, better father, better citizen and better congressman.”

Roy — who is among a group of seven House Republicans who opposed efforts to challenge the certification of the Electoral College vote in favor of President-elect Joe Biden — explained that 18 months ago, he and his wife joined with friends to start “a weekly Sunday Night Supper,” and to try to reduce the use of screens on Sundays to only include screen-time that involves the whole family, such as watching a movie together.

Roy said, “We were inspired by seeing our Jewish brethren in Israel celebrate Shabbat, which reminded us of the Sundays we grew up with in the 1970s and ’80s. Ever since, one-seventh of our time has been immeasurably better, and Sunday dinner is a highlight of our week.”

“I’m doing so not to make a political statement,” he clarified about his social media break, “but in the hope that America can return to kitchen tables, churches, taverns, coffee shops, dance halls (it’s a Texas thing) — whatever it takes to look others in the eye and rebuild our communities and humanity. As a husband and father, I also want to stop spending so much time looking at a screen and reacting in ways that are inconsistent with who I am and — most important — who I strive to be as a Christian.”

“While social media has proved a useful vehicle for sharing information quickly, I have concluded that it does more harm than good to individuals and society alike,” he added. “It tempts us to be reactive and feeds the worst of our human tendency to respond in anger rather than to stop and think before communicating.”

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IDF reserve officer found shot to death in Judea

IDF Lt. Col. (Res.) Dr. Avi Har-Lev, a resident of the Mount Hebron district town of Sansana in Judea, was found dead in the Lahav forest near his home overnight.

Har-Lev had suffered a fatal gunshot wound, and was found in his IDF uniform, following a meeting with his reserve unit last night.

Security forces are investigating the circumstances surrounding his death.

The chairman of the Mount Hebron Regional Council, Yochi Dimri, along with the town rabbi of Sansana and members of the emergency response team notified Har-Lev's family Tuesday night.

Har-Lev is survived by his wife, Shulamit, the couple's five children: Ron, Moriya, Lavi, Maor, and Hadar Shira; as well as two grandchildren, his parents, and his brother.

As a medical practitioner, Dr. Har-Lev was a specialist in gynecology and fertility, and served as the administrator of Barziliai Hospital's in vitro fertilization department.

Har-Lev also worked as a medical researcher, publishing more than 45 research papers and contributing to a number of medical books.

"With great pain and shock we received the news of the death of dear Dr. Avi Har-Lev," said Dimri.

"Avi was an outstanding person, a family man: a dedicated husband, father, and grandfather. He was known and respected among his friends and thousands of patients to whom he was totally dedicated, to adding life."

"The Har-Lev family is one of the veteran families, one of the founding families of the town of Sansana. Along with his work as director of the in vitro fertilization department, Avi insisted on continuing his reserve duty for many years.

"I call on the security forces to carefully investigate the possibility that this was nationalistic. Lahav forest is a commonly used route for illegal [Palestinian Arab] residents crossing from the Hebron area [over the Green Line], and it is possible that one of them spotted a Lt. Col. in uniform and decided to attack."

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Biden Nominee for Justice Department Invited Anti-Semite to Harvard University

 

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division once invited an anti-Semite when she was a student at Harvard University.

As the head of the university’s Black Students Association, Kristen Clarke, currently president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, invited the late Wellesley College professor Tony Martin, who self-published a book called The Jewish Onslaught: Dispatches from the Wellesley Battlefront, in 1994.

Wellesley faculty members signed a statement censuring the book “for its racial and ethnic stereotyping and for its anti-Semitism.” The chair of Martin’s department called it “Gangsta history, meant to demean and to defame others and to bring them into disrepute, rather than to enlighten and to lead us to a more complex and sophisticated understanding of social phenomena. It ought to be labeled anti-Semitic.”

At the event, Martin accused the Jewish people of having a “monopoly” on the notion of African inferiority, saying the “so-called sages” of the Babylonian Talmud were the first racists in recorded history. He also said that The Bell Curve, which argues that human knowledge is correlated with one’s environment and is a predictor of personal outcomes, financially and otherwise, exemplified racism by Jews.

In defending Martin, Clarke told Harvard’s student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, that “Professor Martin is an intelligent, well-versed black intellectual who bases his information of indisputable fact.”

In a piece in The Harvard Crimson, then-student Martin Lebwohl wrote: “The Kristen Clarkes of America’s campuses will soon be on the front lines, fighting against racism and other societal and historical impediments to better lives for African-Americans. This is why we should all be thinking about Kristen Clarke.”

Clarke is no stranger to other controversies.

In 1994, she wrote a letter in The Harvard Crimson citing neuroscientist Carol Barnes, saying black people had “superior physical and mental abilities,” and that the skin pigment melanin “endows blacks with greater mental, physical and spiritual abilities–something which cannot be measured based on Eurocentric standards.”

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Israel Knocks the Crap Out of Syria 23 Syrian and Iranian Fatalities & 28 Injuries

 According to SANA, the “Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression on Deir Ezzor City and al-Bukamal” in southeastern Syria at 1:10 AM Wednesday.

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reportedWednesday morning about intense Israeli raids that targeted military sites of the Syrian regime forces and Iranian militias in Deir Ezzor, on the Syrian border with Iraq.

The Center, which is affiliated with the Syrian opposition, claimed that at least 23 people were killed and 28 injured in the overnight attack attributed to Israel. According to the report, seven Syrian soldiers and 16 members of the pro-Iranian militias were killed.

Al-Alam, an Arabic news channel broadcasting from Iran and owned by the state, reported that more than 18 sites had been targeted.

Al Mayadeen, a TV channel broadcasting from Lebanon and affiliated with Hezbollah, reported about repeated explosions heard on the Syrian-Iraqi border, apparently from airstrikes on Syrian territory.

Al-Arabiya, a Saudi-owned television news channel based in Dubai, reported that the attack was aimed at areas where there is a presence of “Iranian and Iraqi militias” in eastern Syria.

This is the fourth attack that the state media in Syria attributes to Israel in less than three weeks. A week ago, Syrian television reported that the country’s air defense system was activated following an Israeli attack in the south. Explosions were previously reported in southern Damascus, and Syrian television broadcast images of the air defense system activated following the attack. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that the focus of that attack was the southern part of Damascus, the al-Kiswa area, Which has been attacked by Israel in the past. A military post in the area of al-Sawida, the Druze mountain, in southern Syria, which contained a radar system, was also attacked.

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Florida Jewish Couple Turns 100 years Old Together And Celebrate 80th Anniversary

 Now for some happy news. A Jewish couple in Florida is celebrating two hefty milestones together this year: 100 years of life, and 80 years of marriage.

Lou and Edith Bluefeld, of Boca Raton, have known each other since they were 16. They ran a kosher catering business that served visiting U.S. presidents and helped to kosher the White House kitchen. They also cooked for former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin when he was in Washington, D.C., for the 1978 Egypt peace accord announcement, according to a South Florida Sun-Sentinel report.

Lou turned 100 on Saturday, and Edith hits the number on Aug. 4, NBC’s WPTV reported. Their 80th wedding anniversary is Feb. 23.

Their plan is to celebrate with their children and grandchildren later in the year if the family has all received the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Bluefelds also spoke to WPTV about their experience watching last Wednesday’s mob attack on the Capitol building.

“It shook me,” Lou said. “It was such an embarrassment.”

“What are the history books going to say?” Edith said.

Lou said that he hopes the country can unify the way it did in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack.

“There’s Republicans and there’s Democrats, but really we’re Americans, and that’s what we have to get back to,” he said.

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Self- Hating Jewish Group "B'Tselem" Says Israel is an "Apartheid" State

 For the first time in its 31-year history, Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has begun describing both Israel and its control of the Palestinian territories as a single “apartheid” regime, using an explosive term that the country’s leaders and their supporters vehemently reject.

The head of the Kohelet Policy Forum’s International Law Department, Prof. Eugene Kontorovich, told The Jerusalem Post that B’Tzelem’s charge of apartheid can be compared to a blood libel.

“Apartheid is an extraordinary accusation because there is an international crime called the crime of apartheid and an international treaty against the crime of apartheid,” he said.

“B’Tselem is treating Israel the way no other country would be treated,” he said, explaining that no other country has been proven to be an apartheid state, even China or Iran.

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Nazis Used "Reichstag Fire" As an Excuse To Take Over ... Now DemocRATS Using "Capital Invasion" To Take Away Your Liberties

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Watch How Media "Papered Over" Atifa & BLM Riots and Violence ... Amazing

 

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Stutchiner Chassidim Believe That all those who Died From Covid "secretly did Aveiros related to Technology"

The following was a comment on a well known blog for ladies  

"I have super hardcore stuchiner chassidish cousins who think that all science is kefira. I have heard from them, recently, that the coronavirus was entirely caused by people using technology inappropriately. They genuinely believe that the only cure for coronavirus will be one enough people do teshuva, and they are 100% confident that the vaccine that was created by kefiradik science has absolutely nothing to do with the virus and will not be able to help at all. This goes so far to the extent that they believe that those who died in their own community it's because they secretly must have been involved in doing aveiros related to technology. 

They do not intend to take the vaccine, which some of them are convinced is some terrible fake thing created by the kefiradik scientists for nefarious purposes, and others simply believe the non-jews are fools who don't understand the truth but think that they are accomplishing something. 

I don't know why any of this is crazy compared to that. These are real people they're alive you can go and meet them. "

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Sheldon Adelson passes away

 

Billionaire mogul Sheldon Adelson has passed away, the Las Vegas Sands company announced Tuesday. He was 87.

According to the statement, Adelson died from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

"When the pandemic disrupted daily routines and dramatically impacted his business, Mr. Adelson was adamant that our Team Members across the globe continue to receive full pay and health care benefits even while the buildings in which they worked were closed. There are countless additional untold stories of his warmth and generosity – efforts for which he never sought recognition or publicity and would only reply with a smile if asked about them," the company said.

Adelson, the son of poor Jewish immigrants to the US, began his business career at the age of 12 when he borrowed $200 from his uncle to purchase a license to sell newspapers in Boston. He went on to start 50 businesses over the course of his career.

In 1988, Adelson purchased the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, launching his career in the casino business.

Adelson was a prolific philanthropist and political donor. The Adelson Family Foundation has donated $140 million to Birthright Israel since 2007. He and his wife Miriam were also among the biggest donors to US President Donald Trump's election campaign in 2016.

In 2007, Adelson launched the Yisrael Hayom newspaper, a free Hebrew Israeli daily which quickly rose to become Israel's most-read newspaper.

Israel's Kan public broadcaster reported that Adelson will be buried in Israel.

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DemonRats mull legislation to remove Republicans who 'engaged in insurrection' but not Their Own

 Amid the continuing fallout from last week’s deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol, Democrats are forging ahead with legislation to remove Republican lawmakers for inciting the riot.

While there has been focus on President Trump’s possible impeachment and the use of the 25th Amendment to remove him from office, some House Democrats say they will invoke the 14th Amendment to call for the removal of Trump and congressional Republicans who helped incite the insurrection through their push to invalidate the results of the 2020 presidential election.

“If we allow insurrection against the United States with impunity, with no accountability, we are inviting it to happen again,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” Sunday.

What is the 14th Amendment?

The 14th Amendment was adopted just after the Civil War to set terms for the readmission of former Confederate states into the Union.

What does it say?

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment says no elected official “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion”:

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

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Watch Israeli "Yenta" Call Dubai Hotel and ask the Color of the Towels

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Jewish Comedian Sarah Silverman Explains Why She’s ‘Not Against BDS,’ Accuses Israel of Occupation

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This "menuvelet" says she's fine with BDS "as long as it’s clear that you are boycotting a government and not a people."

 But if you are "fine with BDS" then you are hurting Israeli citizens."

Jewish comedian and actress Sarah Silverman supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement as long as it protests Israel’s government and its “occupation,” and not the country’s citizens, she said Thursday.

During the Jan. 7 episode of “The Sarah Silverman Podcast,” the show’s host, 50, told her listeners, “I’m fine with BDS, as long as it’s clear that you are boycotting a government and not a people. When that line gets muddy, that’s when it’s a little scary as a Jew.”

Silverman, who lists her Twitter location as the “state of Palestine,” then citied the boycott movement against the South African apartheid in the 1980s, saying, “I think divesting from South Africa made a real difference in ending apartheid. I’m not against BDS. I’m against ‘Jews are pro-occupation.’ It’s absurd. Not all Jews are for the occupation.”

She noted that there are “myriad” Jewish-led organizations that “fight the occupation everyday” and said, “I hope for a peaceful end to [the] occupation. Unfortunately, Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas, also have to want an end to the occupation … It ain’t just Israel that benefits from the occupation in various ways. And that seems to be a well kept secret.”

On Saturday, Silverman shared on Instagram a short clip of her talking about Israel and the BDS movement from the Jan. 7 podcast episode. In the episode she also said “I agree 100 percent that criticizing Israel is not antisemitism” and claimed that “people like their Jews suffering.”

“When Jews aren’t suffering, when God forbid they’re thriving, people don’t like that,” she explained. “It’s why we’re so conditioned to complain. It’s how we know how to get love. I mean I am talking out of my ass, but it seems like something’s there.”

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How you can transform old bottles and jars into vases and decor - with stunning results

Thousands of DIY enthusiasts around Australia are embracing a new trend to transform old glass bottles and jars into stunning chic vases.

Perth mum Carolina demonstrated the easy process in a TikTok video on December 17, which has since been viewed more than 88,000 times.

The craft project involves painting the jars using acrylic paint and adding jute twine once dried for a rustic look.

The end result will be sure to fill any dull corner and become a decorative feature point in the home. 

In the video Carolina first cleaned the surface of a passata sauce bottle using a damp paper towel to remove any stickers and barcodes. 

Using a brush she painted two layers onto the jar to ensure the glass could not be seen.

To make it seem like the jar is made from ceramic, she mixed baking soda into a bowl of paint beforehand.

The abrasive texture of the baking soda will create a rough surface on the jar rather than a smooth finish.

Those painting on a budget may wish to consider purchasing small sample paint pots from Bunnings in order to decorate multiple vases different colours.

Once the paint had dried, Carolina wrapped the twine around the glass jar.   

Victorian local Brittney also praised the simple method by sharing images to the Kmart Inspired Homes Facebook group - which has more than 334,000 members.

'I whipped these three up this morning and I'm so happy with them! Recommended for a cheap and easy idea!' she wrote.

Both Brittney and Carolina painted the glass jars white and the end result looked stunning. 

Others both on Facebook and TikTok described the DIY tactic a 'brilliant' and the end results as 'gorgeous'.

'So beautiful!' one person said online, another added: 'Trying it this weekend!'

The transformed vases can also be used as pots for plants to brighten up the garden or can be used to store artificial foliage inside the house.

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Supermassive black hole at center of distant galaxy has gone missing

Experts have been left astonished after a supermassive black hole which was thought to be in the middle of a distant galaxy has gone missing.

The bright cluster galaxy A2261-BCG appears to have lost its black hole and some scientists think it could now be floating through space.

This would be the first ever example of a “recoiling” black hole.

It means a powerful force in the galaxy may have ejected the supermassive black hole and sent it somewhere far away.

The mystery space event was spotted by researchers from a few universities in North America.

Almost every galaxy in the Universe is thought to have a giant black hole at its centre, including our galaxy which is the Milky Way.

A team lead by Dr Kayhan Gultekin from the University of Michigan has published a study about recoiling black holes the American Astronomical Society journal.

Dr Gultekin had been studying galaxy A2261-BCG when he noticed the signs that the black hole was missing.

He told Motherboard: “I was very skeptical and thought we would see something at the very center. But that turned out not to be the case.”

The team have also considered that the black hole could still be hiding somewhere in the galaxy that is hard to detect.

The force powerful enough to eject a black hole could be two supermassive black holes colliding together.

Supermassive blackholes have never been observed merging so finding evidence of this would be groundbreaking.

The scientists how Nasa and the Europeans Space Agency will focus more research on this galactic mystery.

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Two gorillas test positive for COVID-19

Two gorillas at a California zoo have tested positive for COVID-19, in what is believed to be the first known cases of the virus among great apes, officials said Monday.

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park said the gorillas began coughing Wednesday, prompting officials to test their fecal samples, which came back positive for the coronavirus.

“Aside from some congestion and coughing, the gorillas are doing well,” Lisa Peterson, the zoo’s director, said in a statement.

“The troop remains quarantined together and are eating and drinking,” Peterson said. “We are hopeful for a full recovery.”

Officials believe the primates caught the virus from an asymptomatic staff member, “despite following all recommended precautions,” the zoo said in a press release.

“This is the first known instance of natural transmission to great apes and it is unknown if they will have any serious reaction,” the statement said. 

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Twitter stock plunges after banning President Trump

 Twitter’s stock price tumbled Monday as investors appeared to balk at the social network’s decision to ban President Trump from posting.

Shares in the San Francisco-based company tumbled as much as 12 percent to $45.17 in the first trading session after it booted Trump from the platform on Friday, saying his account posed a “risk of further incitement of violence” after his supporters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday.

The stock pared the losses through the morning and fell 6.4 percent to close at $48.18.

Twitter’s move against the outgoing president — whose account had more than 88 million followers — was the first permanent suspension for a head of state, and it’s likely to spark furious debate about the role tech companies play in regulating speech.

It may also hurt Twitter’s user base as Trump supporters and right-wing activists pledge to boycott the company’s blockbuster decision.

“Trump has a very high and loyal following and a lot of those eyeballs will go away if Trump is permanently restricted from posting,” Andrea Cicione, head of strategy at TS Lombard, told Reuters.

n a statement explaining its decision, Twitter said there were plans in the works on Twitter and elsewhere for more armed protests, “including a proposed secondary attack on the US Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021.”

The use of social media to organize such violent uprisings could lead Twitter and other firms to ramp up their content moderation efforts — which could come with increased costs.

“Incremental moderation may be welcome but it’s not cheap and could benefit Facebook that already [employs] a moderation army [around six times] larger than Twitter’s workforce,” Bernstein analysts wrote in a research note.

Moreover, Democratic lawmakers poised to take control of Congress this month are looking to crack down on Twitter and other social-media giants over their roles in the deadly Capitol riots, according to reports.

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Getting the COVID-19 vaccine in NY: Sites, eligibility, appointments, more

 New York on Monday dramatically expanded the pool of people eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Here is a breakdown of who can get it, how to sign up, where to get the jab — and the state’s schedule for who gets the inoculation next.

Who is eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in NY?

New Yorkers now eligible to receive the two-dose coronavirus vaccine are those designated in the state’s Phase 1A and 1B categories.

Those eligible in Phase 1A include: hospital and healthcare workers, residents and staffers at nursing homes, EMS workers, coroners, medical examiners, urgent care providers, individuals administering COVID-19 vaccines, staffers who are in direct contact with patients, doctors, nurses, outpatient/ambulatory front line workers, dentists and orthodontists and their staff, psychiatrists and psychologists and their staff, physical therapists and their staff, optometrist and their staff, pharmacists, home care workers, and hospice workers.

As of Monday, eligibility was expanded to those in Phase 1B.

That category includes: people aged 75 and older, first responders and support staff for first responder agencies, corrections staff, public transit workers, public safety workers, teachers and other school staffers, including bus drivers, childcare providers, in-person college instructors, public-facing grocery store workers, people living in a homeless shelter where sleeping, bathing or eating accommodations must be shared with others who are not part of their household; and people working in those shelters.

The state has a full breakdown of the phases.

How to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment in New York City

Vaccine appointments must be made in advance.

New Yorkers can check if they are eligible to receive the vaccine through this state website.

Eligible New York City residents can make an appointment to get inoculated at more than 125 public and private sites throughout the five boroughs through the city’s Department of Health website and the NYC Health + Hospitals website. 

Both websites prompt users to click on a button that brings them to a city-run COVID-19 “vaccine finder” page. Users are then prompted to input their address or zip code to find a vaccine provider near them. 

Users will then be directed to schedule an appointment from a public or private provider. 

The city has also launched a phone number, 877-VAX-4NYC or 877-829-4692, to reserve a vaccine appointment. 

A pre-recorded message encourages callers who are able to make an appointment online to do so using the “vaccine finder” site. If not, an agent can schedule you to make an appointment at a city vaccination site, the message says. 

Beginning at 4 p.m. on Jan. 11, New York state’s COVID-19 vaccination hotline will also open for scheduling vaccination appointments for eligible New Yorkers at 1-833-NYS-4-VAX.

Where can you get the COVID-19 vaccine in NY?

New York City residents can find their nearest vaccination location through the city’s Vaccine Finder site. 

The city currently has two 24/7 mass vaccination hubs, at Brooklyn’s Army Terminal in Sunset Park and the Bathgate Industrial Park in Morrisiana in The Bronx.

Hubs are also set to open at 125 Worth St. in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, Health + Hospitals Vanderbilt on Staten Island on Wednesday. Eventually there will be sites in all five boroughs, the mayor has promised. 

The state also has a website listing vaccine locations in other parts of New York.

Do you have to pay for the COVID-19 vaccine?

No. The vaccine is free.

What is the schedule for the remaining COVID-19 distribution in NY?

According to the city Health Department, the next group to be eligible for the vaccine, 1C, will include people aged 65 to 74, those with certain underlying health conditions, and all other essential workers.

The city currently says that group will likely be eligible starting in March-April, although the timeline for 1B was brought up significantly to this week. 

The vaccination of all other people will likely begin in the summer, according to the city.

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Police go on Buses during heavy lockdown asking Passengers Where they are going?

 

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Leiberman Instigates Against Chareidim in his Ad

 

The ad basically states that Chareidim are not following guidelines and are keeping Yeshivos open ... but this is a lie as 95% of Chaeidim are following guidelines in this "seger" in this latest lockdown and are  closed except of course in Beier Elit where extremists live

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Satmar Rebbe.. R' aron Teitelbaum Takes a Stroll in California

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Mishtara Evacuate All Guests From Hall and then Proceed to Rob Them

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