Autumn is in the air, COVID-19 cases in NYC continue to rise: The Post’s week in photos

Thomas Levinson

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Oct 9, 2020

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Josh Sausville, 39, driver and tour guide gives a family a horse carriage ride in Central Park. Sausville says he and the other drivers are alternating when they show up since there isn’t enough work to go around due to diminished tourism from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Josh Sausville, 39, driver and tour guide gives a family a horse carriage ride in Central Park on Oct. 4, 2020. Sausville says he and the other drivers are alternating when they show up since there isn’t enough work to go around due to diminished tourism from the COVID-19 pandemic. Stephen Yang

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B’way dancers perform in Times Square Plaza Manhattan for support of Biden for President while wearing “VOTE” masks donated by designer Christian Siriano on Oct. 3, 2020. G.N. Miller

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A NYPD officer near an ad outside St. Patricks Cathedral during mass on Oct. 5, 2020. Matthew McDermott

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Madelyn Todd, a teacher at P.S. 373, poses for a portrait, while under quarantine in Brooklyn on Oct. 3, 2020. J.C. Rice

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A couple shares a tender embrace in Central Park during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City on Oct. 8, 2020. Christopher Sadowski

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People dining outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic or COVID-19 pandemic on E79th Street in New York, NY on October 8, 2020. (Photo/Christopher Sadowski) Tags: postinhouse nypostinhouse coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 pandemic COVID pandemic outdoor dining NYC outdoor dining New York City outdoor dining NYC dining outdoors New York City dining outdoors NYC outdoor dining October 2020 New York City outdoor dining October 2020 NYC restaurant NYC restaurants New York City restaurant New York City restaurants NYC outdoor cocktails New York City outdoor cocktails

People dining outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic or COVID-19 pandemic on E79th Street in New York, NY on Oct. 8, 2020. (Photo/Christopher Sadowski) Christopher Sadowski

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Members of the Borough Park Orthodox community gather on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Hundreds of members of the Borough Park Orthodox community took to the streets last night, defying orders to disperse and lighting a fire in protest of new state-mandated restrictions imposed on area synagogues, schools and non-essential businesses over a COVID-19 surge.

Members of the Borough Park Orthodox community gather on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Hundreds of members of the Borough Park Orthodox community took to the streets last night, defying orders to disperse and lighting a fire in protest of new state-mandated restrictions imposed on area synagogues, schools and non-essential businesses over a COVID-19 surge. James Keivom

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Nafsica, 29, played in “Rocktopia” on Broadway performs a duet with Zaxai, 30, who was a 2018 “Voice” finalist, in Times Square Plaza in Manhattan on Oct. 4, 2020. G.N. Miller

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Two workers are pulled inside from a tipping scaffold at 250 Vasey Street in Manhattan on Oct. 4, 2020. G.N. Miller

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The Atlas Statue at Rockefeller Center masks up as Covid-19 numbers begin to rise in New York City on Oct. 6, 2020. Matthew McDermott

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Police at the scene where a person was found dead on the northbound Henry Hudson Parkway at W178th Street in New York, NY around 9:15 p.m. on October 8, 2020.

Police at the scene where a person was found dead on the northbound Henry Hudson Parkway at W178th Street in New York, NY around 9:15 p.m. on Oct. 8, 2020. Christopher Sadowski

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Firefighters respond to a 2-alarm fire on the corner of 31st Street and Lexington Ave, in New York City on Oct. 8, 2020. Matthew McDermott

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Tim Leiweke, CEO of the Oak View Group, leading a tour of the new UBS Arena under construction, which is the new home of the New York Islanders in Elmont, New York. Charles Wenzelberg

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Val Pishchyk, 39, leads a small group soccer training class for kids in Hudson River Park on Oct. 7, 2020. Helayne Seidman

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Masked couples dance to Chinese classical music underneath the FDR near Clinton Street on Oct. 7, 2020. William Farrington

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FDNY cut the locks off a building’s entrances and shut down a venue after finding a faulty sprinkler system, after a private event held by HCS, an organization which aides families with special needs children in Borough Park, Brooklyn on Oct. 5, 2020. Stephen Yang

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Animal right protestors against horse driven carriages in Manhattan, New York on Oct. 3, 2020. Rashid Umar Abbasi

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Christina Hansen, a horse carriage driver, shares a moment with Hover at the Clinton Park Stables in Manhattan, New York, on Oct. 3, 2020 Rashid Umar Abbasi

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A man wearing a “2020 sucks” face mask pictured during the coronavirus pandemic on Oct. 8, 2020. Christopher Sadowski

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