by Emma Davey 
Newly sworn-in Council Member Lincoln Restler announced that the testing site at McCarren Recreation Center (776 Lorimer Street) will be getting a new provider, in response to the exorbitant wait times for COVID-19 test results.Â
Though the arrival of a city-run testing site in Greenpoint came as a big relief to many locals struggling to get tested, Greenpointers has received numerous complaints that it was taking much longer than expected to receive results. In many…
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