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The toolkit for Census Day 2020.
With Census workers unable to conduct door-to-door outreach, they’re turning to other methods to get the word out during the pandemic, saying a full population count is more important now than ever.
Las penurias de la MTA van más allá de la pérdida de usuarios y dinero procedente de las tarifas de viaje. Sus otras fuentes de ingreso – que incluyen peajes, impuestos, y subsidios municipales y estatales – también se agotarán con el desplome económico que se espera traiga consigo el coronavirus, con el cierre de negocios en la ciudad y el estado y la interrupción del flujo de turistas.
As coronavirus continues to spread through New York, t’s shifting how we consider and allocate public space, and streets in particular.
Our reporters captured scenes of the first full day under the governor’s order for 100 percent of non-essential employees to stay home.
‘Mass transit is asking for a pittance compared to what they’re asking for,’ says one expert. ‘No eyes should be batted at $4 billion.’
Activistas dicen que la respuesta del gobierno al COVID-19 ignora a un importante sector de la población neoyorkina: sus 4.5 millones de inmigrantes.
Many immigrant workers in food service, childcare and the cleaning industries don’t have the luxury of working from home, making them especially vulnerable to the virus, advocates say. They want to ensure the government’s response to COVID-19 doesn’t overlook immigrant and undocumented residents.
Thousands of New York City students spend at least two hours in transit to and from school each day, raising questions about how school quality and school distance combine to affect learners.
The MTA plans to limit the number of trips Access-a-Ride users can take under a popular pilot program that allows them to book rides on-demand. Those changes will take effect by the end of the month, an MTA spokesman said.
Fear over implementation of the policy has led to many immigrants disenrolling in public benefit programs, sometimes needlessly.