Economy
Dispute Over Who Will Fund Hazard Pay for NYC’s Essential Workers
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As the demand for hazard pay grows, so has the uncertainty about who will pay for it.
CityPlate: Food Policy in NYC
City’s Efforts to Meet Food Crisis Evolve; Questions About Long Term
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The pandemic forced the city to create a whole new food-distribution system. While there have been bumps, experts say the effort has been a success,
Housing and Development
New Version of Cuomo’s Evictions Ban Seen as Weaker
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Did the governor’s new moratorium put ‘tens of thousands of New Yorkers’ at risk of being booted out of their homes?
Coronavirus
Transparency Key to Heading Off Qualms About Contact Tracing, Experts Say
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The concerns are not as much about known flaws in the tracing program as they are on how little is known about who will get to see the data and how it will be protected.
Coronavirus
Así es como probablemente funcionará el rastreo de contactos en la ciudad de Nueva York
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Para que el rastreo de contactos funcione bien, los funcionarios de la ciudad de Nueva York tendrán que empezar a educar a la gente en este concepto.
contact tracing
Here’s What Contact Tracing Will Likely Look Like in NYC
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New York City is hiring 1,000 contact tracers with an immediate start date. For contact tracing to really work, we all need to understand what it means.
Coronavirus
Hotels as COVID Convalescent Homes: Challenges for Patients, Staff
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After three deaths at a hotel in Manhattan earlier this month, New York City promises increased resources for its program providing isolation hotels.
The Coronavirus Crisis
The Coronavirus Thread: Local Manufacturing, Buffeted by Development, Gets COVID-19 Spotlight
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‘This is something we now have that can never be taken away from us. This is something we make here that no one else in the world can deprive us of.’
ageism
Older Workers are Organizing to Fight Ageism on the Job
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Age discrimination complaints are hard to litigate. So older workers in New York City and elsewhere are turning from the court of law to that of public opinion to press their case for respect.
abuse
New Judges Help to Speed New York’s Family Courts, But Holdups Remain
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Nine additional judgeships were added to the New York City Family Court system in 2015, the first increase since 1990—a period over which caseloads swelled by 23 percent.