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.
Coronavirus
More Questions Than Answers About the Racial & Ethnic Skew in COVID-19 Deaths
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There’s been less discussion of how underlying conditions and longstanding inequalities actually translated into deaths, or about other factors that might help to explain the racial disparities characterizing COVID-19’s impact.
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Unclear How Many NYS Prison Deaths Are Being Investigated
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City Limits contacted the medical examiners or coroners in all 26 New York counties were DOCCS has facilities. Most who responded said they were not investigating any prison deaths.
Coronavirus
Undocumented, Essential and Sick: COVID-19 Comes to the Farm
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First came the fever, then dark urine and diarrhea, then a cough ‘that wanted to tear my throat up.’ And then his roommate got sick, too.
Coronavirus
Decades of Shrinking Hospital Capacity ‘Spelled Disaster’ for New York’s COVID Response
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New York has closed dozens of hospitals in the last few decades, the result of larger healthcare trends, policy shifts and cost-cutting efforts. But that downsizing has been “called into question” by the coronavirus pandemic, experts say.
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Mutual Aid Movement Playing Huge Role in COVID-19 Crisis
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Over the past few weeks, advocacy groups, veteran volunteers, and everyday residents across the five boroughs have stepped up to form groups and projects that assist vulnerable New Yorkers.
The Ride
Super Commuters in Sophomore Year: The Impact of NYC’s Longest Rides to School
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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.
Age Justice
Many NYC Seniors Still Face the Threat of Evictions
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The city uses a patchwork of social services and subsidies to keep elders aging in place, but they can be difficult to qualify for and their funds are limited.
Gentrification
Hopes for Improving Anti-Redlining Law Take a Backseat to Saving It
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The CRA, a crucial but flawed tool intended to give communities leverage over banks, is up for reform—and though community advocates have long advocated for substantive changes to the law, they are currently worried about conservative moves to hobble it.
The Ride
New NYPD Unit Will Crack Down on Drivers Who Fail to Yield — But Nearly Half of Those Tickets Are Still Tossed Out
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In his State of the City speech, Mayor de Blasio announced a new NYPD Vision Zero Unit to crack down on dangerous driving behavior, like failure to yield. But data shows many drivers who get summonses for that offense face no penalties.