‘How is it possible to do social isolation in a detention center?’
Coronavirus
It’s More Than Machines: The Emerging Concerns About NYC’s Online Learning
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Making sure students have laptops is important. But teachers and parents say access to WiFi, guides for how to navigate online learning, a clearer set of goals and new emotional support are also needed.
The Coronavirus Crisis
The Coronavirus Thread: Mayor Seeks Immediate Rent Freeze
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Cuomo announced plans to build overflow hospitals at the New York Expo Center in the Bronx, Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal and the College of Staten Island.
Coronavirus
Sistema de transporte en situación ‘crítica’ por crisis del COVID-19
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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.
Coronavirus
Online Learning Means New Barriers for NYC’s Homeless Students
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Online learning is a challenge for many students and their families. For the thousands of kids living in homeless shelters, the obstacles are even higher.
Coronavirus
Volunteer Group Forms to Help Queens’ Nepalese Community During Pandemic
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The group, which started on Facebook, helps connect volunteers with those in need of things like groceries and medicine. ‘We are really overwhelmed with these calls,’ one member said.
Age Justice
Nursing Home Lockdown Creates Unique Problems for Seniors and Families
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Nursing homes across New York City and around the country have been restricting visitors and in many cases banning anyone that is not essential staff from entering the building altogether.
COVID-19
NY’s Polish Americans on COVID-19: ‘It Doesn’t Really Sink in Until it is Near You’
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‘I am trying to take all precautions. I rarely even go shopping. If I need to buy something I go to a Polish deli,’ one resident told Polish-language newspaper Nowy Dziennik.
Government
Aumenta la presión para liberar a las personas en centros de detención de ICE luego del primer caso positivo
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Ahora que el escenario previsto por varias organizaciones y médicos sobre la posibilidad de que un inmigrante en un centro de detención de ICE diera positivo al COVID-19 se ha hecho una realidad, el escenario es aún más preocupante.
Coronavirus
Several Proposals Circulate for Giving Relief to Tenants Crushed by COVID-19
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Among the ideas: allowing tenants to tap into security deposits, creating a $10 billion relief fund, and cancelling three months’ worth of rent and mortgage payments.
Economy
New Focus on Homeowner Assistance Program as COVID Squeezes Incomes
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Supporters say it looks like a key homeowner-assistance program could be left out of this year’s state spending plan.