The Max & Murphy Show
Teachers’ Union Head: ‘We Want Your Kids Back’
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United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew tells the Max & Murphy Show that parents need to be convinced that schools are safe, even as youth cases climb.
Education
New School Attendance Data Shows Steeper Drops for Students in Shelter, English Language Learners
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Data released recently by the Department of Education for January shows students living in the shelter system saw the most absences, with a monthly attendance rate of 75.7 percent compared to the citywide rate for all students, which was 89.2 percent.
Coronavirus
How to Apply for COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Funds
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) opens on April 12 a nationwide program to help families pay funeral costs for victims of COVID-19.
Voices of New York
Bronx Latino Community Hopes Yankees Fans’ Return Will Herald Neighborhood’s Recovery
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‘For a whole year, this place has been like a graveyard,’ one Bronx worker told El Diario of the area around Yankee Stadium. The venue reopened to fans last week for the first time since the pandemic struck.
2021 election
Should NYC Restrain its Federal Stimulus Spending Like Andrew Yang Says?
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Faulting Mayor de Blasio’s expansion of the city payroll during his tenure, Andrew Yang says the city ought to spread the money coming from Washington out over several years. But should the city save for a rainy day when it’s pouring now?
state budget
Opinion: Why I Joined the Hunger Strike to Fund NY’s Excluded Workers
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‘With my savings gone and just working one day a week, I’m standing in food pantry lines for hours just to get enough to eat. I have to constantly borrow money because I am afraid that if I do not pay my rent, I could lose my home. Each day I worry, how will I ever be able to pay back the money I owe?’
COVID-19
Court Ruling Forces State to Offer COVID-19 Vaccines to All Incarcerated NYers
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Advocates have been calling for vaccine access in the state’s prisons and jails since December. A Supreme Court Judge ruled Monday that the state’s decision to expand eligibility to others in congregate settings but exclude incarcerated people was “arbitrary and capricious.”
state budget
Opinion: Simple Policy Reforms Can Help Ease NYC’s Housing Affordability Crisis
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‘Our state and federal governments have a moral responsibility to go beyond emergency measures and implement systemic, long-term solutions that will direct more public resources to preventing eviction and homelessness.’
Economy
One More Casualty of COVID-19: The Death of El Cocotero
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An estimated 5,000 restaurants across the city were predicted to shutter by February 2021 due to the pandemic. While there’s no officially tally, the loss of Latino-led businesses in New York was already a worrisome trend prior to the crisis.
COVID-19
Let NYC High Schoolers Who ‘Age Out’ This Year Return Next Fall: Advocates
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The state urged local school districts last year to allow students to continue their studies even after they turn 21, to make up for academic losses during the pandemic. The same policy should be made for this year’s students ‘aging’ out, advocates say.