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COVID-19

By The Numbers: NYC’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout So Far

Jeanmarie Evelly | January 4, 2021

New York City and state officials are looking to ramp up coronavirus vaccine distribution after a lackluster start that many have criticized as moving too slowly. So far, the city has administered just 110,241 of the 443,000 doses it has received.

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Opinion: It’s Time for NYS to Act on Decarceration in Prisons to Curb COVID-19

David Hoos, Susan M. Reverby, Barbara Zeller and Robert Fullilove | January 4, 2021

Cuomo has failed to implement widely accepted sound public health practices by refusing to release any meaningful number of the state’s COVID-vulnerable imprisoned human beings, and now by failing to put them in the first categories for access to the new vaccines.

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Checking in on Lines at NYC’s COVID Test Sites as Infection Numbers Rise

City Limits | December 18, 2020

It’s not clear yet if the December holidays will draw same test-line crowds that Thanksgiving did: An average of 48,380 New Yorkers got molecular coronavirus tests on Dec. 14, the most recent date for which city data is available, well below the high of 58,243 people who were tested on Nov. 24.

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Climbing Jail Population and Second COVID Wave Renews Push to Release NYers Behind Bars

Nicole Javorsky | December 16, 2020

The number of people in New York City jails has increased in recent months, reversing progress made earlier in the pandemic to reduce the jail population—and heightening advocates’ concerns about how both the city and state are managing the threat in its correctional facilities.

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Non-Violent Offenders Remain Exposed to COVID-19 Despite Qualifying for Release

Edwin Martínez for El Diario | December 16, 2020

Infection numbers are rising in the state prison system. But some inmates facing short sentences and bearing high health risks are still inside.

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3,311 Cases, 1,929 Classroom Closures: COVID-19 and the Uncertain NYC School Year

Nicole Javorsky | December 1, 2020

Coronavirus infection rates have remained low in the school system even as cases across the city rise, prompting officials to take a new reopening approach this month. But questions and uncertainty remain.

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Opinion: NYers Are Getting Evicted During the Pandemic. Lawmakers Must Act Now.

Marika Dias and Pablo Estupiñan | November 24, 2020

There are now more than 200,000 families across New York State in eviction court. Since Cuomo opened the door to new eviction cases in June, over 33,000 cases have been filed. With a million-plus New York tenants behind on their rent, this number will continue to rise.

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Big Response, Huge Need: NYC’s Welfare System Amid COVID-19

Jarrett Murphy | November 23, 2020

The city’s social safety net has stretched to address the economic disaster created by the pandemic. It might have further to go.

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WATCH: The 2021 Election and Remaking New York

Nicole Javorsky | November 20, 2020

City Limits hosted a virtual discussion on the challenges and opportunities ahead for the next mayor. Featuring panelists Kyle Bragg of 32 BJ SEIU, New York State Senator Jessica Ramos, Jennifer Jones Austin of advocacy organization FPWA, Sandra Lobo of Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition and Kathryn Wylde of the Partnership of New York.

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