Health and Environment
Death, Tears and ‘Here Comes the Sun’: A Hospital Worker Remembers
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‘Instead of a code, we heard something else — the first few seconds of a Beatles tune. Everyone sighed with relief.’
Budget
Opinion: Treat Homecare Aides as the Essential Workers They Are
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‘We are not asking to be prioritized over doctors and nurses. We simply need to be given the same resources.’
Uncategorized
Opinion: Don’t Leave the Vulnerable with Less Defense in NYC Courtrooms
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‘We’re urging the City Council to maintain funding for public defenders and help ensure that low-income New Yorkers have the support and services they need, and have access to justice that others take for granted.’
churches
With Parishioners’ Pictures on Pews, Polish Church Hosts Virtual Masses
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‘A mass said to the familiar faces feels so much different than one said to a bare camera,’ says the pastor at Holy Rosary Church in Jersey City.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: COVID-19 Shows the Need to Combine Housing with Healthcare
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‘The COVID 19 pandemic boldly underscores the need for housing and health to be coordinated at the front end of planning a development project.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Past is Prologue to NYC’s Flawed COVID-19 Homeless Policy
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‘Twenty-five years ago, Mario Cuomo was known for his oratory. During his years in office, Presidents Reagan and Bush made him look like a paragon of virtue. But his parting act as governor should remind us that his apparent compassion was mere sanctimony. ‘
college majors
When Labs Go Online: For Some College Majors, Remote Learning Means Extra Hurdles
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Classes for certain college majors, the move to remove learning has been especially jarring, as science labs and acting workshops don’t translate so easily to Zoom.
Uncategorized
In Chinese Community, Increased Competition for Pandemic Grocery Delivery Workers
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The pandemic triggered a new business model in the Chinese community: customers ordering via ad hoc WeChat groups from self-designated delivery workers, who would go out to buy and deliver groceries. But competition has increased.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: What College Kids Lose at Online U
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‘Education’s response to the pandemic—which catapulted us fully online at breakneck speed—must be understood as an emergency measure, not an overall best approach, which it is not.’
Age Justice
He was Waiting for Clemency. Now He’s Fighting Coronavirus.
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Robert Lind, 73, is serving a 50-years-to-life sentence for a shooting in 1983.