The city must provide written notice to shelter residents at least a week before scheduled moves out of hotels, and ensure those with disabilities are informed of the right to request “reasonable accommodations” at least five days before a transfer, the judge ruled.
COVID-19 cancelled more than a year of school-based blood drives, while the return of pandemic-postponed medical procedures is driving up demand for blood.
‘I’m beyond thrilled some inkling of normalcy may return to this gorgeous mosaic of a city by summer. But city and state officials are going to have to step up their game on how to best address vaccine coronavirus hesitancy or otherwise, we may be setting ourselves up for problems down the road.’
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) opens on April 12 a nationwide program to help families pay funeral costs for victims of COVID-19.
La Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA, por sus siglas en inglés) abre el 12 abril un programa nacional de ayuda a familias para el pago de los costos funerarios de víctimas del COVID-19.
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.”
The pandemic has shuttered government offices across the country, slowing down Freedom of Information requests. In New York, several agencies are reporting delays due to the crisis, worsening what advocates and journalists say was an already burdensome process.
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.
Si no existieran barreras para acceder a la vacuna, entonces no habría necesidad de ser creativos para que personas de color, indígenas, afroamericanos o comunidades vulnerables accedan a la vacuna, dicen los defensores.
The Empire Center’s Bill Hammond told the Max & Murphy Show that the controversy over death data and nursing-home policy reflects deeper questions about decisions made in the disaster’s early days.
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