Coronavirus
City Pushes Feds to Deliver More Vaccines to NYC
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Mayor Bill de Blasio is asking the Trump administration for greater support for vaccine distribution, including extra doses to cover city commuters from other states.
COVID-19
By The Numbers: NYC’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout So Far
Jeanmarie Evelly |
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.
nys prisons
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 |
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.
Housing and Homelessness
NY Lawmakers to Pass Bill to Halt Pandemic-Related Evictions Through May
Sadef Ali Kully |
The COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act would create a hardship declaration form that tenants can fill out and submit to their landlords, or to housing court, if they’ve experienced economic difficulties due to the pandemic.
Economy
Sharp Drop in City Bankruptcies Could Foreshadow Big Jump Next Year
Jarrett Murphy |
Filings are down by nearly 50 percent this year thanks to debt forbearance, federal aid, slower courthouses and the persistent stigmas against declaring a personal financial crisis.
COVID-19
Checking in on Lines at NYC’s COVID Test Sites as Infection Numbers Rise
City Limits |
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.
COVID-19
Climbing Jail Population and Second COVID Wave Renews Push to Release NYers Behind Bars
Nicole Javorsky |
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.
Voices of New York
Non-Violent Offenders Remain Exposed to COVID-19 Despite Qualifying for Release
Edwin Martínez for El Diario |
Infection numbers are rising in the state prison system. But some inmates facing short sentences and bearing high health risks are still inside.
Art at the Limits
City’s Latino Artists Disproportionately Impacted By the Pandemic
Daniel Parra |
Latino artists report lower rates of health insurance, greater economic losses and higher unemployment. A higher number of them have seen their health or their family’s health directly impacted by COVID-19.
Education
The Check In: NYC Schools and COVID-19
Jeanmarie Evelly |
In this week’s episode, reporter Nicole Javorsky discusses the latest on schools, which are slated to reopen Monday to offer in-person instruction to some students following a systemwide shift to all-remote learning last month.
