The Max & Murphy Show
Leading Senate Democrat: Drastic Moves Are Needed to Staunch 2nd Wave
Jarrett Murphy |
Manhattan’s Liz Krueger says bars and gyms must close if the city is to avoid another catastrophic experience with COVID-19.
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A Look at Rent Strikes in NYC, As Housing Relief Legislation Lags
Sadef Ali Kully |
Although there’s no clear data tracking the number of rent strikes taking place across the city, the advocacy coalition Housing Justice for All says they’ve become more common during the COVID-19 crisis. An informal count by the group estimated 100 tenant groups or associations in New York participated in the nationwide rent strike action earlier this spring.
Hunger
Opinion: NYC Faces a Hunger and Homelessness Crisis. Here’s How to Help.
Josiah Haken |
‘I know hunger is not new. But over the last six months in the New York City metro area it has become worse and there are easy ways that those of us with more than we need can move from awareness to action.’
Education
City’s Pandemic School Food Offerings Should Include Hot Meals, Councilmember Urges
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Councilman Mark Treyger says the city should tap into the resources it uses to run its senior meal delivery program to offer similar hot food options to students, saying his office has received “numerous complaints” about the current grab-and-go cold meals at schools.
COVID-19
As COVID-19 Cases Spike Again, Are New Yorkers Still Being Diligent About Masks?
City Limits |
City Limits staff conducted an unscientific tally at locations across the city: Of the 1,339 New Yorkers we observed, just over 70 percent wore masks.
COVID-19 Testing
La estrategia de contención en la serie de casos de COVID-19 en Nueva York
Nicole Javorsky |
Ha pasado casi un mes desde que Nueva York comenzó su ‘Iniciativa de Acción de Grupo’ (“Cluster Action Initiative) para contener la propagación del coronavirus instituyendo restricciones en vecindarios específicos. ¿Mantendrá a raya una segunda ola?.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Same Old Crisis: In Bushwick, Hunger and Joblessness Hold Steady in a Bad Place
Daniel Parra |
From local pols to community leaders, volunteers to residents, no one believes things are getting much better in the neighborhood now, months into the pandemic.
public art
Subway Art Campaign Tackles Anti-Asian Bias During COVID-19
Nicole Javorsky |
From the start of the city’s coronavirus crisis in February 2020, the city’s Commission on Human Rights received more than 566 reports of discrimination, harassment, and bias related to COVID-19, 184 of which were anti-Asian in nature.
COVID-19
Checking in on New York’s COVID-19 ‘Cluster’ Containment Strategy
Nicole Javorsky |
It’s been nearly a month since New York started its ‘Cluster Action Initiative’ to contain the spread of coronavirus by instituting restrictions in specific hotspot neighborhoods. Will it keep a second wave at bay?
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La necesidad de comida parece no haber cambiado en Bushwick
Daniel Parra |
Desde los senadores estatales, pasando por los políticos locales, líderes comunitarios, voluntarios y residentes de Bushwick, ninguno de ellos ve que las cosas estén mejorando en Bushwick.
