Photos from the 2018 midterm elections just two years ago contain scenes glaringly missing from Tuesday: crowded poll sites, tightly packed voter lines and candidates hugging at celebration parties, to name a few. In 2020, voting meant a lot more hand sanitizer, face masks and waiting outside.
It’s been more than seven months since New York started coronavirus lockdown measures, and just as the crisis itself has shifted and evolved over time, so too have the informal networks of volunteers and neighbors working to help one another endure it.
The City Council allowed the charge to help struggling businesses cover costs. But owners fear steeper charges might drive away customers.
If New Yorkers are concerned about how their information will be used in contact tracing, they will hesitate to participate. Gov. Cuomo must sign the Contact Tracing Confidentiality Act, which would guarantee that ICE and police do not have access to the collected information.
Since the start of the crisis, low-income residents are canceling or delaying preventative care like physicals and vaccinations at a higher rate than wealthier residents, a survey released Tuesday found.
There are four upcoming meetings for the public to weigh in on what needs to happen to reshape the NYPD.
Advocates say the amount the city would save from the cuts, a meager $30 million, is not worth the loss of jobs, housing units and economic growth which could come with restoring HPD’s capital budget for affordable housing.
Though it’s still unclear how the federal government will distribute vaccinations, the state’s draft plan would prioritized health care workers and other residents at highest risk.
The de Blasio administration has no schedule for reopening the centers, and it seems likely the centers will not offer in-person services until 2021.
There’s little doubt either Trump or Biden will push through some relief package after Election Day. What do we know about what either candidate’s strategy will mean for New York City?
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