SEPTEMBER 14th RESOURCES AND UPDATES:
Starting September 30th, restaurants in New York City can reopen for indoor dining with a limit of 25 percent capacity. All restaurants that choose to reopen must adhere to strict safety protocols, including temperature checks, face coverings when not seated, increased ventilation and air filtration standards, among other safety protocols.
NY Infection Rate Stays Below 1% for 30 Days Despite College Town Outbreak - NBC NY
Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia Resigns To Contemplate Mayoral Bid - Gothamist
Where De Blasio's Push to Borrow Billions Stands - Gotham Gazette
Tax the Ultrarich? Cuomo Resists, Even With a $14 Billion Budget Gap - NY Times
Cited for ventilation problems, these 21 NYC schools will remain closed — for now - Chalkbeat
City Board Of Elections Launches Tracking System So Absentee Ballots Don't Get Lost In The Void - Gothamist
De Blasio recedes from development agenda as pandemic response consumes City Hall - Politico
City lags on promised child care plan - Politico
With mixed emotions, NYC teachers return to classrooms frozen in time - Chalkbeat
NYC’s Grab-and-Go Meal Program Headed for an After-School Schedule - The City
NYC bus ridership drops 22% after MTA ends free rides - Daily News
Is It Really Layoffs or Loans? De Blasio's Other Options to Find $1 Billion - Gotham Gazette
N.Y.C. to Allow Indoor Dining, in Milestone on Recovery From Pandemic - NY Times
New York City Subway and Bus Riders Face $50 Fine for Not Wearing a Mask - WSJ
150 Big Businesses Warn Mayor of ‘Widespread Anxiety’ Over N.Y.C.’s Future - NY Times
De Blasio splits with Cuomo, wants stricter standards for indoor NYC dining - Politico
No Placards Revoked Yet as de Blasio Takes Gas Out of City Employee Parking Crackdown - The City
NY gets 221,000 online applications for absentee ballots — in one week - Newsday
As City Reopens, De Blasio’s ‘Better Buses’ Plan Stuck in Traffic - Gotham Gazette
Weekend Shopping Event Aims To Revive Madison Avenue - Patch
Covid-19 Live Updates: Republicans’ Scaled-Back Stimulus Bill Fails in Senate - NYTimes
"I Wanted To Always Play it Down:" 4 Revelations from Bob Woodward's Book Excerpts About Trump - NY1
Younger Americans feel their voting weight - The Economist
The Pandemic of Work-From-Home Injuries - NYTimes
It Will Take More Than a Vaccine to Beat COVID-19 - The New Yorker
The battle over trans athletes in American schools heats up - The Economist
A Mental-Health Crisis Is Burning Across the American West - The Atlantic
'We need to talk about suicide' - BBC News
The Coronavirus, Climate Change, and the End of Seasons as We Knew Them - The New Yorker
Continue Your Life’s Education With Free Online Classes - NYTimes
Art Therapy - Our Town
FEMA Will Stop Covering Costs of Disinfecting MTA, School Facilities - NY1
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SEPTEMBER 8th RESOURCES AND UPDATES:
For the fourth straight week, New York's positive infection rate is below 1 percent. All of the State's COVID reporting data, including the number of tests conducted and the positive infection rate broken down by region, is available here.
New York City Delays Start of School to Ready for In-Person Classes - NY Times
New York Police Change Attitudes After Implicit-Bias Training - WSJ
As layoffs loom for city workers, NYC pays $163M to corporate consultancies - Daily News
NYC’s school staffing crisis could undermine literacy programs for struggling readers, advocates warn - Chalkbeat
With Trash Complaints Up 120% At Parks This Summer, City Launches Campaign To Tackle Garbage Uptick - Gothamist
'What happened?' NYC restaurants asking why Cuomo, de Blasio still won’t allow indoor dining as N.J. moves forward - Daily News
A Quick Virus Test? Sure, If You Can Afford It - NY Times
Layoffs in limbo as union leaders plan sit-down with de Blasio - Politico
Front-Door Boarding and Fare Collection Resumes on MTA Buses - NY1
Despite Postponement, Some NYC Public School Teachers Remain Skeptical Of Reopening Plan - Gothamist
City Approves 247 Schools for Outdoor Activities - Streetsblog
NYPD Street Blockades Near Precincts Persist, Months After Protests Waned - The City
With NYC promising free child care, providers and parents have lots of questions - Chalkbeat
Lawmakers Worry Child Care Will Fall Through Cracks - NY State of Politics
New York City Gyms Reopen for First Time Since Pandemic - WSJ
What’s the Trump Eviction Moratorium All About? - Curbed NY
Business Leaders Push for Faster Action to Spur NYC’s Economic Comeback - The City
Cuomo sidesteps de Blasio to reopen casinos and push for NYC indoor dining - NY Post
New York Gives Casinos, Indoor Malls Approval to Reopen - WSJ
Where De Blasio's Push to Borrow Billions Stands - Gotham Gazette
Generation Work-From-Home May Never Recover - The Atlantic
‘That’s certainly not my approach’: Fauci rejects pursuing herd immunity - Politico
Ho, Ho, Hum: Struggling Retailers Brace for a Muted Holiday Season - NYTimes
SUNY Oneonta Becomes First SUNY Campus to End In-Person Classes for Semester - Spectrum
Why a Civil Rights Veteran Thinks the Protests Are More Like 1963 Than 1968 - Politico
N.Y.C. School Plan Hinges on Hundreds of Thousands of Virus Tests - NYTimes
MTA Says 15% of Transit Riders with Masks Wear Them Improperly - NY1
N.Y.C. Surpasses 1,000 Shootings Before Labor Day - NYTimes
One last push for police reform - Politico
Steroids Can Be Lifesaving for Covid-19 Patients, Scientists Report - NYTimes
The Pandemic Has Created a Class of Super-Savers - The Atlantic
TriBeCa: Cobblestone Streets and Multimillion-Dollar Homes - NYTimes
We Take Everything with Us: An Interview with Yaa Gyasi - The Atlantic
How Do You Open an Interactive Museum in a Pandemic? Very Carefully - NYTimes
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AUGUST 31st RESOURCES AND UPDATES:
Tomorrow is National Poll Worker Recruitment Day. Election Day is fast approaching and the New York State and Local Board of Elections are asking registered voters to pitch in and help work the polls (a paid position). To be eligible, you must be a registered voter in New York State.
NYC Schools Can Hold Classes Outside This Fall, And Chancellor Suggests Well-Funded PTAs Could Help Pay for It - Chalkbeat
Mayor Gives Principals a Week To Register Outdoor-Learning Plans - Streetsblog
NYC Council speaker plans to support increased city borrowing - Daily News
No Friday Night Lights For Now As Cuomo Outlines Sports Guidance - WAMC
De Blasio has ‘no plan’ for return of indoor dining in NYC - NY Post
Is the Worst Yet to Come for Small Businesses? - NY State of Politics
Central Park's 1st Statue Depicting Real Women To Be Unveiled This Week - WCBS
Car crashes into outdoor dining area in NYC, injuring three - NY Post
New York State's Plastic Bag Ban Is Back - NY State of Politics
NY Gov OKs Clerical Fixes on Mail-In Ballots, With a Twist - NBC NY
N.Y. to apply for federal funds to pay $300-a-week unemployment benefits - Daily News
Older New Yorkers Sweat It Out, Waiting for Promised Air-Conditioners - NYTimes
"Officials at the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center in Manhattan spent nearly $30,000 for 56 air-conditioners for seniors like Rosalina Acevedo, who is 73 and diabetic.
AUGUST 25th RESOURCES AND UPDATES:
The moratorium for residential and commercial evictions in New York City has been extended to October 1st. Evictions will remain paused for New Yorkers and small businesses facing financial hardship due to the pandemic.
Redeemer Presbyterian Church Acquires UES Property for $30M in All-Cash Deal - Commercial Observer
Evangelical Church Seeks To Build 10-Story UES Ministry Center - Patch
Can N.Y.C. Schools Open on Time? De Blasio Is Under Pressure to Delay - NY Times
How The Upper East Side's Private Schools Are Reopening This Fall - Patch
New York Teachers Union Threatens Strike if Schools Reopen Without Safety Measures - WSJ
NYC teachers union ups the pressure to delay school reopening, demanding COVID-19 tests for students and staff - Chalkbeat
NYC restaurants: Give us indoor dining or we’ll sue - The Real Deal
Museums and Other New York Cultural Institutions Can Open Aug.
AUGUST 17th RESOURCES AND UPDATES:
Mayor de Blasio announced the launch of the NYC Tenant Resource Portal, the city’s first-ever online resource to help residential renters access free resources from the City to help prevent evictions and keep tenants stably housed.
What Happens to Viral Particles on the Subway - NY Times
N.Y. Schools Can Reopen, Cuomo Says, in Contrast With Much of U.S. - NY Times
NYC Scrambles to Find New School Space as Cuomo Gives Go-Ahead for Classes - The City
NYPD barricades have turned Gracie Mansion into de Blasio’s fortress, neighbors say- NY Post
Sorry, Mayor de Blasio: New Yorkers are Buying Wheels This Summer - The City
Will Cars Rule the Roads in Post-Pandemic New York? - New York Times
City Council moves to extend food delivery caps on Grubhub, UberEats - NY Post
NY lawmakers to grill election officials over mail-in ballot debacle - NY Post
Ghost Storefront Revealed in NYC's Upper East Side - Untapped New York - Untapped New York
Staff Complaints Prompt Calls for Misconduct Training for Community Board Members - The City
A quarter of NYC students opt out of school buildings this fall, while 736,000 are set to return — for now - Chalkbeat
DOT shoots down plan for more pedestrian and cyclist space on Ed Koch-Queensboro Bridge - QNS
Anti-Semitic note reportedly left at Manhattan assemblywoman’s office - NY Post
Anti-Semitic Note Reportedly Left on N.Y. Assemblymember’s Vandalized Office - Jewish Journal
The City of New York Community Board 8 (CB8) Manhattan, an agency that helps resolve municipal delivery service complaints, similarly condemned in a statement what happened to Seawright’s office.
