The economic crisis caused by the pandemic has placed the city’s housing woes in stark relief. But one group of Brooklyn tenants has been fighting back. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)”
School Employees Get Their Shots
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2021
Among teachers, the vaccination rate has climbed to 96% following the imposition of a mandate in New York City schools. Source: New York Times
SoHo Catered to Free-Spending Tourists. What Happens Without Them?
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2021
Perhaps no commercial district in Manhattan has been hit harder by the financial havoc caused by the pandemic. Source: New York Times
Northwell Health Fires 1,400 Unvaccinated Employees
By Gotham Rex on October 4, 2021
Northwell Health, which employs 76,000 people, says ensuring that all staff are vaccinated will help improve care. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C.'s Teacher Vaccine Mandate Prompts Thousands of Last-Minute Shots
By Gotham Rex on October 4, 2021
The mandate is the first full vaccine requirement for any group of city workers and affects well over 150,000 teachers and staff members. Source: New York Times
Is the Coronavirus Getting Better at Airborne Transmission?
By Gotham Rex on October 1, 2021
The Alpha variant traveled more efficiently in small droplets, two new studies found. The Delta variant may have continued this evolution. Source: New York Times
De Blasio Vowed to Make City Streets Safer. They’ve Turned More Deadly.
By Gotham Rex on September 30, 2021
Traffic deaths have surged this year to their highest level in nearly a decade. Officials blame an excess of reckless driving, but critics say the city has failed to make streets safer. Source: New York Times
New York's Vaccine Mandate: What to Know
By Gotham Rex on September 29, 2021
In courtrooms from Manhattan to Utica, judges are weighing whether exemptions that would cover thousands of health care workers will be allowed. Source: New York Times
Positive Coronavirus Cases Halt ‘Aladdin’ a Day After It Reopened
By Gotham Rex on September 29, 2021
The Broadway show had just returned to the stage on Tuesday with several understudies. Source: New York Times
Mary Bassett Tapped to Lead New York State's Health Department
By Gotham Rex on September 29, 2021
Dr. Bassett ran New York City’s health department with acclaim through a series of crises. Source: New York Times
A Last-Minute Rush to Get Vaccinated
By Gotham Rex on September 29, 2021
Thousands of unvaccinated health care workers changed their minds as a state deadline to be inoculated approached. Source: New York Times
Vaccine Mandate Leads Thousands of New York Health Workers to Get Vaccinated
By Gotham Rex on September 28, 2021
Though many hospital and nursing home employees remain unvaccinated, officials say worst-case staffing shortages seem less likely. Source: New York Times
N.Y.'s Covid Vaccine Mandate Tested by Pushback From Workers
By Gotham Rex on September 27, 2021
“It’s not a role I relish,” Gov. Kathy C. Hochul said. “But I also realistically know that there are people who will not come back to their jobs.” Source: New York Times
Judges Rule New York City Vaccine Mandate for School Workers Can Proceed
By Gotham Rex on September 27, 2021
The mayor said he would extend the deadline until the end of the day Friday. Source: New York Times
These Health Care Workers Would Rather Get Fired Than Get Vaccinated
By Gotham Rex on September 26, 2021
Monday is the vaccination deadline for New York State health care workers. Thousands of refusers have failed to meet it. Source: New York Times