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Posts published in “Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)”
With Remote Learning, a 12-Year-Old Knows Her English Is Slipping Away
By Gotham Rex on December 29, 2020
In New York City, 142,000 children are learning English in school. Online classes are especially challenging for them. Source: New York Times
New York Will Ban Most Evictions as Tenants Struggle to Pay Rent
By Gotham Rex on December 28, 2020
The Legislature, addressing the hardship caused by the pandemic, is convening an unusual special session between Christmas and New Year’s to pass the measure. Source: New York Times
Small Number of Covid Patients Develop Severe Psychotic Symptoms
By Gotham Rex on December 28, 2020
Most had no history of mental illness and became psychotic weeks after contracting the virus. Cases are expected to remain rare but are being reported worldwide. Source: New York Times
Did These New York Clinics Ignore Rules on Who Gets Vaccinated First?
By Gotham Rex on December 27, 2020
The state is investigating whether a network of urgent care clinics provided vaccinations to members of the public who were not yet entitled to have the shots. Source: New York Times
Why 530 Frozen Bodies Sit in a Brooklyn Warehouse
By Gotham Rex on December 26, 2020
In the first wave of Covid, the crush of bodies overwhelmed New York City’s capacity to deal with the dead. Now, the city is prepared if a second onslaught occurs. Source: New York Times
8 Things We Hated About New York Until 2020 Happened
By Gotham Rex on December 25, 2020
New Yorkers are world-famous kvetchers. But when we got something real to complain about, we changed our tune. Source: New York Times
How a Young Chess Phenom Spends His Sundays
By Gotham Rex on December 25, 2020
Between studying moves with tutors in India and New York, Oliver Boydell has homework (with video game breaks, of course). Source: New York Times
What Happened When Henry Yao Almost Went Bust
By Gotham Rex on December 25, 2020
His customers cherished his small business — and him — more than he ever knew. Source: New York Times
Hospital Workers Start to ‘Turn Against Each Other’ to Get Covid-19 Vaccine
By Gotham Rex on December 24, 2020
“I am so disappointed and saddened that this happened,” a New York hospital executive wrote to his staff after workers who did not have priority cut the line for the vaccine. Source: New York Times
Tony Robbins Accused of Discriminating Against Employee Who Got Covid
By Gotham Rex on December 24, 2020
A sales executive who was placed on a ventilator while in a coma says she was denied accommodations to work from home as she recovered. Source: New York Times
Queens Republicans Under Fire for ‘Covid Conga Line’ Holiday Party
By Gotham Rex on December 22, 2020
Footage of revelers dancing without masks at a Republican club’s event has led to an investigation of the venue, a popular Italian restaurant. Source: New York Times
Biden to Pick Latino Chief of Connecticut Schools as Education Secretary
By Gotham Rex on December 22, 2020
Miguel A. Cardona will fulfill Joe Biden’s promise to appoint a diverse cabinet with an education secretary with public school experience. Source: New York Times
Why Young New Yorkers Are Facing a Tougher Job Crisis
By Gotham Rex on December 22, 2020
No age group has faced a worse economic crisis in New York City than young workers, especially those who are Black, Hispanic or do not have a college degree. Source: New York Times
More Than 70 West Point Cadets Are Accused in Cheating Scandal
By Gotham Rex on December 21, 2020
The U.S. Military Academy faces its biggest academic scandal in nearly 50 years over allegations of cheating on a calculus exam. Source: New York Times