Federal officials have suggested that corrections staff receive high priority for a coronavirus vaccine, but not the millions of vulnerable inmates held in U.S. facilities. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)”
Food Delivery Apps Are Booming. Their Workers Are Often Struggling.
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2020
Delivery drivers have been essential to feeding New York, while boosting sales for companies like DoorDash and Uber. But they say work conditions have gotten worse. Source: New York Times
Party With Nearly 400 People Is Shut Down in Manhattan
By Gotham Rex on November 29, 2020
The sheriff’s office has responded to similar events every weekend for the last several months, even as the pandemic worsens. Source: New York Times
Black Voguers Populate Billboards in a Times Square ‘Midnight Moment’
By Gotham Rex on November 29, 2020
The opportunity to stage “Black Magic” in Times Square “was a great proposition to do something transgressive,” said the artist Rashaad Newsome. Source: New York Times
Should Isolation Periods Be Shorter for People With Covid-19?
By Gotham Rex on November 29, 2020
Patients are usually most infectious two days before symptoms begin and for five days after, a new analysis finds. Source: New York Times
2nd Coronavirus Wave Hits Buffalo Area ‘With a Vengeance’
By Gotham Rex on November 27, 2020
The positive test rate in Erie County has remained above 5 percent for almost two weeks. Source: New York Times
Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal
By Gotham Rex on November 27, 2020
The company has added 427,300 employees in 10 months, bringing its global work force to more than 1.2 million. Source: New York Times
Cuomo Attacks Supreme Court, but Virus Ruling Is Warning to Governors
By Gotham Rex on November 26, 2020
The court signaled that if unconstrained religious observance and public safety are sometimes at odds, then religious freedom should win out. Source: New York Times
Dr. Mary Fowkes, 66, Dies; Helped Science Understand the Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on November 26, 2020
She performed autopsies in New York that found blood clots in vital organs, suggesting how much the virus spreads through the body. Source: New York Times
Here’s What the Thanksgiving Parade Looked Like in Pandemic New York
By Gotham Rex on November 26, 2020
The holiday ritual was limited to a block, with parts pretaped for television and barricades to keep people away. Still, a few curious spectators showed up. Source: New York Times
Why This Billionaire Will Never Leave New York
By Gotham Rex on November 26, 2020
For the cosmetics mogul and philanthropist Leonard Lauder, the city, with its museums, public transit and parks, is an explorer’s delight. Source: New York Times
Homeless Men Must Leave The Lucerne Hotel, Judge Rules
By Gotham Rex on November 25, 2020
The dispute has been a flash point in one of New York City’s most liberal neighborhoods. Source: New York Times
A Lonely New York Holiday: ‘Miss This One and Be Alive for the Next’
By Gotham Rex on November 25, 2020
In a city where the holiday has special significance, a ban on gatherings has left some New Yorkers planning lonely feasts. Source: New York Times
What the M.T.A.’s ‘Doomsday’ Cuts Would Actually Look Like
By Gotham Rex on November 25, 2020
The New York transit agency has threatened to slash subway and bus service by 40 percent if it doesn’t receive federal aid. What could really happen is a bit more complicated. Source: New York Times
$15,000 Fine After Secret Hasidic Wedding Draws Thousands of Guests
By Gotham Rex on November 24, 2020
“This was amazingly irresponsible,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said of the event in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Source: New York Times