NYC MAYOR CALLS FOR 2020 CENSUS EXTENSIONS DUE TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK
Mayor Bill de Blasio: “I am calling on the Census Bureau to extend the census period so that all Americans can get counted without risking their health and…
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NURSES DEMAND IMMEDIATE TESTING OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FOR COVID-19
Hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 outbreak are yet to be tested, despite reports of waves of infections. Photo: YouTube The AFT…
NY ATTORNEY GENERAL IMPLORES TRUMP TO HALT PUBLIC CHARGE RULE
As the coronavirus spreads across the country, immigrants should be encouraged to access health insurance and medical care, but the Trump Administration’s rule does the opposite. Photo: YouTube…
COMMUNITY LEADERS TO BLACK OFFICIALS: SAVE BLACK LIVES DURING COVID-19
As COVID-19 threatens to ravage prisons across the state, Black community organizers from Riverhead to Rochester called on Black elected officials to loudly and publicly reject Governor Cuomo’s…
ARE AMERICA’S PRISONS A TICKING TIME BOMB FOR COVID-19?
Karakatsanis – who has won the release of tens of thousands of incarcerated people through impact litigation - is highlighting the COVID-19 crisis as especially urgent for the…
NYC COUNCIL MEMBER INEZ BARRON TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
Speaker Johnson: “Council Member Barron is the second member of the Council to announce they tested positive. Council Member Ritchie Torres announced his positive test on Tuesday, March…
NY CONGRESSWOMAN VELAZQUEZ INTRODUCES COVID-19 RELIEF BILL
Rep. Velázquez: "I am introducing sweeping legislation to tackle the economic hardship and fallout facing our nation’s employers and workers.” Photo: YouTube How will small businesses fare during…
IS COVID-19 EXACERBATING AMERICA’S GENERATIONAL DIVIDE?
Kary Love: "It is reported the kids are calling COVID-19 “Boomer Remover”...I think the real reason many kids are manifesting a disregard for the lives of others, is…
WATERS ON COVID-19 STIMULUS RESPONSE: “FAMILIES MUST COME FIRST”
Waters: “Low-income communities were already struggling before this crisis began and will likely be hit particularly hard by the coming recession. This is an urgent public health crisis."…
WHO IS RIDING NYC SUBWAYS AND BUSES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC?
Riders Alliance's Betsy Plum: "Many New Yorkers continue to rely on public transit even while living in fear of contracting and spreading the Coronavirus...public transit is a lifeline…