[COVID-19\Coronavirus\School Closings]
Governor Cuomo: “We will close these schools but it needs to be done with these contingencies in mind so that children are not harmed and our hospitals aren’t understaffed – otherwise we cut off our nose to spite our face.”
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Coronavirus
AMID CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC ADVOCATE ANNOUNCES NEW WORKFORCE POLICES
[COVID-19\Coronavirus]
“Our office is committed to uplifting and protecting the most vulnerable people around our city in the coming weeks and months, addressing the needs of New Yorkers while putting into practice our own strategies to mitigate the spread of this virus.”
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SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS MUST USE SUNDAY’S DEBATE TO EXPOSE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HYPOCRISY
[“Speaking Truth To Empower”]
The attacks on Sanders represent Wall Street and America’s wealthy elites’ response to Sanders’ message. They like wealth inequality and will do everything to preserve it.
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NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER: WE MUST CLOSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO LIMIT SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS
[COVID-19\Coronavirus\Public School Closings]
Speaker Johnson: “I have repeatedly said it is not time to panic. But it is time to act. We must take bold, decisive measures to do everything we can to limit the spread of coronavirus/COVID-19.”
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“AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM” IS PROVING TO BE FALSE AMID CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
[COVID-19\Coronavirus\ SARS-1SARS-CoV2]
“Apparently, having missed the bullet of SARS-1, politicians and ‘leaders’ in their arrogance and ignorance, a deadly combination, decided what America needed, on top of its nuclear arsenal capable of killing every human being several times over, was more nuclear weapons.”
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SCHOMBURG CENTER SUSPENDS PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS AMID CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
[Schomburg Center\Coronavirus]
The Schomburg Center has suspended all programming and events at our location through March 31.
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NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER JOHNSON ON CORONAVIRUS: “PRACTICE GOOD HYGIENE AND REMAIN VIGILANT”
[Coronavirus\New York]
City Council Speaker Johnson: “I have been speaking to leading public health care experts and I believe that we are now at a point where it is necessary to create limits on non-essential large gatherings.”
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NEW YORK PUBLIC ADVOCATE: TAX WALL STREET AND WEALTHY TO STOP MEDICAID CUTS
[Wall Street Wealth Tax\Medicaid]
The Public Advocate identified six revenue-raising measures which together could net $20 Billion in new revenue statewide and protect healthcare funding at a crucial time when the state faces the threat of coronavirus.
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NEW YORK CITY MAYOR DE BLASIO REPORTS TWO NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS
[New York Coronavirus Cases\Mayor Bill de Blasio]
Mayor de Blasio: We want New Yorkers to be prepared and vigilant, not alarmed. We are taking the same decisive steps in every case to shut transmission down: isolate and test each suspected case, trace close contacts, and isolate and test them as well.”
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ILLINOIS CONGRESSWOMAN QUESTIONS DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ACTING SECRETARY ABOUT CORONAVIRUS PREPAREDNESS
[Coronavirus Preparedness]
During a hearing, Underwood questioned Acting Secretary Wolf on the steps DHS has taken to ensure the safety of its employees and their work to coordinate efforts with the Centers for Disease Control.
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