[NYC School Reopening]
Mulgrew: “Today’s reopening was largely without incident, and in cases where there were problems — for example, six schools did not have a nurse — we were able to resolve them.”
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COVID-19
UFT President Gives Passing Grade to First Day of School Reopenings
Rep. Velázquez Surveys Pandemic’s Impact on Food Businesses
[COVID-19 Business & Food Systems]
Rep. Velázquez: “Many small businesses across the food system are still in the difficult position of figuring out how to pay rent and survive, while many have shut down forever.”
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CER: Important Policy Changes for Students as Schools Reopen
[School Reopening]
Jeanne Allen: “It shouldn’t take a pandemic to prompt novel ideas for ensuring all students have access to the education they deserve.”
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AFT Convention Delegates Endorse Joe Biden for President
[AFT’s National Convention\Joe Biden]
AFT’s Randi Weingarten: “Joe Biden is the deeply decent, experienced, caring and competent leader America needs to guide our nation through the three crises we face today—a global health pandemic, an economic crisis and a long-overdue reckoning with racism.”
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COVID-19: Democrats Unveil Bill to Help Families Facing Housing Eviction
[COVID-19\Housing Evictions]
Rep. Pressley: “Housing is a human right, and in the face of an impending eviction tsunami, we must take bold, urgent action to affirm that right and protect the millions of families facing housing instability.”
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Bronx Borough President “Outraged” at Yankees Trump Invite
[Yankees\Donald Trump]
Diaz: “We all deserve better than a careless major league baseball organization that consistently ignores the surrounding community while pandering to an unapologetic white supremacist like Donald Trump.”
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