Coronavirus
Anthony Miranda touted the ‘virus buster’ badge in league with a convicted racketeer and a Queens business leader embroiled in an Elon Musk-imposter spectacle.
Advocates credit reporting from THE CITY’s MISSING THEM project and its partners for laying the groundwork for the legislation.
THE CITY’s crowdsourced COVID-19 memorial will close to new entries at the end of this month, but our commitment to reporting on the pandemic’s effects will continue.
Mayor says he was forced to sell COVID medical supplies for small change: ‘We need to reexamine that rule.’
In a growing number of lawsuits, municipal workers who were put on unpaid leave or terminated after seeking religious exemptions to an employee COVID shot mandate are getting judges to order their reinstatement.
There are care clinics for long COVID, local support groups, and ideas from those living with this illness. Here’s what you should know if you’re trying to navigate chronic symptoms in New York City.
Nuevos datos del Departamento de Salud de la ciudad apuntan a la disparidad de raza y género que podría surgir de enfermedades preexistentes y del acceso a la atención médica.
New data from the city health department points to disparities in race and gender that may stem from preexisting conditions and access to care.
Join THE CITY’s memorial project, MISSING THEM, for conversation at a community fair on 123rd Street in Harlem this Sunday, Oct. 2.
Join THE CITY’s Missing Them project for a conversation in Elmhurst, Queens with free food and PPE from local nonprofit Woodside on the Move.
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The program involved pulling students out of class, sometimes for up to 30 minutes — but the majority of students did not consent to testing, which left some children getting swabbed repeatedly.
For many New Yorkers, shirts with “SOHK” and “Queens 7” designs captured the pride and toughness of the World’s Borough. The brand began in the Corona shop of Ortner “Von” Murray, whose life, cut short by COVID, will be honored on Saturday.
New York City’s Class of 2022 returned to school full time after two disrupted years. Four graduating high school seniors told us about how they’ve persevered.
Economic leaders are grappling toward breakthrough ideas for how to reboot the city for a post-pandemic world. An Adams-Hochul panel promises concrete plans by October.
Citing THE CITY’s MISSING THEM reporting on the pandemic’s effect on children who’ve lost parents or other guardians, Council members want the child welfare agency to deliver quarterly reports on minors placed in foster care due to the coronavirus.
With contact tracing phasing out, “Test & Trace” stages test prep for the next wave.
City social service agency imposes limits on orders of fruits and vegetables under federally funded P-FRED initiative. “We didn’t hear anything,” says one volunteer.
A $2.1 billion program aimed at helping undocumented workers excluded from unemployment benefits was exhausted in two months. It’s still unclear whether Albany lawmakers will push to extend it.
A majority of NYC’s public school students are fully vaccinated against COVID, but deep disparities remain.
December numbers show New York City gained just 26,000 jobs in December. Business owners are still hoping for more help and support from Mayor Eric Adams.
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