Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Announce Test and Trace Protocols for NYC Public Schools

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Announce Test and Trace Protocols for NYC Public Schools

NEW YORK – Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today announced health and safety protocols, including guidance for testing and tracing, for schools for  the start of the 2020-21 school year.  These protocols will apply to all school communities and will help prevent the spread of COVID-19.   “We are doing everything in our […]

Lawmakers Aim to Stop COVID-19 Apartment Vacancies From Upending Rent Regulation

BY RACHEL HOLLIDAY SMITH

Lawmakers Aim to Stop COVID-19 Apartment Vacancies From Upending Rent Regulation

There’s an outside chance rising apartment vacancies due to COVID-19 could trigger an end to rent regulation in New York City — but two local lawmakers are looking to pandemic-proof tenant rights. Twin bills were introduced in the State Senate and Assembly on Tuesday that would seek to protect regulated apartments by taking the vacancy rate out of the […]