The census only comes once every 10 years, and the 2020 Census will shape our communities for the next decade. Fill it out now at http://www.my2020census.gov. It is critical that New Yorkers get counted in the census, especially in historically undercounted neighborhoods, as the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all New Yorkers and having a disproportionate […]
Photo Credit: Miguel Juarez Lugo/ZUMAPRESS (Brooklyn, NY) – May 22, 2020 – Nationally and in New York, reports of bias are flooding in, with the limited data available showing that arrests related to the coronavirus pandemic are overwhelmingly of persons of color and target communities of color. Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte and state Senator Brian A. Benjamin have reintroduced a […]
Three older men wear masks and social distance in J. Hood Wright park in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic. – New York, NY / United States – May 16th 2020 (Shutterstock) By Justin Davidson, NY Mag Soon, New York will start pulling up shutters and setting out chairs. Work-from-homers will […]
An example of a mail-in absentee ballot form, which stands to become the go-to election item for next month’s primary. Photo: Linda Parton/Shutterstock By Rachel Holliday Smith, Additional Reporting by Christine Chung, The City For a moment, New York’s moot presidential primary was off. Then it was back on. Now, the state is trying again in […]
Elaine Wong spends time with her daughter, Kimberly, outside their Flushing home after the mother lost her job at the Beekman Hotel. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Cara Eisenpress, THE CITY Emma Craig, who made $200 a night singing in a Soho supper club, found herself navigating the unemployment maze as an independent contractor and […]
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks before a walk through Flushing Meadows Corona Park to hand out free face masks to park goers. – NEW YORK, NY – MAY 16, 2020 (Shutterstock) NEW YORK— Mayor de Blasio announced a new emergency financial relief program for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence to provide funding for […]
A woman wearing a mask sells beauty products at a street stall in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic. – New York, NY / United States – May 16th 2020 (Shutterstock) NEW YORK, NY – Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Lorelei Salas today warned New Yorkers of scams […]
A delivery person’s bicycle outside of a Sweetgreen restaurant with GrubHub branded totes in the Meatpacking neighborhood of New York. – New York NY/USA-August 16, 2019 (Shutterstock) NEW YORK – In an unprecedented partnership, NYC Census 2020 and Seamless, Grubhub’s NYC-specific brand, announced today a contest where winners will receive ten $1,000 gift cards […]
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, we implored the Workers’ Compensation Board to do the right thing and make sure that the workers carrying us through this pandemic had the health care, wage replacement and even death benefits they need if they contract the virus on the job. Sadly, they have failed to act. That is […]
NV Maintenance employees contractors for the MTA cleans subway car at 96th street station, last stop of Q line during COVID-19 pandemic – New York, NY: May 6, 2020 (Shutterstock) Joint Statement by Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Tony Utano, And Transport Workers Union of America International President John Samuelsen “The Coronavirus has ravaged […]