The United Federation of Teachers has collected these photos and posted them to a webpage launched to honor members who have died from presumed coronavirus complications. Photo: United Federation of Teachers By Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat Additional Reporting By Christina Veiga, THE CITY The number of education department staffers who have died as a result of the […]
President Tony Utano talks about Workers Memorial Day 2020 and the tragic toll on transit workers from the coronavirus pandemic.
Conrad Ifill (left), owner of Conrad’s Famous Bakery in New York (Photo) NEW YORK – The Caribbean community in New York is mourning the passing of prominent Trinidadian businessman Conrad Ifill, whose Conrad’s Famous Bakery has been a fixture in Brooklyn’s the Caribbean community for decades. Ifill, who succumbed to the COVID-19 on April 17, […]
Amber Isaac, seen with partner Bruce McIntyre, passed away shortly after giving birth at the Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx. Photo: Courtesy of Bruce McIntyre By Ese Olumhense, THE CITY Weeks before she gave birth, Amber Isaac, 26, told her partner she dreamed she wouldn’t survive the delivery. After learning she was pregnant with her first […]