New York City Transit Authority shutdown overnight train service to disinfect subway cars due to the coronavirus. – New York, NY – Bronx, New York/USA May 5, 2020 (Shutterstock) By TWU Local 100 Conductor Lizette Rodriguez created this beautiful video showcasing the heroism and determination of our members to keep New York Moving during the […]
By David Wallace-Wells, NY Mag Over the course of the spring, as American deaths grew first into the hundreds, then the thousands, then the tens of thousands, one after another early scientific observations about COVID-19 have been revised or discarded: As it turns out, the virus can be transmitted by asymptomatic people, masks do help, […]
United States Treasury Economic Impact Payment stimulus check for Coronavirus COVID-19 relief. Close up with check sticking out of envelope. – LOS ANGELES, April 28th, 2020 (Shutterstock) WASHINGTON — The IRS and Treasury have successfully delivered nearly 130 million Economic Impact Payments to Americans in less than a month, and more are on the way. […]
By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat, THE CITY Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday released the names of educators and others who would advise the state on its new effort with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to “reimagine education” in New York. But the exclusion of any current New York City schools officials drew ire from city […]