April 14, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City will begin making its own coronavirus test kits, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. The City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) will create a supply chain through New York City-based companies to create the tests and will also buy tests from an Indiana-based firm to reach 100,000… Read more »
April 14, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Trader Joe’s is temporarily shutting some of its stores to carry out COVID-19 cleaning and sanitization work this month– including its Rego Park location where an employee raised concerns about worker safety in the face of the pandemic last month. The Rego Park location at 90-30 Metropolitan Ave. will… Read more »
April 14, 2020 By Christian Murray Many parents with children who attend public schools in District 30 have a chance to win a $150 gift card to help cover emergency expenses. Parents with kindergarten, first grade and second grade children in District 30 schools are automatically in a draw to win the $150 gift cards… Read more »
April 14, 2020 By Christian Murray Fifty employees with the Department of Education have died from COVID-19, the agency announced Monday. City officials said that 48 of the deceased were school-based employees—consisting of 21 teachers, 22 paraprofessionals and other workers. The DOE, which has been criticized for the delay in releasing the data, also said… Read more »
April 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin Six states — New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Rhode Island — will launch a cooperative effort to reopen their economies, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today. Each state will name a public health official, an economic development official and a chief of staff member that will form… Read more »
April 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin Governor Andrew Cuomo said New York has passed the worst of the coronavirus pandemic — even as the state’s death toll passed 10,000. Hospitalizations, intubations and even the daily number of deaths have decreased and are beginning to level out, Cuomo said at his daily press briefing. “Those numbers… Read more »
April 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin Mayor Bill de Blasio said new data shows New York City is on its way to reducing the spread of the coronavirus. The number of daily hospital admissions for suspected COVID-19 cases decreased from Friday, April 10 to Saturday, April 11. The number dipped from 463 to 383 people… Read more »
April 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin Nearly 2,000 Queens residents have died from the novel coronavirus, according to new data. The borough continues to be the hardest hit by the deadly virus — 1,994 residents have died and 32,749 residents have contracted the disease, as of 5 p.m. yesterday. Queens has more deaths and more… Read more »
April 13, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The New York Department of Labor has upgraded its online and call center technology systems that will increase the agency’s capacity to process unemployment benefit applications. The new system, dubbed “Tech Surge,” was rolled out Friday — in partnership with Google Cloud, Deloitte, and Verizon — and will help… Read more »
April 11, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Governor Andrew Cuomo has warned New Yorkers to stay the course and to remain cautious as efforts to flatten the spread of COVID-19 appear to be paying off. The number of hospitalizations and intubations – those who are connected to ventilators – continues to drop, the governor said at… Read more »