Landlord lobby, homeless advocates unite in push to boost voucher values
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“Either way, the city is going to pay to house the homeless, that’s not a question. The question is whether they want to do it cheaper.”
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Furious families fume over Forest Hills school shutdown
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“If there’s going to be a rise anywhere, you shut down specifically where the spread happens. Schools should be shut down only when they are the source, otherwise what was the point?”
Read MoreBrooklyn Diocese sues Cuomo over new church capacity limits
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“The state has completely disregarded the fact that our safety protocols have worked.”
Read MoreNonprofit Talk: Bayside hospital cared for NYC’s most critically ill kids even before the pandemic arrived
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Dr. Edwin Simpser is the CEO and president of St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside.
Read MoreQueens braces for new tiered COVID restrictions after confusing roll-out
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“I can’t tell if I’m inside or outside that ring.”
Read MoreCommonpoint Queens opens long-awaited Elmhurst service hub
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The Hub will provide job training, legal counseling, a food pantry and classes for English-language learners.
Read MoreRising COVID rate lands Forest Hills on NYC’s school closure watchlist
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Forest Hills is the latest Queens neighborhood to see a startling spike in COVID-19 rates, a surge that could result in school closures.
Read MoreCoalition works to make NYC’s yellow school buses go green
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“Part of creating a more equitable and sustainable city is prioritizing the health and safety of children as well as community as a whole through the electrification of school buses.”
Read MoreState shutters schools in three Queens neighborhoods, but businesses can stay open for now
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“These clusters have to be attacked.”
Read MoreCentral Queens small businesses fear new shutdown after months of COVID losses
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“You're punishing the businesses, and by punishing the businesses you’re punishing the city itself. You're hurting renters and owners and everyone except the people who you should be”
NYC moves to shut down schools and businesses in three Queens zip codes where COVID surges
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“In some parts of our city in Brooklyn and Queens, we’re having an extraordinary problem, something we haven’t seen since early-June.”
Read MoreKoslowitz, Jewish leaders denounce anti-Semitic coverage of COVID rise
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“When we only focus on a community, when in fact no one is immune from this, it does lend vulnerability to stigmatizing. Take care in not perpetuating stereotypes, not emboldening latent racism, emboldening latent discrimination and phobias and hate, because there is no need for that.”
Read MoreElmhurst school shut down for two weeks to control COVID
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Two unrelated cases were identified at the John F. Kennedy Jr. School.
Read MoreFive Queens schools hit by COVID as reopenings proceed
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People with confirmed cases of COVID-19 entered at least five Queens school buildings in the days leading up to this week’s reopening, the Department of Education said.
Read MoreNonprofit Talk: NYC film fest goes drive-in style to limit COVID spread
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Jayson Simba is founder and executive director of the Festival of Cinema NYC, which begins tomorrow.
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