Tag: New York

New York Removes COVID-19 Restrictions in Schools

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions for schools. “The days of sending an entire classroom because one person was symptomatic or tests positive, those days are over,” said Hochul at a press conference on Aug. 22. The updated guidelines come several weeks after the Centers for Disease Control and…


New Yorkers Hit the Polls Aug. 23 for ‘Primary Part 2’

From Buffalo’s suburbs on Lake Erie to the eastern tip of Long Island, New Yorkers are casting ballots on Aug. 23 in primaries for 63 state senate and 26 U.S. House seats. It is the second round of inner-party preliminary elections to set slates for November general elections in New York, where proposed state senate…


New York Special House Election a High-Profile Clash of Rising Stars

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, New York’s Republican 2018 gubernatorial nominee, is unopposed in the upper Hudson Valley’s Congressional District 19 (CD 19) Aug. 23 GOP primary. Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan, meanwhile, is projected to handedly win his three-candidate race in the Democrat’s CD 18 primary and move onto November’s general election for the…


New York City Gives Free Food, Phones to Immigrant Families, Prepares to Enroll Students

New York City over the weekend handed out free phones to hundreds of immigrants, many of whom are in the country illegally, after announcing that the city plans to enroll over 1,000 immigrant students as Texas continues to bus immigrants to the metropolis. NYC Health + Hospitals, the city’s hospital system, held an event on…


New York Gives Free Food, Phones to Immigrant Families, Prepares to Enroll Students

New York handed out free phones over the weekend to hundreds of immigrants, many of whom are in the country illegally, after announcing that the city plans to enroll more than 1,000 immigrant students as Texas continues to bus immigrants to the metropolis. NYC Health + Hospitals, the city’s hospital system, held an event on…


Upstart Progressive Tests ‘Establishment’ Democrat in Hudson Valley Congressional Primary

Five-term Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) is seeking reelection in his Aug. 23 Democratic primary by touting his record as a moderate dealmaker who can win competitive elections in a swing Hudson Valley congressional district won by former President Donald Trump in 2016. Maloney, a self-described “gay guy with an interracial family,” has represented New…


1st Monkeypox Case in Juvenile Reported in New York State

New York health officials this week reported the state’s first known case of monkeypox in a patient aged under 18. A new weekly summary of Monkeypox Cases from the New York State Department of Health confirmed that the affected person resides outside of New York City, but did not specify where in the state the case was…


New York City Offers Over $6 Million to Support Immigrants Amid Influx

New York City’s Immigrant Affairs office has announced a new multi-million package to be spent as aid for immigrants seeking asylum. In total, the Immigrant Affairs office will grant $6.75 million worth of contracts to non-profit organizations for “case management and other critical services” in support of asylum seekers, the office said in an Aug….


New York City Offers Over $6 Million to Support Asylum Seekers Amid Influx

New York City’s Immigrant Affairs office has announced a new multi-million package to be spent as aid for asylum seekers. In total, the Immigrant Affairs office will grant $6.75 million worth of contracts to non-profit organizations for “case management and other critical services” in support of asylum seekers, the office said on Aug. 14 on Twitter….


NYC Offers More Than $6 Million to Support Asylum-Seekers Amid Influx

The New York City mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs has announced a new multimillion-dollar package to be spent as aid for asylum-seekers. In total, the office will grant $6.75 million worth of contracts to nonprofit organizations for “case management and other critical services” in support of asylum-seekers, the office said on Aug. 14 on Twitter. The…