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Would you rather: Expose yourself, your staff, volunteers, political club members and community to some new or old variant of Covid-19 through thousands of required, non-socially distanced interactions….
… or get left off the ballot?
Ideology translates into policy and policy has consequences. Misplaced compassion in New York's political arena has transformed the city and not for the better.
NYC s First 24/7 Vaccine Sites Open In The Bronx And Brooklyn, Three More On The Way
arrow Teresa Jimenez sits with a navigator during the registration process at the Covid-19 vaccination facility in the Bathgate Post Office, in the Bronx on January 10th, 2021. Kevin Hagen/AP/Shutterstock
The city s first 24/7 vaccine sites in Brooklyn and the Bronx are set to vaccinate up to 2,000 people a day at each location, which city health officials hope will help New Yorkers newly eligible for the vaccine get the shot, including older New Yorkers ages 75 and up.
The appointment-only sites opened Sunday, with 24/7 hours starting Monday, at the Bathgate Contract Postal Station in the Claremont section of the Bronx and the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park.
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New year, same old feud. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio have spent the last two days arguing about why New York has been so slow to get coronavirus vaccines into people’s arms, with both leaders facing criticism for the delays. Beyond the personalities involved who long ago demonstrated they are unlikely to work seamlessly together even on matters of life and death there’s a
Firing Workers on the Bossâs Whim? New York Puts a Stop to That.
American workers have no recourse if theyâre fired for no reason. NYCâs new âjust causeâ law for fast-food workers might begin to end this absurdity.
McDonaldâs french fries over Times Square, September 2, 2020, in New York
New York City just became the first major American city to enact a law that gives a large swath of workersâNew Yorkâs 67,000 fast-food workersââjust causeâ protections, meaning that these workers can only be fired for a legitimate reason, that their employers can no longer fire them âat will.â