NYC’s plan to hire 500 full-time social workers is still short of the need: analysis
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Flush with federal stimulus money, Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed hiring 500 more social workers as children return to buildings carrying the trauma from the pandemic’s grip on New York City.
The hiring spree would ensure every school has at least one full-time social worker or access to a school-based mental health clinic, city officials have said.
But that plan still leaves 75 schools without a full-time social worker, according to a new analysis from the Independent Budget Office, or the IBO.
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“There are noticeably more [polling] locations in predominantly Caucasian neighborhoods across Manhattan. This is not fair and is undemocratic,” lawmakers wrote to the NYC Board of Elections Executive Director Michael Ryan.
“There are noticeably more [polling] locations in predominantly Caucasian neighborhoods across Manhattan. This is not fair and is undemocratic,” lawmakers wrote to the NYC Board of Elections Executive Director Michael Ryan.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer in front of speakers including Brian Stokes Mitchell and Broadway League Chair Lauren Reid. (Photo: Caitlin Huston)
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and leaders of Broadway gathered in Times Square Friday to speak to Broadway’s reopening and the passage of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program.
Members of the Broadway community, including Broadway League President Charlotte St. Martin and League Chair Lauren Reid, praised Schumer for spearheading the grant legislation, which is seen as a means to bring back the industry
. However, funding for the grant program has been delayed, and as underlined in the press conference, there are still many other unresolved issues for Broadway’s return, including vaccination requirements, safety protocols and the date for the Tony Awards.