How Far Along Is New York City in Its Reopening This Spring? A moviegoer enters the AMC Lincoln Square 13 movie theater on March 5. Photo: Noam Galai/WireImage
Last year, all of New York followed a highly regulated outline that slowly reopened the state from the full shutdown implemented at the beginning of the pandemic. But with the closures this winter varying across the state, the return to a (new) normal this year is being executed on a local basis. Below, a guide to the process as it unfolds in New York City. Mayor de Blasio announces return to office for 80,000 municipal office employees on May 3
A Father’s Gift to a Mayoral Candidate: A $1 Million Super PAC
Super PACs for two candidates raised millions of dollars to help their chances in the New York City mayor’s race. One, for Shaun Donovan, was bankrolled by his father.
Shaun Donovan, a former cabinet member in the Obama administration, is one of two New York City mayoral candidates with dedicated Super PACs supporting them.Credit.Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press
March 17, 2021
With New York City’s mayoral primary a little more than three months away and a deadline to qualify for the city’s generous matching-funds program having just passed, pleas for donations have been in overdrive in recent days.
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NY: Schools can t require parents to consent to COVID testing before letting kids back in classroom
With New York City middle school students returning to schools on Monday, new state guidelines will allow even more children back in the classroom.
By: WPIX Staff
and last updated 2021-02-18 08:52:08-05
NEW YORK CITY â With New York City middle school students returning to in-person learning on Monday, the state has banned Mayor Bill de Blasio from requiring parents to fill out forms consenting their children to random COVID-19 testing as a pre-requisite for returning to the classroom.
In a letter obtained by Scripps station WPIX in New York City on Tuesday, New York Assistant Education Commissioner Kathleen DeCataldo wrote, parent/guardian consent for COVID-19 testing of students may not be a condition of in-person learning or other school activities.
With New York City middle school students returning to class on Monday, new state guidelines will allow even more students back in the classroom. According to a letter from the State Department of Education, a consent form for COVID-19 testing cannot be a condition for in-person learning.