Right-wing media are freaking out after the New York Post wrote about an exchange of emails between officials from the American Federation of Teachers and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the agency s guidance on school reopenings. Even though the major teachers union expressed sensible concerns about educators’ safety, reports on the Post story from Fox News and Sinclair Broadcast Group are choosing to demonize the routine discussion between a government agency and a group representing well over 1 million stakeholders in the CDC’s decision one of more than 50 organizations that the CDC contacted for input into its decision.
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Andrew Yang has led every public poll in the mayor’s race until now. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has edged him out for the No. 1 spot for the first time in a new survey, our Sally Goldenberg reports.
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