Researchers once feared that school reopenings might spread the virus through communities. But so far there is little evidence that it’s happening. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Coronavirus Reopenings”
Line Holders Are Paid to Wait All Night Outside Motor Vehicle Offices
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2020
A huge backlog at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission has spawned a new gig worker. Source: New York Times
Line Holders Are Paid to Wait All Night Outside a Motor Vehicle Office
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2020
A huge backlog at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission has spawned a new gig worker. Source: New York Times
Virus Cases Spike in New Jersey, Threatening ‘Lurch Backward’
By Gotham Rex on October 19, 2020
Gov. Philip D. Murphy said that residents should refrain from all but necessary out-of-state travel. Source: New York Times
In NYC Schools, Only 18 Positive Coronavirus Tests Out of 10,676
By Gotham Rex on October 19, 2020
The absence of outbreaks, if it holds, suggests that the city’s efforts to return children to classrooms could serve as an influential model for the nation. Source: New York Times
What Happens When a Virus Crackdown Cuts Right Through a Neighborhood
By Gotham Rex on October 16, 2020
New York is trying something novel for an American city in the pandemic: allowing reopenings in some areas while shutting down businesses and schools that are just blocks away. Source: New York Times
SUNY Oneonta President Resigns After 700 Students Test Positive for Coronavirus
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2020
The State University of New York at Oneonta had the worst coronavirus outbreak of any public university in the state. Source: New York Times
How Windows Have Caused Anxiety at Hunter College Schools During Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2020
The building that is home to Manhattan’s Hunter College High temporarily closed after three students tested positive for the virus. Source: New York Times
Why Parents in This High-Performing School District Chose All-Remote Learning
By Gotham Rex on October 14, 2020
In a heavily Asian-American district of Queens, two-thirds of families have chosen not to send their children back to school. Source: New York Times
What to Know About N.Y.C.’s Virus Hot Spots
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2020
After back-and-forth between the city and state, maps of virus hot spots subject to lockdowns were released, but residents remained confused. Source: New York Times
A New Battle Against the Virus Is Set for 9 ZIP Codes
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2020
Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed “rewinding” the reopening of businesses and schools in areas where the infection rate has spiked. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C.’s School Testing Plan May Miss Large Outbreaks, Study Finds
By Gotham Rex on October 2, 2020
Half of New York’s students should be tested every two weeks, researchers estimate. Officials plan to test only 10 to 20 percent of each school every month. Source: New York Times
New York Becomes the First Big City to Reopen All Its Schools
By Gotham Rex on October 1, 2020
It’s a significant moment for the recovery in a city hit hard by the pandemic in the spring. The system, the nation’s largest, is welcoming back 500,000 students. Source: New York Times
Indoor Dining Returns to New York City, but Will Customers?
By Gotham Rex on September 30, 2020
The restaurant industry, battered by the pandemic, is hoping indoor dining will help ease months of hardship, even as questions remain. Source: New York Times
These Restaurants Reopened. That Doesn’t Mean They’ll Survive.
By Gotham Rex on September 30, 2020
As New York City restaurants prepare to reopen for indoor dining, New Jersey owners say indoor capacity limits of 25 percent are hurting their odds of survival. Source: New York Times