A demand for aid has depleted the Excluded Workers Fund in New York, and thousands of those who qualify could miss out on payments. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Coronavirus Reopenings”
Review: Carnegie Hall Reopens With a Blaze From Philadelphia
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2021
After a 572-day closure, the hall was lit by a vibrant concert from the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Source: New York Times
‘Black No More’ to Land Off Broadway This Winter
By Gotham Rex on October 6, 2021
The musical will feature the theatrical debut of the Roots’ Black Thought, who will be writing the music and lyrics and be in a lead role. Source: New York Times
SoHo Reels Economically As Shoppers Vanish in the Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2021
No commercial district in Manhattan may have been hit harder by the financial havoc caused by the pandemic. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C.'s Teacher Vaccine Mandate Prompts Thousands of Last-Minute Shots
By Gotham Rex on October 4, 2021
The mandate is the first full vaccine requirement for any group of city workers and affects well over 150,000 teachers and staff members. Source: New York Times
N.Y.'s Covid Vaccine Mandate Tested by Pushback From Workers
By Gotham Rex on September 27, 2021
“It’s not a role I relish,” Gov. Kathy C. Hochul said. “But I also realistically know that there are people who will not come back to their jobs.” Source: New York Times
They Never Could Work From Home. These Are Their Stories.
By Gotham Rex on September 22, 2021
A parallel universe of millions of employees did not have the luxury of thinking about returning to the office — they never left. Six workers share their experiences. Source: New York Times
Bicycle Diaries: Cruising With the ‘American Utopia’ Family
By Gotham Rex on September 21, 2021
Our intrepid reporter and photographer biked through Queens with David Byrne and some of his castmates ahead of their return to Broadway. Then the skies opened up. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Schools' Covid Strategy: Test More, but Keep Classrooms Open
By Gotham Rex on September 20, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced weekly testing of students and relaxed quarantine rules but continued to resist mandatory vaccination of schoolchildren. Source: New York Times
Parents of Students With Disabilities Try to Make Up for Lost Year
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2021
In New York City, the shift to remote learning “exacerbated pre-existing achievement gaps” for the 200,000 thousand students with disabilities. Source: New York Times
Retailers Rethink Pandemic-Battered Manhattan
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2021
Starbucks has closed more than 40 stores, while adding mobile-order pickup counters in others. Other chains like Sonic are taking advantage of vacancies to establish themselves in New York. Source: New York Times
Tonight, a Night at the Theater
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2021
The biggest Broadway shows reopen this evening, a year and a half after the pandemic closed in on New York. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Schools Reopen With Joy and Anxiety on ‘Game Changer’ First Day
By Gotham Rex on September 13, 2021
“We’ve got to give this a chance,” said one parent as the nation’s largest school system reopened in full for the first time in 18 months. Source: New York Times
Curtains Up! How Broadway Is Coming Back From Its Longest Shutdown.
By Gotham Rex on September 13, 2021
Determined to reopen, crews are dusting off spotlights, dancers are relearning steps, and everyone is testing, testing, testing as theater seeks to rebound from the devastating pandemic. Source: New York Times
New York City Schools Reopen For 1st Time in 18 Months
By Gotham Rex on September 13, 2021
Almost all of the nearly 1 million students in the public system are returning to class on Monday. Source: New York Times