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The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the deadliest disasters by death toll in the history of New York City. [ 5][ 6][ 7] As of August 19, 2023 the city's confirmed COVID-19 deaths exceeded 45,000 and probable deaths exceeded 5,500. [ 4] As of July 11, 2022, New York City has administered 17,956,430 COVID-19 vaccine doses.
As of January 6, 2023, over one third of New York City neighborhoods had COVID-19 positivity rates in excess of 20% and four out of five neighborhoods exceeded 15%, largely due to the highly infectious XBB.1.5 variant. This particular variant accounted for 80.8% of the city's cases, compared to the projected U.S. prevalence of 61%. [173]
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act is an Act of Congress ( H.R. 6201) meant to respond to the economic impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The act provides funding for free coronavirus testing, 14-day paid leave for American workers affected by the pandemic, and increased funding for food stamps. [ 1]
Gov. Cuomo said Saturday that New York City should “seriously consider” keeping public schools open even if the positive rate on coronavirus tests citywide hits 3% as expected in coming days ...
The first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. state of New York during the pandemic was confirmed on March 1, 2020, [2] and the state quickly became an epicenter of the pandemic, with a record 12,274 new cases reported on April 4 and approximately 29,000 more deaths reported for the month of April than the same month in 2019. [7]
For the first day in months, New York City witnessed zero confirmed deaths due to coronavirus, current records show. Despite that caveat, the news offers a glimmer of hope to New Yorkers who’ve ...
The New York City Department of Education ( NYCDOE) is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city's public school system. The City School District of the City of New York (more commonly known as New York City Public Schools) is the largest school system in the United States (and among the largest in the world), with ...
Emily Fair Oster (born February 14, 1980) is an American economist who has served as the Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence at Brown University since 2019, where she has been a professor of economics since 2015. [ 1][ 2] Her research interests span from development economics and health economics to research design and experimental ...