The COVID testing and vaccine rollout is far from streamlined--to say the least--so I've compiled...
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Weekly COVID Newsletter (7/30)
Current list of open streets in Manhattan.
On ADA’s 30th anniversary, my report finds few curb cuts are in compliance with ADA standards
This week is the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. My office released a study that finds serious shortcomings regarding pedestrian ramps that are located near accessible subway stations, leaving those stations effectively inaccessible to residents with impaired vision, and those who rely on wheelchairs, walkers and other aids. (We were assisted in the study by The Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York known as CIDNY.)… Read more I joined NYCHA and tenant leaders to accept a donation of 100,000 masks for residents
Weekly COVID Newsletter (7/23)
Friends,
It’s Thursday, July 23, 2020. Welcome to the weekly edition of my COVID newsletter.
At press time, nonprofit news site TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 29,943 confirmed cases and 3,138 deaths; New York City as a whole has 222,444 cases and 23,428 deaths. According to the NYC Dept. of Health, reporting delays are contributing to an unnatural drop in cases; for example, yesterday (7/22) only 11 cases were… Read more Weekly COVID newsletter (7/16)
Tuesday 7/14, 6:30 pm: Virtual Town Hall on “The Future of Child Care”
- Dr. Virginia Rauh, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Weekly COVID newsletter (7/9)
Friends,
It’s Thursday, July 9, 2020.
At press time, TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 27,266 confirmed cases and 3,110 deaths; New York City as a whole has 214,952 cases and 23,247 deaths.
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With the arrival of Phase 3, this newsletter is shifting from a daily to a weekly schedule. Since the pandemic began, it’s been an honor for my communications staff and I to provide Manhattanites with useful… Read more 
