Category: New York City

‘Don’t Allow Them to Enslave Us:’ Black Americans Protest Against Vaccine Mandates in NYC

A group of almost 100 people, mostly African Americans, gathered at The Brooklyn Bank in New York to express their opposition to vaccine mandates. The meeting was vibrant, vociferous, and involved talk of summoning orthodox spiritual power, as well as other nomenclature used for higher divine authority. It was hosted and organized by Angela Stanton…


Supreme Court Justice Denies Appeal to Block Vaccine Mandate for New York School Staff

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday denied an emergency request filed by a group off teachers to block New York City’s school COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Four teachers filed for the injunction on Thursday with Sotomayor, seeking to stop the mandate from going into effect on Friday. Sotomayor, who oversees emergency requests from New York,…


New York City Teachers File Emergency Request With Supreme Court to Block COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

A group of teachers on Thursday filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court, asking justices to block New York City’s school COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Lawyers for the plaintiffs, a group of teachers, said in a 99-page petition that the mandate “threatens the education of thousands of children in the largest public-school system in the…


NYC Teachers’ Union Encourages Members to ‘Document’ Student Violations of Quarantine Rules

A New York City teachers’ union is encouraging its members to document issues related to the city’s newly-revised quarantine procedures by uploading unidentifiable photos of students who violate those rules. In a change of course, Mayor Bill de Blasio last week dropped the policy of requiring unvaccinated students to quarantine for 10 days if someone…


12th Inmate Dies as New York City’s Jail Crisis Intensifies

NEW YORK—An inmate on a New York City jail barge died Wednesday after a medical emergency, the city’s Department of Correction said. It is at least the 12th death of a city inmate this year and the second this week amid what some elected officials and advocates have deemed a “humanitarian crisis” in the city’s…


NYC Lawmakers Want to let Non-Citizens Vote in Local Elections

A supermajority of the New York City Council has backed a bill that would allow non-citizens who at least have a work permit to vote in the city’s local elections. Yet the state constitution says only citizens can vote. Despite being advised of its illegality, the bill’s sponsor is determined to push it forward. The…


NYC Restores Weekly COVID-19 Testing for Unvaccinated Public School Students

Amid pressure from the teachers union, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday announced that public school students will undergo more frequent testing for COVID-19. Under the new rule, every school will randomly test students each week, instead of every two weeks. However, only a random 10 percent of unvaccinated students whose parents…


NYC Teachers Union Calls for Weekly COVID-19 Testing for Children Under 12

New York City’ teachers union is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to intensify the COVID-19 testing efforts on children under age 12, who are not yet eligible to be vaccinated. In a letter to the mayor, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) president, Michael Mulgrew, argued that the city should restore its previous testing…


NYC Teachers Union Calls for Weekly COVID-19 Testing for Children Younger Than 12

New York City’s teachers union is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to intensify COVID-19 testing efforts on children younger than 12 years old, who aren’t yet eligible to be vaccinated. In a letter to the mayor, United Federation of Teachers (UFT) President Michael Mulgrew argued that the city should restore its previous testing frequency….


DoorDash Sues New York City Over Customer Data Law, Second Lawsuit in Week

NEW YORK—DoorDash Inc. sued New York City on Wednesday over a new law requiring food delivery companies to share customer data with restaurants, saying it violates customer privacy and lets restaurants compete unfairly. The lawsuit is the latest battle in a series of legal clashes between food delivery app companies and cities. It was filed…