New York City Summer School Will Be Done Via Remote Learning, De Blasio Says
"It's going to be a huge effort, an unprecedented effort," the mayor said. "The greatest challenge I'd say this school system has ever faced."
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"It's going to be a huge effort, an unprecedented effort," the mayor said. "The greatest challenge I'd say this school system has ever faced."
New data from the Department of Health shows a deepening divide as black and Latino communities are dying at twice the rate of their white counterparts.
"New York will be a full partner. Anything we can do to make it happen and make it happen safely, we will," he said.
New studies out of Britain, Ireland and Northwestern in Chicago have found that vitamin D may play a protective role against coronavirus.
Continuing to tie expanded testing to reopening the state for business, New Jersey's governor announced a broad increase in the number of locations where people can get tested for COVID-19.
The race will now be contested on June 20th at a distance of 1 and 1/8 miles instead of the traditional 1 and 1/2 miles.
Police said they found about 20 people smashing bottles and playing loud music.
Contact tracing is a key to reopening, and New York City needs to hire an army of workers before it can reopen.
Outdoor recreational activities that can resume include batting cages, golf ranges, shooting and archery ranges, horseback riding, private tennis clubs and community gardens. In addition, golfers will be able to play as foursomes instead of just as pairs.
"It's the most exciting thing that's happened to me in the quarantine," said one onlooker.
"It was kind of a light bulb moment," said Leland Yu. "One day on my run I thought 'How can I help give back to my community?"
There were a pair of protests outside gyms in New Jersey on Monday, each demanding all small businesses be allowed to reopen immediately.
New York state's stay-at-home order is impossible for some people who have no place to call home.
Trump said he has been taking a pill "every day" for about a week and a half, and "I'm still here."
They thought they'd feel the pinch of losing the restaurant market, but instead lettuce and veggie gardens - especially organic - are flourishing.
