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Long Waits for NYC’s COVID-19 Isolation Hotel Rooms, As Omicron Cases Spike ([link removed])
Those who’ve tried to use the service in recent weeks say there haven’t been enough hotel rooms to meet demand. They report delays in obtaining a room, sometimes three days or more, even as the CDC recently cut its recommended isolation time down to five days.
City Watch: Looking Back at NYC in 2021 & to the Year Ahead ([link removed])
City Limits staff talk about the biggest stories in the last 12 months; TurboVax creator Huge Ma discusses his 2022 run for State Assembly in Queens.
NYC’s Waterfront Plan Maps Out Next Decade for City’s Coastlines ([link removed])
The nearly 300-page report is the first waterfront plan since Superstorm Sandy, and comes at the end of a year in which the city was rocked by multiple severe weather events.
New Law Will Require NY Hospitals to Assess Community Impact of Closures, Mergers ([link removed])
Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed the Health Equity Assessment Act, which advocates say will help address the impact of decades of hospital closures and consolidations across the state, which left certain communities—primarily low-income and neighborhoods of color—underserved when it comes to health facilities.
What’s Driving the Shortage of Home Healthcare Workers in NY? Low Wages, Advocates Say ([link removed])
“People who do this work love it. You have to love working with people,” says State Assemblymember Karines Reyes, who is a nurse. But she adds, “If you can get a job doing work that’s not as heavy and not as demanding and make more money, why wouldn’t you?”
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Dos decisiones en los últimos días han propinado golpes noqueadores para el futuro del plan de incluir cambios en inmigración en el paquete de reconciliación del presupuesto.
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