COVID-19 Pandemic Archives – Politics NY

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‘SNAP’-ping to it: NYC finally resolves public benefits backlog six months after court order

By Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki

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With youth mental health on ‘clear downward trajectory,’ city launches free virtual mental health platform for teens

By Isabel Song Beer

A migrant at a Brooklyn relief center

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Hochul inks executive order boosting resources to NYC ahead of anticipated migrant surge

By Robert Pozarycki

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4/20 saw 4 million NYC subway riders roll underground for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began: MTA

By Robert Pozarycki

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Op-ed | Fiscal crisis puts MTA in dire need of new funding

By Janno Lieber

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10 Minutes with Lee Zeldin and PoliticsNY Editor-in-Chief Stephen Witt

By Anna Donch

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2022 Power Players in Education: James Merriman, CEO of NYC Charter School Center

By Anna Donch

More from Around New York

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KIPP school registers 60 students and 220 adults to vote for the first time

Chloë Grace Moretz at the Hugo premiere in New York City in November of 2011.

Chloë Grace Moretz comes out in pre-election social media post

Voters wait in line at P.S. 112 Q in Astoria after ballot scanners malfunction on Election Day.

Ballot scanners malfunction at polling sites across Queens on Election Day

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Brooklyn congress member Hakeem Jeffries could become Speaker of the House if Dems flip House of Representatives