#New bill would give loaded laptop to every NYC student

#New bill would give loaded laptop to every NYC student

“#New bill would give loaded laptop to every NYC student” The city will have to give a laptop loaded with “culturally responsive” textbooks to every student under a bill to be introduced next week by Council Members Ben Kallos and Farah Louis. The measure was prompted by a Department of Education official’s stunning testimony at…

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#NYC student tests positive for COVID-19 after birthday party

#NYC student tests positive for COVID-19 after birthday party

“#NYC student tests positive for COVID-19 after birthday party” An 8th grader held a birthday party with four classmates from her Bronx school before testing positive for COVID-19 — raising fears of a “super-spreader” event, The Post has learned. The party, which took place inside a small apartment, featured a “cake fight” with girls smearing…

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#Richard Carranza’s grading policy will bar failing marks: NYC DOE

#Richard Carranza’s grading policy will bar failing marks: NYC DOE

“#Richard Carranza’s grading policy will bar failing marks: NYC DOE” Chancellor Richard Carranza’s highly anticipated new grading policy for this school year will again ban failing marks, according to an internal memo obtained by The Post, riling educators and parents. The city Department of Education document, titled “Grading Policy 2020-2021,” says schools should use the…

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#COVID-19 hospitalizations spike in NY while deaths stay low

#COVID-19 hospitalizations spike in NY while deaths stay low

“#COVID-19 hospitalizations spike in NY while deaths stay low” COVID-19 deaths in New York remained low Friday, with 11 people in the state dying of the virus for the second consecutive day. Meanwhile, hospitalizations reached 1,045, an uptick of 22 from Thursday, according to new data released by the state Saturday. The number of hospitalizations…

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#PPE vendor sues NYC for canceling M COVID-19 deal

#PPE vendor sues NYC for canceling $8M COVID-19 deal

“#PPE vendor sues NYC for canceling $8M COVID-19 deal” A Long Island vendor is suing the city for canceling an April contract to buy nearly $8 million worth of protective gowns during the pandemic. The about-face a month later on the deal cost Dart Seasonal Products millions of dollars, owner Barry Wachsler told The Post….

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#Chris Cuomo’s deadly COVID-19 hypocrisy

#Chris Cuomo’s deadly COVID-19 hypocrisy

“#Chris Cuomo’s deadly COVID-19 hypocrisy” CNN’s Chris Cuomo is proving himself king of the “do as I say, not as I do.” The latest: Even as he pushes obsessively from his prime-time cable pulpit about wearing face masks, he just got caught regularly skipping the public-health precaution himself. Management at the anchor’s Manhattan apartment building…

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#Andrew Cuomo’s outrageous COVID-19 vaccine games

#Andrew Cuomo’s outrageous COVID-19 vaccine games

“#Andrew Cuomo’s outrageous COVID-19 vaccine games” Getting nearly everyone vaccinated for the coronavirus is vital to finally getting America back to normal. So it’s beyond outrageous that Gov. Cuomo has been feeding “anti-vax” fears, just to score a few cheap anti-Trump points. The gov announced this week that he won’t distribute any federally approved COVID-19…

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#Easy DIY Halloween ideas for a socially distanced trick-or-treating

#Easy DIY Halloween ideas for a socially distanced trick-or-treating

“#Easy DIY Halloween ideas for a socially distanced trick-or-treating” After seven-and-a-half months of lockdown during COVID-19, it’s no wonder families are looking forward to the prospect of Halloween. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he wouldn’t formally ban trick-or-treating this year, but added that he wouldn’t necessarily encourage parents to take kids door to door…

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