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    New York City Council to Hold First Ever Virtual Stated Meeting

    COVID-19  •  Citywide

    Council Speaker Corey Johnson Image Credit: New York City Council

    Follow CityLand on twitter if you cannot watch City Council’s first ever virtual Stated meeting. On April 15, 2020, the New York City Council announced that it will be holding a Stated meeting on Wednesday April 22, 2020 at 1:30 PM. The meeting will be held remotely, a first for the New York City Council. The Stated meeting will be the first since February 27, 2020. The subsequently scheduled meetings were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Tags : Corona Virus, Council Member Laurie Cumbo, Council Speaker Corey Johnson, COVID-19, karen koslowitz, New York City Council, Stated Meeting
    Date:04/21/2020
    Category : City Council
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    New York City Adding and Converting Facilities to Alleviate Pressure on Hospital System

    COVID-19  •  Citywide

    Governor Andrew Cuomo welcomes the United States Naval Hospital Ship Comfort to New York City Image Credit: Darren McGee

    USNS Comfort and Billie Jean King Tennis Center to be utilized as Corona outbreak strains hospital system. On March 31. 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Flushing Meadow, Queens will be converted into a temporary hospital facility. The facility will hold up to 350 patients and will treat COVID non ICU patients beginning on April 7th, 2020. The conversion of this facility is intended to relieve some of the needs and overcrowding at the Elmhurst Hospital.

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    Tags : Billie Jean King Tennis Center, Central Park, Corona Virus, COVID-19, FEMA, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Health and Hospitals, Jacob Javitz Center, Rear Admiral John Mustin, USNS Comfort
    Date:04/06/2020
    Category : Governor
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    Chief Administrative Judge Issues Statewide Moratorium on Eviction Proceedings in Wake of Corona Crisis

    Coronavirus  •  Statewide

    NYS Unified Court System Logo Image Credit: NY Courts

    REBNY, Legal Aid and all parties united against evictions during Corona outbreak. On March 15, 2020, the New York State Court System issued an indefinite moratorium on eviction proceedings, effectively allowing many people and families throughout the state to stay in their homes and off the streets or in shelters. Tenant advocates and numerous elected officials argued housing insecurity and homelessness will only exacerbate the COVID-19 threat. The proceedings which a New York City Housing Court might now hear, will be limited to landlord lockouts, serious housing code violations and repair orders. Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks’ memorandum also limits other types of “non-essential” proceedings to assure the operation of the courts in the safest possible manner for the public and court employees.

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    Tags : Corona Virus, coronavirus, COVID-19, Housing Justice for All, Janet Sabel, Legal Aid Society, NYS Courts, REBNY, State Courts
    Date:03/19/2020
    Category : Housing Court
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