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Dr. Bassett was previously the commissioner of health for NYC, but left to lead Harvard’s François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights.

“We provided them with access to resources and really talked to those individuals one-on-one to reassure them."

“I’m hoping we can manage through that and not have a tremendous number of people in any one department who are missing.”

The order allows licensed health care professionals in other states and countries, as well as retired workers and recent graduates to practice in New York.

“Gasoline and diesel fuel vehicles are responsible for smog, toxic particulate matter that drives adverse health outcomes."

“I think I made very clear on my first day in office that I’ll be looking to build a new team. There will be other changes forthcoming.”

The pandemic caused an unprecedented number of temporary and permanent job losses, with over 4.7 million New Yorkers collecting benefits.

There have been calls for Howard Zucker’s removal over decisions he made during the COVID-19 pandemic, like decisions related to nursing homes.

60 percent of parents also revealed they’d prefer having remote learning as an available option, full or part time.

“If you’re watching the national news, the scariest announcements coming out every morning are the number of children contracting Covid."