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UPDATE, SATURDAY AM: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has rejected a request to block New York City’s vaccination mandate for all Department of Education employees. Four city teachers petitioned Sotomayor to intervene on Thursday. On Friday, she rejected their request, clearing the way for city enforcement to…

LAUSD chairman Austin Beutner at a Monday briefing confirmed plans for a mid-April opening for preschool and elementary school students and targeted the end of April for secondary schools. Elementary schools could have opened this month. However, the District has been negotiating with the United Teachers Los Angeles…

New York City public schools are closing to in-person learning for 300,000 students starting tomorrow as the COVID-19 infection rate in NYC approaches 3%, a shutdown threshold previously agreed upon by the city, teachers and parents. The chancellor of the nation’s largest school district, which has been open in person…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said bars, restaurants, establishments with New York State liquor licenses (like bowling alleys), and gyms must close at 10 pm statewide starting Friday in a new crackdown to contain COVID-19. The tightening and hyper-vigilance doesn’t bode well for movie theaters, which have been…

New York City Tuesday delayed its public school opening as the teachers union threatened to strike over lack of clarity around health and safety precautions and class preparations. Given the city and state's under control COVID-19 numbers, the nation's largest school district had planned to open in-person Sept. 10…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Friday gave a green light for schools across the state including New York City to reopen in the fall – unlike Los Angeles, the nation's second largest school district, where there's no reopening date set and classes will start online. New York state "will continue to monitor the…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that schools in New York State will remain closed for the rest of the academic year due to coronavirus concerns. The schools, including K-12 as well as college facilities, will continue to offer online programs. Summer school plans will be announced by the end of May…