Schools

There is a debate brewing between teachers and parents of students who attend the South Orange-Maplewood school district, as parents call for a return to classroom education, but teachers say the conditions inside school buildings does not allow that

As teachers insist that schools in Maplewood are not safe for in-person learning, parents are left confused whether or not to send their children to school. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

Schools should reopen as soon as possible if social distancing and mask-wearing can be maintained to keep in-person learning safe, health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a study published Tuesday.

Parents are frustrated that in-person learning is on hold in Montclair, NJ after classes were supposed to resume this week.

Parents and students were excited to have schools reopen for hybrid classes come Monday, but that won’t be happening now due to what the district superintendent called a staffing issue — but the teachers union said the school buildings are not COVID safe. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

The pandemic has made a disparity within the education system even worse: the inequality when it comes to access a quality education. NBC New York’s Adam Kuperstein reports.

New York found three additional cases of the more transmissible U.K. COVID strain now confirmed in at least six other states, including nearby Pennsylvania and Connecticut, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday. State health officials have confirmed a total of four cases so far, but Cuomo’s team believes that number is likely higher as new cases of the U.K. variant...

New York City opens additional vaccinations distribution hubs over the weekend as health officials prepare to expand eligibility next week to millions of additional New Yorkers. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

New York City is set to open its first two vaccination hubs this weekend as the country sets a new record for cases. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

More than 3 million New Yorkers were given the green light to starting signing up for vaccination appointments starting this Monday after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the expansion of the state’s distribution to include group 1B. The number of people now eligible to get the vaccine next week expands to include teachers, police officers, firefighters, public transit and safety workers…

New York will start its second phase of vaccinations on Monday, which will make them available to firefighters, police, teachers and anyone over the age of 75. Meanwhile, New Jersey is opening new mega centers for vaccines, and Connecticut hit a first-in-the-nation milestone for vaccinations. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

How this teachable moment be spoken about among students will be important in all classrooms, Greg Cergol reports.

Tri-state officials are pushing to accelerate the vaccination process, expanding access points and eligible groups, as a feared January surge upon surge looms behind a December that was the deadliest month of the pandemic for the U.S. In his first COVID briefing of 2021, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared the dreaded holiday increase is already setting in and a “consequence of…

New York City health officials issued a new and heightened warning Wednesday to people age 75 and up, citing concerning case growth rates and more disturbing numbers on hospitalizations and deaths in the last 30 days. That age group has accounted for 6 percent of new citywide cases over the last 30 days but 30 percent of hospitalizations and 58…

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is firing back at Gov. Andrew Cuomo Thursday, a day after the governor quashed the mayor’s announcement that 25,000 NYPD personnel were eligible to receive their first vaccine doses under revised state guidelines. Cuomo shut de Blasio’s plan down barely an hour after he revealed it. De Blasio had planned to dose...

Mega COVID-19 vaccination sites are opening up across the Garden State. Tracie Strahan reports.

Widows of NYPD officers are pushing to get active officers the coronavirus vaccine. Marc Santia reports.

New Jersey firefighters and police officers will begin to be inoculated Thursday with doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The same can’t be said for those in New York City as the mayor clash with Gov. Andrew Cuomo. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

Just months ago the Javits Center was a COVID field hospital, however, in the coming days it will become a COVID vaccination center. Katherine Creag reports.

NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.