Laura Silver

Shutting down the safe streets program before it even really began is disappointingly shortsighted. As playgrounds close and parks become crowded, people seeking exercise and fresh air to get through this stressful time need more space to spread out, not less.

EVENT CANCELLATION NOTIFICATION - Please note that due to travel restrictions around COVID-19, we have to unfortunately cancel the upcoming Film Screening and Conversation with Gregg Gonsalves

Was just on @MSNBC talking with @chrishayes about how school closures are always a last resort, but due to the lack of #coronavirus testing, it is necessary. If you don’t have the testing, you don’t know who has the virus.

UPDATE: On Fri 3/13/20, in an abundance of caution, we will close 2 school bldgs & one D75 program; only ONE has a confirmed #COVID19 case by @HealthNYGov. That case is a student in the New Dorp HS + Hungerford bldg on Staten Island. The others have special circumstances. [1/4]

I'm going out on a limb, making a prediction: By March 23 we will have 30,000 (or more) reported cases in the USA. You can all laugh at me on Mar 24. Or weep with me. I'm basing this forecast on how tightly US is tracking the trail of Italy, coupled w/our far larger population.

I want to be clear that we take #COVID19 precautions very seriously. The health and safety of our students and staff members is our highest priority. It's up to all of us to lead and model for our communities the importance of listening to facts and not responding to fear.

I believe DOE should consider adopting summer school model at this time. Those children that require services should receive them at a few select school sites in each borough. During summer school, school sites are combined into a few buildings in each borough to service students

IMPORTANT: Schools, mass transit, hospitals, nursing homes are exempt from this