Monthly Archives: April, 2020

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow Senate Democrats leave a meeting with the White House coronavirus task force in early March. | Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images Chuck Schumer and his Senate Democrats have found a go-to play in this pandemic: an old-school blockade. Amid a coronavirus outbreak that’s crippling the economy, Schumer’s caucus is digging…

The initial loan rollout was marred by glitchy Web portals, a chaotic regulatory process, a frustrating lack of cooperation from big banks and a struggling bureaucracy. Some large hotel and restaurant chains received loans that were meant for Main Street businesses, prompting calls for changes.The bipartisan deal finalized Tuesday includes $250 billion for the Paycheck…

Millions of workers who are self-employed, freelancers, or independent contractors qualify for a new unemployment program, set up under the recently passed CARES Act. But many are still waiting to apply for those benefits. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) expanded who is eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. Freelancers and independent contractors, previously excluded from these…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A new study by a medical journal revealed that most of the people in New York City who were hospitalized due to coronavirus had one or more underlying health issues.Health records from 5,700 patients hospitalized within the Northwell Health system…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. President Trump announced Wednesday that he has signed his promised executive order temporarily suspending immigration to the United States during the coronavirus pandemic."In order to protect our great American workers, I’ve just signed an executive order temporarily suspending immigration into the United…