By Jacqueline Blyudoy The semester began with a discussion in my Macaulay “Future of NYC” class about the pandemic’s effect on dining and entertainment spaces. While NYC restaurants were allowed to operate with outdoor seating areas beginning June 22nd, Cuomo did not allow indoor dining to reopen until September 9th. Even so, the reopening plan […]
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Cuomo’s Demise: How his Nursing Home and Sexual Harassment Scandals have ruined his heroic image
By Emanuela Gallo For the past year, headlines hailed Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a national hero and model for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the only headlines he is making are in regards to nursing home death scandals and sexual harassment allegations. Cuomo’s administration undercounted COVID-19 nursing home deaths by the thousands, as […]
Conducting Research During COVID-19: A Student Perspective
Conducting research, which is considered a key component of one’s undergraduate career and one way to fulfill the experiential learning requirement for graduation, is no easy process. Throw a mid-semester global pandemic into the mix, and you’ve got yourself a recipe for disaster. But disaster it was not for many Macaulay students, taking advantage of […]
