COVID-19

Stories related to COVID-19 / CoronaVirus

New York City’s Right to Counsel law helps stem the epidemic of evictions, and provides a blueprint for Milwaukee

News Story (NATIONAL, Wisconsin)

New York City’s Right to Counsel law helps stem the epidemic of evictions, and provides a blueprint for Milwaukee

October 16, 2020 | James E. Causey | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
NYC was the first in the nation to pass the Right to Counsel. In 2019, evictions dropped 15%, from the same time in 2018.
Tags: COVID-19 | Housing: Eviction | Housing: Right to Counsel

Stimulus Checks to Come at the Unemployed’s Expense

Column (NATIONAL)

Stimulus Checks to Come at the Unemployed’s Expense

December 17, 2020 | Eric Levitz | New York Magazine
The economic pain of the COVID recession is not universally dispersed, but rather, viciously concentrated on a (large) minority of the public. Why then, some analysts ask, should the disbursement of universal checks be a higher priority for progressives than robust aid to the unemployed?
Tags: COVID-19 | Unemployment | Unemployment Insurance