Annie McDonough

New York is ahead of other large states when it comes to the number of vaccinated people per 100,000 residents.
Health Care
Johnson & Johnson pause could affect vaccine equity
New York has used the convenient one-shot vaccine for homebound seniors and public housing residents.
By ANNIE MCDONOUGH
Policy
policy
Excelsior pass
Health Care
Vaccine passports raise equity, privacy concerns
New York’s Excelsior Pass can’t be equitable until vaccinations are equitable, some advocates say.
By ANNIE MCDONOUGH
Policy
policy
New York City mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia
Campaigns & Elections
Kathryn Garcia, New York City’s go-to fixer
Supporters say the former Sanitation commissioner’s record prepared to be mayor, but do voters care?
By ANNIE MCDONOUGH
News & Politics
article
A new state app allows users to carry proof of vaccinations or negative COVID-19 tests.
News & Politics
What is New York’s vaccine passport app?
The Excelsior Pass promises to be key to New York’s reopening, but there are privacy concerns about the program.
By ANNIE MCDONOUGH
News & Politics
article
Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang at a rally against hate in Columbus Park.
Campaigns & Elections
Andrew Yang is more than New York City’s “tech candidate”
The mayoral contender has run successful companies and built a nonprofit, but it didn’t turn around cities like he hoped it would.
By ANNIE MCDONOUGH
News & Politics
article
Medical professionals in protective suits wait to take information from people at the drive-through COVID-19 mobile testing center in New Rochelle, New York on March 13, 2020.
Ask the Experts
Looking back on a year of locked down New York
Public health experts discuss what has gone right and what’s gone wrong in New York’s approach to combating the spread of COVID-19.
By ANNIE MCDONOUGH
News & Politics
article
New York City's criminal court has started conducting all arraignments by video conferencing.
Criminal Justice
How virtual court could be harming defendants
An essential human element of the justice system may be lost when proceedings happen remotely.
By ANNIE MCDONOUGH
Policy
policy
A taxi medallion
Ask the Experts
Can New York City rescue its taxi drivers?
Industry experts and advocates weigh in on a new relief plan from Mayor Bill de Blasio and what else can be done to help drivers.
By ANNIE MCDONOUGH
News & Politics
article
Del. Stacey Plaskett
Personality
Del. Stacey Plaskett is a New Yorker at heart
The star of Trump’s second impeachment trial talks about her Brooklyn roots and work in the Bronx district attorney’s office.
By ANNIE MCDONOUGH
Personality
personality
State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
New York State
Stewart-Cousins calls for Cuomo’s resignation after two more women come forward
“There is no way I resign,” Cuomo said Sunday in the wake of new allegations.
By ANNIE MCDONOUGH
News & Politics
article
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