Karen Yi appears in the following:
NJ Will Ramp Up Vaccine Outreach As State Lifts Most COVID-19 Restrictions
Monday, May 03, 2021
The state wants to meet its goal of vaccinating 70% of the eligible population by the end of June.
NJ's Vaccination Rates Remain Unequal. One Immigrant Community Is Trying To Fix It.
Monday, May 03, 2021
Local leaders say state officials have been too slow to remove barriers to access the vaccine, like making sure the vaccine registration form online is translated into other languages.
Virus Spread Slows In NJ As Gov Gets Ready For Reopening Announcement
Sunday, May 02, 2021
COVID-19 transmission in New Jersey is down to its lowest level since last March.
NJ Expands Driver's Licenses To Undocumented Immigrants
Friday, April 30, 2021
New Jersey will begin taking applications for driver's licenses regardless of immigration status starting May 1.
NJ Congressional Delegation Urges Vaccine Priority At Fort Dix Amid Deadly COVID Outbreak
Friday, April 23, 2021
New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez wants the federal government to prioritize vaccines at the Fort Dix federal prison, where two inmates have died of COVID-19.
With 200K Eviction Cases Expected Next Year, Panel Suggests ‘Life-Changing’ Fixes to Court Process
Thursday, April 22, 2021
More than 58,000 eviction filings have been made during the pandemic and the courts expect almost 200,000 cases in 2022.
NJ Hunger Strikers Pressure Murphy To Fund Relief For Undocumented One Year Into Pandemic
Thursday, April 15, 2021
The Murphy administration is considering using around $40 million in leftover federal money for undocumented workers who lost income due to the pandemic. Advocates say that's not enough.
Federal Monitors Likely To Oversee NJ Women's Prison After Latest Inmate Attack
Thursday, April 08, 2021
Federal monitors will likely begin overseeing New Jersey's only women's prison following years of allegations by inmates that they were sexually abused by corrections officers.
NJ Immigrants Launch Hunger Strike To Demand COVID Relief Funds
Wednesday, April 07, 2021
Thirty-four people have joined the hunger strike to demand relief for undocumented immigrants.
NJ Launches Online Portal To Track All Police Use Of Force
Tuesday, April 06, 2021
New Jersey launched a new website that lets the public see details about when — and how — police officers use physical force.
NJ Vaccine Eligibility Widens To 55+, Other Workers
Sunday, April 04, 2021
More than 20% of the state population has been vaccinated so far.
Third Wave Hits NJ As Hospitalizations Rise Among Younger Age Groups
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
New COVID-19 hospitalizations in New Jersey have increased 28% in last two weeks.
Most NJ Students Won't Meet State Benchmarks Due To COVID Learning Loss
Monday, March 29, 2021
A new report takes a statewide look at how children in grades 3 through 8 were impacted by the pandemic.
In New Jersey, COVID Cases Surge and Disparities Persist
Monday, March 29, 2021
New York and New Jersey are both seeing pandemic fatigue, broader reopening, and the spread of new variants. Why is New Jersey's positive case rate so much higher?
Federal Vaccination Site Opening In Hard-Hit Newark As Disparities Persist
Friday, March 26, 2021
Gov. Phil Murphy says FEMA will open a site at the New Jersey Institute of Technology next week.
NJ Leads U.S. In COVID Case Rate, Vaccine Disparities Persist
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Over the last week, the state has averaged about 3,500 cases a day, a trend that some public health experts say could be an early sign of a coming third wave.
NJ's Young Latino Men are Disproportionately Killed by COVID
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Taking a look at why New Jersey's young Latino men are disproportionally dying from COVID-19 in the state.
COVID-19 Affects Young Latino Men In N.J. At Disproportionate Rates
Sunday, March 14, 2021
COVID-19 is hitting younger Latinos particularly hard. In New Jersey, one researcher says, the state is losing a whole generation of fathers.
How COVID-19 Overwhelmed NJ’s Tightly-Packed Latino Cities
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Deaths overall jumped by 34% in 2020 but for Hispanics, they nearly doubled, state data show.
COVID-19 Is Killing Young Latino Men In N.J. At Disproportionate Rates
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
In New Jersey, Latino men comprise nearly half the deaths of all young adults between the ages of 18-49.
