Matthew Schuerman

Senior Editor, WNYC

Matthew Schuerman appears in the following:

New York City Has Passed Two COVID-19 Thresholds. So Why Hasn't It Been Shut Down?

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Mayor de Blasio said he'd reconsider how open city should remain, if it passed 550 cases a day. We're now around 1,000—but hospitalizations are surprisingly low.

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Increasing Number Of Families With Children At Risk Of Homelessness, Report Says

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

One-third of families with children in the New York metro area haven’t paid their rent in recent months, according to a new report.

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Democrats And The Fight Over 'Socialism'

Monday, November 09, 2020

Centrists in the Democratic party blame the S-word for losses on Election Day.

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Six Months After Subway Shutdown, Hundreds Of Homeless New Yorkers Have Moved To Shelters

Thursday, November 05, 2020

Six hundred homeless New Yorkers have moved out of the subway system and into shelters since the shutdown started in May. 

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On Staten Island, Rep. Max Rose Struggles To Retain Seat

Wednesday, November 04, 2020

Republican State Assembly Member Nicole Malliotakis is in a good position to defeat the Democratic incumbent.

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Does Your Vote Really Matter? The Problems With The Electoral College

Monday, November 02, 2020

Studies show that presidential candidates spend more time campaigning in swing states, and swing states get disproportionately more federal funding.

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COVID-19 Cases In New York Are Up, But Relatively Few People Are Getting Hospitalized

Friday, October 30, 2020

Epidemiologists have a few theories for the relatively modest increase in hospitalizations. 

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City Says It Will Install WiFi In Homeless Shelters By Next Summer

Thursday, October 29, 2020

While Mayor de Blasio has committed to installing WiFi in homeless shelters to help children with remote learning, it turns out it will take much longer than expected.

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With One Word by Kamala Harris, The 'Chitthi Brigade' Is Born

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Hundreds of Indian American women have united to get the Biden-Harris team elected.

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Fewer COVID-19 Cases Ending Up In Hospitals, Data Shows

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

The number of COVID-19 cases in New York has been steadily climbing over the past months, but so far relatively few people have been ill enough to be hospitalized.

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Why A Billionaire GOP Donor Is Donating Millions Of Dollars To New York State Senate Races

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Ronald Lauder, the billionaire heir to the Estée Lauder Companies, has donated almost $5 million dollars to elect Republicans to the State Senate. 

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Mail Delivery Is Slowing Down In Parts of New York And New Jersey

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Forms in New York and New Jersey must be postmarked by November 3rd and received within 7 days. 

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Here's How Trump And Biden's Tax Plans Would Affect Americans

Monday, October 26, 2020

Taxes -- who has to pay them and how much -- is a major point of contention in this fall's presidential contest.

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Legal Aid Sues City, Alleging Inadequate Protection Of Homeless Single Adults

Friday, October 23, 2020

The Legal Aid Society is suing the city, alleging it hasn’t properly protected homeless single New Yorkers from COVID-19.

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Outside Groups Pour Millions Into Rose-Malliotakis Race

Friday, October 23, 2020

Liberal and conservative PACs are focused on negative campaigning in the race for the Staten Island congressional seat.

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Judge Blocks City’s Attempt to Move Homeless Men From UWS Hotel

Monday, October 19, 2020

A state judge has blocked Mayor de Blasio from moving more than 200 homeless men out of a hotel on the Upper West Side until at least mid-November.

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Trump and Biden Both Promise To End the Pandemic. Most Public Health Experts Believe One More Than The Other.

Monday, October 19, 2020

Voters rank controlling the pandemic toward the top of their priority list. 

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Another Group Raises Concerns About Relocation Of Homeless To Hotels

Friday, October 16, 2020

A new group is raising concerns about relocation of homeless New Yorkers into hotels in their area.

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Gang Violence on Long Island Has Fallen. Is It Thanks To Donald Trump?

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Months after being elected, the president vowed to eradicate the MS-13 international gang.

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How Trump Squandered Progress on Gateway

Monday, October 12, 2020

Trump promised to spend trillions on infrastructure, but Gateway, the most important project in the tri-state area, maybe the country, still hasn’t really gotten off the ground.

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