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The Queens congressional delegation has urged the federal government to intervene to protect nursing home residents and staff from the coronavirus, pushing the Trump Administration to take action after the state said more than 200 Queens nursing home residents have died due to COVID-19 as of April 15.
Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng, in a Saturday letter to the White House, called for the mandatory notification of families nationwide within 24 hours of any nursing home COVID-19 death or diagnosis.
The Democratic House member said family members, many barred from access to elderly relatives under quarantine at care facilities, need more details than they are receiving during the pandemic.
Democratic lawmakers are raising concerns about a spike in incidents of coronavirus-related discrimination against Asian Americans as President Donald Trump continues blaming China over the pandemic.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and congressional delegates from the state of New York wrote a letter to the Department of Justice demanding answers on immigration courts' proceedings during the COVID-19 crisis and called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release detainees.
More than 200 residents of Queens nursing homes have died as a result of the coronavirus, according to a state report published Friday.
In total, 202 people died in 10 different nursing homes as of April 15, with about a fifth of the deaths occurring at the New Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Flushing.
The Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in Flushing has been awarded federal funding to help respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congresswoman Grace Meng announced Wednesday.
The facility, located at 136-26 37th Ave., received more than $1.6 million ($1,669,415) to provide assistance and care for COVID-19, and to address staffing levels during the public health emergency.
As immigrants — many of whom are serving as essential workers — help to combat the coronavirus pandemic in New York City, a Queens lawmaker is introducing new legislation seeking to extend their work permits.
Congresswoman Grace Meng's legislation, the COVID-19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act, would automatically extend the length of all work permits by one year, beginning from the date that the coronavirus public health emergency declaration is lifted.