COVID Classroom Closures + Unvaxxed NYC Workers • Daily Digest

Good morning, New York! It's Monday, Oct. 11. We're serving up some raw data this morning — on the number of New York city workers still unvaccinated and the startling number of classroom closures because of COVID-19. Get the clearest picture yet with the stories below.

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Here are the top stories in New York City today:

1. Rough Start: Some 1,400 classrooms closed and 1,700 went into partial quarantine under COVID-19 precautions in the first month of NYC's public school year. (New York City Patch)
2. See the raw data on who the least-vaccinated of New York's city workers are: (New York City Patch)
3. The NYPD has released video of a child accused of a playground shooting in the Bronx. (CBS New York)
4. Restaurants across the city are worried if they'll survive without propane heaters. (New York Daily News)
5. The city's largest LGBTQ+ film festival is finally returning. (New York Daily News)
6. A NYC man has been convicted of trying to join the Taliban to fight the US. (NBC New York)

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— Kevin Phinney

About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.
Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming New York City Daily? I'm all ears. You can email me at kevin.phinney@patch.com.