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Retaliation that would be prohibited includes firing, denying a promotion, issuing negative evaluations or assigning undesirable work schedules in direct response to getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Employees could not be required to use sick or vacation days to make up for missed work time, though they could request so if they wish, nor must they find a replacement for their shift, under the proposal.

So does Ald. Matt Martin, 47th, who told Freishtat that when, for instance, a two-flat is either demolished or converted into a single-family home, there’s less foot traffic in a neighborhood for local businesses, fewer students in schools and fewer affordable options in the area. Full story here.

Anderson led off the first inning with a solo home run off Michael Pineda, the 10th time he’s started the first with a homer and the second time in 2021. Lamb, playing first base while Jose Abreu started at designated hitter, hit a line drive in the third that skipped off the top of the right field fence and over for a homer to make it 2-0.

The poll was conducted by finding respondents online using targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram and text messages inviting people to click through to a survey. 454 people citywide responded, with 127 identifying as Black, 145 identifying as white and 131 identifying as Latino. The poll has safeguards, such as monitoring IP addresses, to ensure respondents don’t take the survey twice.

Chicago White Sox third baseman Yoan Moncada (10), left, and shortstop Tim Anderson (7) both reach for a pop up by Minnesota Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson (20) for an out in the eighth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Chicago. Anderson caught the ball. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)

For more than 30 years, Lasky, who is the chairman and president of Spectrum Real Estate, has developed loft renovation projects in River North and elsewhere. In 2017, he paid $2.787 million for a four-bedroom, 4,300-square-foot condo unit in the former Playboy mansion on the Gold Coast from Marlene Iglitzen, the widow of the late Tribune film critic Gene Siskel. Lasky told Elite Street he plans to sell the Playboy mansion unit.

An Amazon truck drives in Philadelphia on April 30, 2021. Amazon is seeking to hire 75,000 people in a tight job market and is offering bonuses to attract workers, including $100 for new hires who are already vaccinated for COVID-19. (Matt Rourke/AP)

“With regard to the Yankees, we obviously need to learn more about that situation. My understanding is that six of the seven infections were indeed asymptomatic infections and we will look to more data from that report to understand what happened there,” she said in a televised briefing. “All of the real world data we’ve seen that’s been in the published literature, large studies, in many different settings, have demonstrated that those vaccines have a high effectiveness against disease.”

Michael Gonzalez, city spokesman, confirmed Thursday the city recently was struck by a ransomware attack. He declined to comment on when the attack began, how the ransomware was introduced to the system or the exact number of servers and computers impacted, citing the ongoing investigation. Gonzalez said the city has multiple servers and not all were affected.

“Last summer I hiked all the time and had a great time, and I was not afraid of falling to the bottom of the mountain,” she said, laughing, as she recalled writing off her earlier balance problems as clumsiness. For years, she said, she just accepted that, despite all the time she spent practicing, simple yoga poses were beyond her.