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Facts vs. Fear
The National Guard is out, the NBA is suspended, and the first—hopefully the last—New York City public schools have temporarily closed in light of the Coronavirus outbreak.
There is plenty of conversation about the disease, and plenty of debate about how governments are responding. It's important to keep tight hold on the facts, both to protect your own health and assess how officials are handling it.
The daily situation reports by the World Health Organization ([link removed][UNIQID]) and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ([link removed][UNIQID]) are helpful, and the city's main information page contains some other resources ([link removed][UNIQID]) .
City Limits reporters are out in their home neighborhoods, tracking how the virus and the response are affecting life there. If you see something noteworthy about how the Coronavirus is affecting life in your part of the city, please let me know (mailto:
[email protected]?subject=Coronavirus%20coverage%20tip) .
In a crisis, it's important to look beyond official pronouncements and the centers or activity to see how the emergency is shaping everyday life. You can help us do that.
Stay well,
Jarrett Murphy, executive editor
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** Top Stories
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Super Commuters in Sophomore Year: The Impact of NYC's Longest Rides to School ([link removed][UNIQID])
Thousands of New York City students spend at least two hours in transit to and from school each day, raising questions about how school quality and school distance combine to affect learners.
A Quest to Run Queens: Candidates and Issues in the Beep Race ([link removed][UNIQID])
Two Queens reporters break down the race for ‘beep’, the runners and why it all matters.
Report Questions Claims of a Gas Shortage in Debate Over New NY Pipeline ([link removed][UNIQID])
The report, prepared for an environmental group, comes as National Grid begins a series of public meetings about its strategy for meeting what it says will be significant growth in natural-gas demand.
Hospitals Hit for Debt-Collection Practices ([link removed][UNIQID])
Despite being nonprofits and receiving billions in subsidies, New York State hospitals went to court more than 30,000 times over the past five years to force patients to pay bills that many simply could not afford, a report released Thursday found.
** Voices of New York
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School Absences Rise in Chinatown Amid Coronavirus Epidemic ([link removed][UNIQID])
At P.S. 124, the Yung Wing School in Chinatown, where more than 90 percent of students are Asian, more than 50 – or 10 to 15 percent of students – missed school on March 10.
Chinese Restaurants in Sunset Park Close Temporarily Amid Coronavirus Epidemic ([link removed][UNIQID])
Several Chinese restaurants in Sunset Park have decided to close temporarily to prevent coronavirus from spreading, and to relieve economic pressure on their businesses.
COVID-19's Hidden Airport Crisis: Uninsured Immigrant Workers ([link removed][UNIQID])
Union members are calling on lawmakers to pass a bill that would provide airport workers with supplemental pay to buy health insurance.
Seeking a New Rhythm: NYers Tap into Arabic Percussion ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘I have evolved my own identity based on the different cultures I’ve been interacting with.’
City Council Seeks To Stop ICE Abuse in New York Hospitals ([link removed][UNIQID])
A City Council hearing discussed alleged abuses committed by immigration officers against detained people who are hospitalized in the city.
City Stat
The Department of Investigations referred 712 cases for criminal prosecution in fiscal year 2019, and its investigations led to 549 arrests -- the lowest numbers in three years.
See the data from the Mayor's Management Report. ([link removed][UNIQID])
Una Ciudad sin Límites
City Limits en Español
‘Downzoning’: Confrontación por proyecciones de vivienda que condujo al estancamiento de Bushwick ([link removed][UNIQID])
Entre otras disputas, ambas partes discutieron sobre lo que podría parecer una simple cuestión de hecho: si la visión de los locales para el vecindario —el plan comunitario de Bushwick, que la administración rechazó— era o no una re-clasificación de la zona para reducir la intensidad del uso de la tierra.
Mapping the Future
City Doing Hundreds of Homeless ‘Clean-Ups’ Each Year ([link removed][UNIQID])
Critics say sending teams of cops, sanitation workers and outreach personnel to roust people from their makeshift homes is punishing victims rather than addressing the homelessness problem.
Emergency Grants Can Help Stop Homelessness — if You Have a Lawyer ([link removed][UNIQID])
Nearly 900,000 families may have received 'one-shot deals' from the city over the past decade, but chances are only those who had an attorney—as well as a check—avoided eviction.
Immediate Steps Seen for Sunnyside Development Plan ([link removed][UNIQID])
The de Blasio administration’s vision will take decades to realize. But in the near term, a subway station must be funded and a nonprofit steering entity created, amid deep concerns from some local advocates.
** City Views
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Opinion: The Rights of Three-Quarter House Residents Still Don’t Matter ([link removed][UNIQID])
A recent court ruling ‘is just the latest in a storied history of a systemic disregard for the dignity and humanity of people who live in three-quarter houses.’
Opinion: Sunnyside Yards Master Plan Sits on a Deck of Myths ([link removed][UNIQID])
'Decking over the180 acres of these rail yards isn’t the answer to the challenges facing Queens residents.'
Opinion: Funding for Public Financing is Essential to Fight for Equality in NYS ([link removed][UNIQID])
'It’s also important to note that the governor did not include any funding for a reform fundamental to all of these issues: the state’s new public financing program.'
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