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All Together Now

The Coronavirus crisis has already killed 22 New Yorkers, sickened thousands more, torched jobs, imperiled nonprofits, disrupted schooling, shuttered vital services and frightened just about everyone. It has also cut us off from each other, in a sudden and profound way.

Hopefully, science will guide our response to the health threat. But epidemiology won't get people back to work or make up for the impact this will have on students who can't really be in school, elderly nursing-home residents who won't spend precious time with their families, small businesses built on a dream and lost in a matter of days, or people nearing retirement whose nest-eggs have been destroyed by the upheaval in financial markets.

There is too much uncertainty about how long and deep this crisis will go to permit sweeping predictions, but each of us can feel our lives changing in ways that might be irrevocable. Even that possibility is a little unnerving.

Yet, hope emerges from the way people have responded, which is by trying to create community as best they can, against steep odds. Mutual aid networks. Online birthday parties. Virtual concerts. Some of these efforts are low-wattage and, at best, modestly successful, but that doesn't matter. It's the instinct that is worth replicating.

In a crisis, one can either head to the hills or lock arms with your neighbors. It's clear what recovering from the COVID crisis will require, and not just as a cute slogan, and not just for a minute or two.

Collective action, shared sacrifice and concern for the neediest will save us from the virus itself: We keep our social distance to protect ourselves and others, we avoid ERs so the truly sick can get help there. Those principles will save us from the aftermath, too. Survival is also an S-word.

Stay well,
Jarrett Murphy, executive editor


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** COVID News

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Delivery Workers Face Challenges on Front Line of Disease Response ([link removed][UNIQID])
Jack Lee, like 400,000 of his fellow, mostly immigrant food delivery workers, has found himself on the front line of this fast developing crisis.

The Coronavirus Thread: Suit Filed to Free 116 From Rikers, Citing COVID Threat ([link removed][UNIQID])
Also: Workforce developments leaders are seeking sweeping city action to save careers. And the gov shuts barber shops and tattoo parlors.

Max & Murphy: Worries About the State Budget Only Deepened by Health Crisis ([link removed][UNIQID])
One thing everyone can agree on is that things look much much worse now.

Freeze Sought on Rent, Mortgage and Utility Payments as COVID Impact Grows ([link removed][UNIQID])
Housing advocates have called on the city and state to develop a $10 billion relief package that includes a moratorium on rent, mortgage and utility payments

City Pressured to Reduce Jail Population Amid Coronavirus Crisis ([link removed][UNIQID])
A Brooklyn Councilmember believes the de Blasio administration is moving towards a policy of temporarily releasing medically vulnerable inmates, as advocates demand the city pull back on low-level enforcement.

City Nonprofits Say COVID Response is Leaving Them in a Lurch ([link removed][UNIQID])
A nonprofit coalition is asking for a ;robust, coordinated, and centralized response to COVID-19 for the human services sector.’

Nine Days After ‘Black Monday’, Small Businesses Await Start of Relief Programs ([link removed][UNIQID])
Based on anecdotal information that the NYC Department of Small Business Services has received, small businesses have seen a decline in sales from 40 percent to 80 percent.

Senior Centers Scramble to Aid Clients Amid Coronavirus Shutdown ([link removed][UNIQID])
Senior center directors have been thinking of ways to help seniors cope, to prevent residents from becoming too socially isolated and depressed.

Read our in-depth coverage of the crisis here. ([link removed][UNIQID])


** Voices of New York
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City’s Day Laborers Worry More About Collapsing Economy Than Coronavirus ([link removed][UNIQID])
The spread of coronavirus could mean additional agony for hundreds of day laborers, mostly Latin American immigrants, who stand on the corner of 69th Street and Roosevelt Avenue and other locations every morning in the hope of scoring temporary work.

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As City's Chain Supermarkets Draw Crowds, Asian Grocery Stores are Well-Stocked ([link removed][UNIQID])
While some mainstream retail chain stores have run out of items like toilet paper and canned foods, many supermarkets run by Chinese and Korean immigrants have adequate supply.

Coronavirus Resources

Gym Closed? A Home Workout for an Anxious Time ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘We have been coming up with routines to make sure we are staying committed to our well-being while cooped up.’

• New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ([link removed][UNIQID]) COVID-19 information page

• Latest case count and other information from the New York State Department of Health ([link removed][UNIQID])

• the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ([link removed][UNIQID]) on Coronavirus

• the World Health Organization ([link removed][UNIQID]) situation reports on COVID-19

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Una Ciudad sin Límites
City Limits en Español
Algunas salas de emergencias se ven inundadas por personas con miedo pero sin síntomas ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘No podemos rechazarlos por lo que son atendidos incluso si no muestran síntomas, haciendo que el departamento de emergencias gaste tiempo en pacientes sanos cuando médicos y enfermeras podríamos estar usando nuestro tiempo y recursos en personas que realmente lo necesiten.’

NYCHA evalúa planes para proteger a sus residentes ([link removed][UNIQID])
NYCHA anunció que llevará a cabo una limpieza agresiva de sus complejos residenciales y que distribuirá información entre los residentes.

Activistas exigen protección para inmigrantes ‘en el frente’ del coronavirus ([link removed][UNIQID])
Activistas dicen que la respuesta del gobierno al COVID-19 ignora a un importante sector de la población neoyorkina: sus 4.5 millones de inmigrantes.


** City Views
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Opinion: COVID is a Reason to Double Down on the Green Economy ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘First and foremost, government should focus on its real-time response to COVID-19. But we must simultaneously prepare for the next crisis. We can do both. ‘

Opinion: Amid the COVID Crisis, Closing the Digital Divide is More Urgent Than Ever ([link removed][UNIQID])
'The Coronavirus crisis presents a critical chance in addressing the opportunity gap that limits Black and Latino youth from low income communities from entering the growing tech sector in New York City.'

Opinion: Bail Reform is About Keeping my Neighbors Home ([link removed][UNIQID])
'It is brutal to remove people from their families and subject them to the cruel punishment of incarceration while they are supposedly 'presumed innocent.' '

Opinion: Taxing the Rich Can Help New York Fight Coronavirus ([link removed][UNIQID])
'Make no mistake: budget cuts to healthcare won’t reduce the spread of coronavirus or lessen its impact. In fact, as we have seen in Washington state, cuts that force more people into nursing homes will worsen the impact.'

Opinion: This Health Crisis is a Hunger Crisis, Too ([link removed][UNIQID])
'Unless government takes immediate, bold action, food-insecure Americans will be hit even harder, and their troubles will likely extend long beyond the life of the epidemic.'
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