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A Thousand Words
In my career, I've written hundreds of thousands of words about a lot of complicated stories. But in one very short sentence, the nurses who chalked the sidewalk outside Montefiore Hospital in the Norwood section of the Bronx on Thursday captured the story of this week better than I ever could.
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There are two grim-looking refrigerated trucks parked in a lot next to the hospital to store bodies the morgue cannot hold. There are ghostly white tents set up in the Emergency Room ambulance bay to create extra space. The chalk messages, which stretched along two sides of the block, offered a more hopeful image to the nurses and doctors entering the hospital to try to save lives, at no small risk to their own.
Stay healthy and hopeful,
Jarrett Murphy, executive editor
** Top Stories
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The Coronavirus Thread: Parks Dept. Signals Funding Freeze to Nonprofits ([link removed][UNIQID])
Nonprofit organizations that run public programs and perform key maintenance work in city parkland are concerned that the de Blasio administration is abruptly cutting off funding amid the budget crunch triggered by the coronavirus crisis.
City’s Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens Face Obstacles Meeting Soaring Need ([link removed][UNIQID])
Several dozen programs have closed for lack of volunteers even as demand soars and social distancing rules demand more personpower.
Mutual Aid Movement Playing Huge Role in COVID-19 Crisis ([link removed][UNIQID])
Over the past few weeks, advocacy groups, veteran volunteers, and everyday residents across the five boroughs have stepped up to form groups and projects that assist vulnerable New Yorkers.
CUNY Students Scramble After COVID-19 Dorm Evictions, Demand Spring Tuition Refunds ([link removed][UNIQID])
Student-residents at five CUNY campuses have been told to move out as soon as possible, as the state turns to college dorms for possible medical uses during the pandemic.
DOE Chancellor on What’s Next for City Schools Amid COVID ([link removed][UNIQID])
A leading anti-hunger advocate also joined Max & Murphy to talk about how SNAP benefits and food pantries can be reinforced to address COVID's economic fallout.
NY’s 90-day Mortgage Waiver Has Big Limitations ([link removed][UNIQID])
It doesn’t apply to banks and servicers outside the state’s regulatory power. And it allows financial institutions to decide what ‘hardship’ is.
COVID-19 Creates Deep Uncertainty in NYC’s Child-Welfare System ([link removed][UNIQID])
Advocates for children and parents say that with an ever-growing backlog of cases, they’re concerned that the wait might be long, and that delays might keep families from reunifying not just for months but for years.
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** Voices of New York
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Amplifying NYC's Ethnic and Community Press
Chinese Laundromats Remain Open, Amid Fear and Shrinking Staffs ([link removed][UNIQID])
Chinese owners of laundromats say they are worried more about their safety during the coronavirus pandemic, and some say they’ve had employees quit because they are afraid to come to work.
Her Husband’s in ICE Custody. She Knew Something Was Wrong When He Didn’t Call. ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘How is it possible to do social isolation in a detention center?’
Group Urges Allowing Unlicensed Immigrants with Healthcare Experience to Work in Hospitals ([link removed][UNIQID])
Hispanic Association of Health Professionals is calling for lawmakers to create temporary, flexible licenses so thousands of immigrant health professionals can be included in the COVID-19 emergency effort.
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Gym Closed? A Home Workout for an Anxious Time ([link removed][UNIQID])
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Sistema de transporte en situación ‘crítica’ por crisis del COVID-19 ([link removed][UNIQID])
Las penurias de la MTA van más allá de la pérdida de usuarios y dinero procedente de las tarifas de viaje. Sus otras fuentes de ingreso – que incluyen peajes, impuestos, y subsidios municipales y estatales – también se agotarán con el desplome económico que se espera traiga consigo el coronavirus, con el cierre de negocios en la ciudad y el estado y la interrupción del flujo de turistas.
COVID-19: Impactos en la salud mental y riesgo de suicidio ([link removed][UNIQID])
Si bien la mayoría de líneas de asistencia de prevención al suicidio hasta el momento indican un aumento en el número de llamadas, esto no necesariamente indica mayores riesgos de suicidio.
Ahora que el escenario previsto por varias organizaciones y médicos sobre la posibilidad de que un inmigrante en un centro de detención de ICE diera positivo al COVID-19 se ha hecho una realidad, el escenario es aún más preocupante.
** City Views
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Opinions on Policy and Politics
The Cruelties of the COVID-19 Stimulus Bill ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘This stimulus bills turns Julia and her U.S. citizen children, and other Americans, into second-class citizens for marrying undocumented immigrants.’
Why We’re Going on Rent Strike ([link removed][UNIQID])
'Right now, our primary responsibility should be keeping our families and communities safe. Since the governor has refused to step in and issue a rent moratorium, we have no choice but to stop paying.'
Density is not Why NYC is the Coronavirus Epicenter ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘The future of our country and planet will be won or lost in our cities. We must defend them during this outbreak and we must center them in our social and economic recovery. In a word, density is our destiny.'
Two RGB Members Agree with Mayor—NYC Needs a Rent Freeze Now ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘New Yorkers who live in rent-regulated units, the vast majority of whom have only low or moderate incomes, must be protected from the destructive financial impact of the coronavirus.’
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