Adi Talwar
Empty car on a northbound 6 train as is departs from 59th around 5:30pm on March 18, 2020.
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.
‘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. ‘
Online learning is a challenge for many students and their families. For the thousands of kids living in homeless shelters, the obstacles are even higher.
The group, which started on Facebook, helps connect volunteers with those in need of things like groceries and medicine. ‘We are really overwhelmed with these calls,’ one member said.
Nursing homes across New York City and around the country have been restricting visitors and in many cases banning anyone that is not essential staff from entering the building altogether.
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