Coronavirus
COVID-19 at the Mitchel Houses: Communication Issues, Cleaning Delays and a Farewell to Mr. Mercado
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Cleaning is now being done in earnest, residents say, but delays in basic maintenance have been the norm for years.
Coronavirus
Housing Worry for Laborers as New York’s Farms Slip Deeper into Trouble
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Undocumented migrant farm workers are facing evictions as farms in upstate New York encounter financial losses, according to farm worker advocacy groups.
Age Justice
A Nursing Home Had One COVID Case. Then Came the New, Infected Patients.
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The award-winning home struggled to keep its workforce equipped, to separate the staff dealing with infected and non-infected people, and to understand what the state’s official death toll has to do with reality.
Coronavirus
Hotels as COVID Convalescent Homes: Challenges for Patients, Staff
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After three deaths at a hotel in Manhattan earlier this month, New York City promises increased resources for its program providing isolation hotels.
Coronavirus
More Questions Than Answers About the Racial & Ethnic Skew in COVID-19 Deaths
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There’s been less discussion of how underlying conditions and longstanding inequalities actually translated into deaths, or about other factors that might help to explain the racial disparities characterizing COVID-19’s impact.
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Unclear How Many NYS Prison Deaths Are Being Investigated
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City Limits contacted the medical examiners or coroners in all 26 New York counties were DOCCS has facilities. Most who responded said they were not investigating any prison deaths.
Coronavirus
Undocumented, Essential and Sick: COVID-19 Comes to the Farm
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First came the fever, then dark urine and diarrhea, then a cough ‘that wanted to tear my throat up.’ And then his roommate got sick, too.
Coronavirus
Decades of Shrinking Hospital Capacity ‘Spelled Disaster’ for New York’s COVID Response
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New York has closed dozens of hospitals in the last few decades, the result of larger healthcare trends, policy shifts and cost-cutting efforts. But that downsizing has been “called into question” by the coronavirus pandemic, experts say.
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Mutual Aid Movement Playing Huge Role in COVID-19 Crisis
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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.
The Ride
Super Commuters in Sophomore Year: The Impact of NYC’s Longest Rides to School
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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.