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The Coronavirus Crisis

COVID-19

As New York confronts a deadly pandemic, City Limits brings you coverage about how the disease—and the response—will affect the most vulnerable.
If you have a story tip, email coronavirus@citylimits.org

child poverty

Bronx Families Face Greatest Barriers to ‘Well-Being’ Across New York’s Counties, Report Finds

By Nicole Javorsky | January 12, 2021

A new report by Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, released Monday, analyzed pre-pandemic data to determine where the level of various risks to families’ well-being stood before the COVID-19 crisis.

nyc real estate

Opinion: Any Plan to Convert Empty Offices to Housing Must Center Inclusivity, Affordability

By Rafael E. Cestero | January 12, 2021

‘It’s clear that New York City is going to face changes in how—and where—people live and work. However, any program to convert empty office spaces and hotels to housing must be considered from both sides.’

The Coronavirus Crisis

Confusion Persists Around State’s Vaccine Plans for Incarcerated New Yorkers

By Nicole Javorsky | January 7, 2021

Criminal justice advocates slammed the mix messages for leaving thousands of families “wondering when their loved ones will gain access to vaccines.”

Coronavirus

City Pushes Feds to Deliver More Vaccines to NYC

By Jeanmarie Evelly | January 5, 2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio is asking the Trump administration for greater support for vaccine distribution, including extra doses to cover city commuters from other states.

COVID-19

By The Numbers: NYC’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout So Far

By Jeanmarie Evelly | January 4, 2021

New York City and state officials are looking to ramp up coronavirus vaccine distribution after a lackluster start that many have criticized as moving too slowly. So far, the city has administered just 110,241 of the 443,000 doses it has received.

nys prisons

Opinion: It’s Time for NYS to Act on Decarceration in Prisons to Curb COVID-19

By David Hoos, Susan M. Reverby, Barbara Zeller and Robert Fullilove | January 4, 2021

Cuomo has failed to implement widely accepted sound public health practices by refusing to release any meaningful number of the state’s COVID-vulnerable imprisoned human beings, and now by failing to put them in the first categories for access to the new vaccines.

New York City
Mutual aid rider in the Bronx

Looking Back at NYC in 2020: The Year in Photos

By Jeanmarie Evelly | December 31, 2020

A look back at New York City scenes from 2020, a year largely defined by a global pandemic and its accompanying economic fallout.

Housing and Development

NY Lawmakers to Pass Bill to Halt Pandemic-Related Evictions Through May

By Sadef Ali Kully | December 28, 2020

The COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act would create a hardship declaration form that tenants can fill out and submit to their landlords, or to housing court, if they’ve experienced economic difficulties due to the pandemic.

ARTS and CULTURE

NYC’s Latin American Indigenous Communities Demand Protection

By Edwin Martínez for El Diario | December 22, 2020

A lack of translation services has complicated access to healthcare and financial aid for the many thousands of Latin American people who speak neither English nor Spanish.

COVID-19

When Will New York Vaccinate People in Prisons and Jails?

By Nicole Javorsky | December 22, 2020

While the governor’s draft vaccination plan includes those in congregate settings in its second phase for vaccines, it doesn’t specifically refer to people in jails and prisons. That lack of clarity has drawn the concern of criminal justice advocates.

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The Numbers

Testing in New York City is now open to all.

NYC has had 262,445 confirmed cases and 19,416 confirmed deaths (as of 10 a.m. on 11/9).

Coronavirus Resources

• New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene COVID-19 information page

• Latest case count and other information from the New York State Department of Health

• the U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Coronavirus

• the World Health Organization situation reports on COVID-19

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