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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

Health and Environment

Councilmembers Cite Concerns Over COVID Safety in Visit to ICE Detainees in NY

By Daniel Parra | 3 hours ago

One person at the facility told City Limits he has been detained by ICE for more than six months but has only been given two cloth masks during that time, despite jail staff telling councilmembers they have masks in abundance.

The Coronavirus Crisis

1 in Every 200 NYC Children Have Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID. That’s Almost Twice the National Rate.

By Fazil Khan, Columbia Journalism Investigations | May 16, 2022

Black, Hispanic and Asian children in the city are around three times more likely to have lost a parent or caregiver compared to their white peers, a new analysis reveals.

The Coronavirus Crisis

Opinion: As COVID Mandates Lift, We Must Do More to Support Caregivers of Kids With Special Health Needs

By Christina Salley | April 25, 2022

“We have all been on our path to accepting COVID-19 as a part of our lives, but let’s not forget that the stakes are higher for some.”

Economy

Some NYC Vendors Are Using Excluded Workers Fund Aid to Cover City Fines

By Daniel Parra | March 31, 2022

Vendors and advocates say increased city enforcement is hampering the industry’s recovery, as workers continue to see fewer sales since the pandemic began.

Economy

Opinion: Revitalizing Bronx Restaurants is Key to NYC’s Pandemic Recovery

By Nathalia Fernández | March 23, 2022

“The recovery of New York City as a whole is only possible when it is inclusive of all neighborhoods, including ones like mine in The Bronx that suffered some of the worst effects of the pandemic.”

coronavirus pandemic

Boosting New York City’s Booster Rate

By Jeanmarie Evelly | March 16, 2022

One lawmaker and local health experts are calling for the city to automatically schedule vaccination appointments for New Yorkers who’ve been fully inoculated against COVID-19, but have yet to get a booster shot. Only 36 percent of city residents have gotten the additional dose of the vaccine so far.

Housing and Development

For Lower-Income New Yorkers, COVID Rents Never Really Went Down

By David Brand | March 15, 2022

For many low-income tenants in unregulated apartments, rents remained relatively flat or even increased during the pandemic because available housing was still hard to find.

The Coronavirus Crisis

Looking Back: COVID-19 in New York City, Two Years Later

By Jeanmarie Evelly | March 14, 2022

Two years ago on Monday, New York City saw its first coronavirus death. As the city and the world enters its third year of life with COVID-19, here’s a look back at some pivotal moments, as told through City Limits’ coverage of the crisis since March 2020.

Justice

City Council Hearing Probes Conditions for ICE Detainees in New York

By Daniel Parra | February 28, 2022

A possible COVID outbreak and a hunger strike at the Orange County Correctional Facility (OCCF) were two of the main topics Monday during the first meeting of the City Council’s immigration committee in 2022.

Housing and Development

Bronx Tenant Group Considers ‘Eviction Blockades’ as Court Filings Mount

By David Brand | February 24, 2022

“Our goal is to intervene and disrupt the eviction process,” one organizer said at a rally outside Bronx Housing Court Thursday. “We’ve always known the eviction moratorium is a temporary measure [but] it made it possible for our members to dream of a world without evictions.”

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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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