As New York confronts a deadly pandemic, City Limits brings you coverage about how the disease—and the response—will affect the most vulnerable.
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‘The resolve of all city government officials should reflect the central understanding that New York City will continue to be at risk of COVID-19 case surges until our most vulnerable neighborhoods have the tools needed to reduce transmission.’
‘Instead of a code, we heard something else — the first few seconds of a Beatles tune. Everyone sighed with relief.’
How the Islamic Bay Ridge Center adapted to Brooklyn’s COVID-19 outbreak.
‘We are not asking to be prioritized over doctors and nurses. We simply need to be given the same resources.’
As New York’s COVID-19 cases began to skyrocket in late March, the same hospitals that filled with the sick and dying were where at least 66 women were giving birth to their babies.
Commercial tenants in Brooklyn are finding that the governor’s eviction moratorium hasn’t stopped their landlord from hounding them for rent.
The mayor ‘can and should secure vacant hotel rooms for homeless New Yorkers, including those who are street homeless.’
Both houses of the legislature approved a bill to create a $100 million fund to pay rents for people who have lost income because of the COVID-19 crisis.
The plaintiffs are already seeing some success outside of court, with the BOE passing a resolution to try to make PDF ballots available to some of those who request them for the primary.
‘Summer programming is not just a fun alternative to school: It is child care for essential workers. It is educational stimulation that helps mitigate summer learning loss in neighborhoods where most students read below grade level.’