Coronavirus
NYCHA evalúa planes para proteger a sus residentes
Sadef Ali Kully |
NYCHA anunció que llevará a cabo una limpieza agresiva de sus complejos residenciales y que distribuirá información entre los residentes.
Coronavirus
Freeze Sought on Rent, Mortgage and Utility Payments as COVID Impact Grows
Sadef Ali Kully |
Housing advocates have called on the city and state to develop a $10 billion relief package that includes a moratorium on rent, mortgage and utility payments
Coronavirus
City Pressured to Reduce Jail Population Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Jarrett Murphy |
A Brooklyn Councilmember believes the de Blasio administration is moving towards a policy of temporarily releasing medically vulnerable inmates, as advocates demand the city pull back on low-level enforcement.
Economy
Nine Days After ‘Black Monday’, Small Businesses Await Start of Relief Programs
Daniel Parra |
Based on anecdotal information that the NYC Department of Small Business Services has received, small businesses have seen a decline in sales from 40 percent to 80 percent.
Coronavirus
Algunas salas de emergencias se ven inundadas por personas con miedo pero sin síntomas
Jonathan Gomez |
‘No podemos rechazarlos por lo que son atendidos incluso si no muestran síntomas, haciendo que el departamento de emergencias gaste tiempo en pacientes sanos cuando médicos y enfermeras podríamos estar usando nuestro tiempo y recursos en personas que realmente lo necesiten.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Taxing the Rich Can Help New York Fight Coronavirus
Bryan O'Malley and Michael Kink |
‘Make no mistake: budget cuts to healthcare won’t reduce the spread of coronavirus or lessen its impact. In fact, as we have seen in Washington state, cuts that force more people into nursing homes will worsen the impact.’
Health and Environment
Senior Centers Scramble to Aid Clients Amid Coronavirus Shutdown
Roshan Abraham |
Senior center directors have been thinking of ways to help seniors cope, to prevent residents from becoming too socially isolated and depressed.
Coronavirus
City’s Day Laborers Worry More About Collapsing Economy Than Coronavirus
Fernando Martínez for El Diario |
The spread of coronavirus could mean additional agony for hundreds of day laborers, mostly Latin American immigrants, who stand on the corner of 69th Street and Roosevelt Avenue and other locations every morning in the hope of scoring temporary work.
Coronavirus
NYCHA Discusses Plans to Protect Residents from the Virus
Sadef Ali Kully |
NYCHA says it plans to aggressively clean their developments and get information to their tenants about social distancing and preventive methods through email, text, tenant associations, robo-calling and multilingual flyers.
Coronavirus
Some ERs Getting Overwhelmed by People With Fear But No Symptoms
Jonathan Gomez |
The uncertainty has them in a frenzy, and even when we tell them they are not showing symptoms, they insist on being tested or seen by a doctor. We can’t turn them away
