MOMI AWARDS IN SHULMAN’S NAME: This May, Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) inaugurates a special event honoring business innovators and leaders in Queens. The 2023 Claire Shulman Awards will be held on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. at MOMI’s Redstone Theater. At 6:30 p.m., the program in the Redstone Theater will
April 6, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) It was the eve of the deadliest day of the coronavirus spike that brought New York City to a trembling standstill. They were a handful of people doing what they could in the city’s fight for survival, and their own.
A year ago,
AP told the story of a day in the life of a stricken city through the eyes of New Yorkers on the front lines and in quarantine as they faced fear, tragedy, isolation and upheaval.
As the United States’ most populous city turned into its most lethal coronavirus hot spot, some of these New Yorkers saw the virus’ toll up close in an emergency room, an ambulance and a funeral home.
For 7 New Yorkers, a pandemic year s fight for the future
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1of21Nicolae Hent sits for a portrait in his taxi outside a midtown Manhattan hotel, in New York on March 19, 2021. “Not an easy year to go through in 2020, Hent said. Hopefully, this one will be better, but God knows.”John Minchillo/APShow MoreShow Less
2of21FILE - In this April 6, 2020, file photo, taxi driver Nicolae Hent cleans and disinfects his cab before starting work in New York. A taxi driver s job was already tougher in recent years with the arrival of ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. The empty streets during the coronavirus pandemic have made things more difficult.Matt Rourke/APShow MoreShow Less
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Actor E. Clayton Cornelious poses for a photo in the makeshift studio set up in his home for auditioning, Monday, March 22, 2021, in New York. He’s looking forward to seeing Broadway reopen. The city is preparing for that to happen this fall. “You can’t take away that live theater feeling,” Cornelious said. “I’m pretty sure that theater is going to survive and people are going to come.” (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
NEW YORK (AP) It was the eve of the deadliest day of the coronavirus spike that brought New York City to a trembling standstill. They were a handful of people doing what they could in the city’s fight for survival, and their own.
It was the eve of the deadliest day of the coronavirus spike that brought New York City to a trembling standstill. They were a handful of people doing what they could in the city’s fight for survival, and their own. A year ago, The Associated Press told the story of a day in the life…