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A year after New York City became the center of the global Covid-19 outbreak, the neighborhood considered at the time to be the âepicenter of the epicenterâ of the pandemic remains in crisis â laying bare many of the economic fault lines exposed by the coronavirus.
Corona, Queens, a welcoming enclave for many of the cityâs undocumented immigrants and home to many of the âessentialâ workers who kept New York running during the pandemicâs worst days, has had the highest number of infections and deaths in the city â and now has one of the lowest percentages of people vaccinated.
‘We don’t get help from anywhere’: Covid exposes inequality in crisis-hit New York neighborhood Amanda Holpuch in New York
A year after New York City became the center of the global Covid-19 outbreak, the neighborhood considered at the time to be the “epicenter of the epicenter” of the pandemic remains in crisis – laying bare many of the economic fault lines exposed by the coronavirus.
Corona, Queens, a welcoming enclave for many of the city’s undocumented immigrants and home to many of the “essential” workers who kept New York running during the pandemic’s worst days, has had the highest number of infections and deaths in the city – and now has one of the lowest percentages of people vaccinated.
NYPD Enlists Volunteers For Citywide Graffiti Cleanup Initiative
CBS New York 57 mins ago Syndicated Local – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) The NYPD hit the streets Saturday to kick off a new campaign to combat a big rise in graffiti.
The cleanup involves off-duty officers, volunteers and a lot of paint.
Getting the big job rolling was NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea, taking what was a graffiti-covered supermarket building in Bushwick from marred and marked up to bright and bare.
Among the volunteer painters were officers, participating on their own time, and very young helpers.
“The best thing is all the little kids picking up the brushes, community members, businesses donating and interspersed with the men and women of the police department,” Shea said.