Bodegas have seen a 63 percent rise in shootings and a threefold increase in burglaries. Six people have been killed in or just outside the stores. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)”
Social Inequities Explain Racial Gaps in Pandemic, Studies Find
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2020
Higher rates of infection and mortality among Black and Hispanic Americans are explained by exposure on the job and at home, experts said. Source: New York Times
The Loneliest Childhood: Toddlers Have No Covid Playmates
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2020
Covid-19 has meant the youngest children can’t go to birthday parties or play dates. Parents are keeping them out of day care. What is the long-term effect of the pandemic on our next generation? Source: New York Times
This Sport Is a ‘Way of Life.’ In a Pandemic, It’s Also High Risk.
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2020
A number of outbreaks connected to youth ice hockey have led many states in the Northeast to restrict it. Players and their parents are crestfallen. Source: New York Times
What New York City’s Sewers Reveal About the Virus
By Gotham Rex on December 8, 2020
The pungent underground waterways, known for alligator tales and other lore, are routinely tested for traces of the coronavirus. Source: New York Times
Will Indoor Dining End Next Week?
By Gotham Rex on December 8, 2020
The governor’s new criteria to roll back reopening include limits on restaurants in regions where hospitalization rates are rising. Source: New York Times
Indoor Dining May Be Banned Again, Threatening Many N.Y.C. Restaurants
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2020
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a new restrictions model that could end indoor dining in the city as early as next week. Source: New York Times
Are Cities Safe During a Covid-19 Outbreak?
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2020
Dense urban centers were vilified when the pandemic struck, rekindling the age-old town vs. country debate. We asked seven experts if the backlash was warranted. Source: New York Times
‘It Makes Me Angry’: These Are the Jobless in a City Filled With Wealth
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2020
Pandemic job losses have disproportionately hurt low-paid service workers who tend to be poor and people of color. In this New York neighborhood, hope is slipping away. Source: New York Times
How the Virus Swept Through a Corner of Queens
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2020
During the spring, as the first wave of the coronavirus caused havoc, five neighborhoods were the hardest-hit place in the country. Source: New York Times
How New York City Plans to Keep Children Safe as Schools Reopen
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2020
There will likely be more closures of individual school buildings as the amount of testing increases. Source: New York Times
After Defying Virus Rules, Bar Manager Drives Car Into Sheriff’s Deputy
By Gotham Rex on December 6, 2020
The manager of Mac’s Public House on Staten Island hit the deputy while fleeing from arrest after authorities confronted him, the sheriff said. Source: New York Times
Public Transit Faces Huge Service Cuts Across U.S.
By Gotham Rex on December 6, 2020
Reeling from the pandemic, transit agencies are grappling with drastic reductions in ridership and pleading for help from Washington. Source: New York Times
The Elderly vs. Essential Workers: Who Should Get the Coronavirus Vaccine First?
By Gotham Rex on December 5, 2020
The C.D.C. will soon decide which group to recommend next, and the debate over the trade-offs is growing heated. Ultimately, states will decide whom to include. Source: New York Times
One of the First Virus Hot Spots in the U.S. Is Under Siege Again
By Gotham Rex on December 5, 2020
New Rochelle, N.Y., was a model for how to contain and control the coronavirus’s spread. But the city’s success may be fleeting. Source: New York Times