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Mia Edelstein
Friends,
It’s Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
At press time, the Johns Hopkins COVID case tracker currently shows New York City has 72,867 active cases and 4,009 deaths.
The City’s Dept. for the Aging (DFTA) has to do a better job of managing the senior food program. It’s Week Three of the transition from group meals within senior centers to the free home-delivered meal model (with an intermediate stop at “Grab… Read more
Friends,
It’s Monday, April 6, 2020 and there’s a weekend’s worth of updates, so let’s dive in.
At press time, the Johns Hopkins COVID case tracker currently shows New York City has 68,696 active cases and 3,485 deaths.
Tom Waters has died at age 37. He worked for the Community Service Society, and was a great analyst who provided the crucial underlying data for so many organizing and legislative efforts… Read more
Friends,
It’s Friday, April 3, 2020.
At press time, the Johns Hopkins COVID case tracker currently shows New York City has 55,597 active cases and 1,584 deaths.
Because I have my phone number at the bottom of these newsletters, I get calls. Boy, do I get calls!
Most recently, I heard from First Robotics, a nonprofit, which wanted to donate 425 goggles that can serve as PPE for health care… Read more
Friends,
It’s Thursday, April 2, 2020.
At press time, the Johns Hopkins COVID case tracker currently shows New York City has 47,065 active cases and 1,397 deaths.
Yesterday, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene released a first round of data on the geographic distribution of COVID-19 cases, and the NY Times has graphically mapped out the statistics: A Month of Coronavirus in New York City: See … Read more
I’ve taken the content from these newsletters and classified them into five categories to be more user-friendly. Check the top of my website, manhattanbp.nyc.gov, to find almost everything I’ve heard during the COVID-19 crisis on food, money, the arts, education, and donations and volunteering.
Friends,
It’s Wednesday, April 1, 2020.
At press time, the Johns Hopkins COVID case tracker currently shows New York City has 46,300 active cases and… Read more
Friends,
It’s Tuesday, March 31, 2020.
At press time, the Johns Hopkins COVID case tracker currently shows New York City has 39,968 active cases and 914 deaths (those numbers include the 2,000+ more cases and 17 deaths that were added this afternoon since we started compiling this newsletter at 2 pm).
Last night’s “virtual” Town Hall at Columbia University’s Teachers College, cosponsored by the NYC Dept of Education and Community… Read more
Friends,
It’s Monday, March 30, 2020, the start of week three of our “pause.”
At press time, the Johns Hopkins COVID case tracker currently shows New York City has 35,431 active cases and 790 deaths (over twice as many as Friday’s 366).
One of those deaths was Walter South, a member of Community Board 9 and a dedicated member of our New York community, whose housing advocacy and work on… Read more
Friends,
It’s Friday, March 27, 2020– the end of Week II.
The Johns Hopkins COVID case tracker currently shows New York City has 25,573 confirmed cases and 366 deaths. Chillingly, it shows zero recovered cases.
One of those deaths was Judy Richheimer, and I am devastated. I first met her when I was a member of the City Council and she was a union leader of the Tour Guides. She… Read more
City and State government depends on federal funding for so much that is based on Census numbers. Please, if you haven’t completed your form yet, do so RIGHT NOW: https://www.2020census.gov/ (click “respond now” and help Manhattan beat back Richmond County!). Above, Dierdre Lyles of my office is shown completing her form online!
Friends,
It’s Friday, March 27, 2020– the end of Week II.
The Johns Hopkins COVID case tracker currently… Read more
Friends,
It’s Wednesday, March 25, 2020. My news is short today.
Two transportation updates: As you may know by now, today the MTA cut service in such a way that maintains rush hour service and cuts other off peak service and lines. This is partly due to TA workers getting sick but also due to the massive ridership drop. And I mentioned yesterday that suspension of alternate side parking rules… Read more
