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Yes.
Shit is that bad.
The Mayor mentioned in a press conference today that NYC needs about 45,000 extra healthcare workers.
Precisely how we're being failed. Ain't nobody needs finna be met by the government if we all sit at home.
You're right. Not every landlord is some rich owner preying on renters. They chose to invest in rental property as a critical source of income. It can't just stop.
There would have to be mortgage forgiveness as well. Mortgages, property taxes, maintenance. A lot of landlords would not be able to pay expenses if people stopped paying rent. If they have to foreclose on the property, then the renter would probably get evicted anyway. Lose lose for everybody.
Somebody in the chain, renter or landlord, can't just stop paying without somebody suffering, unless there's some sort of bailout. If banks could stop mortgage payments, then landlords could stop rent payment.
I'm not too far from the city (Dutchess) and this whole thing is just a lot to watch unfold.
7 days ago you could hear people still somewhat defiant and reckless outside, enjoying the sun and in my case some were even partying just down the block like it was any other day.
Today I have heard exactly 2 people outside my window all day and that was one person yelling at another for not having a mask on. Everything is silent except the passing of cars and the distant blaring of police and ambulances. It is surreal to see. There is something off in the air itself, as if the uncertainty and fear many of us have has seeped out into the air. I have already lost a cousin and know others fighting with it as I type this.
Stay safe everyone.
7 days ago you could hear people still somewhat defiant and reckless outside, enjoying the sun and in my case some were even partying just down the block like it was any other day.
Today I have heard exactly 2 people outside my window all day and that was one person yelling at another for not having a mask on. Everything is silent except the passing of cars and the distant blaring of police and ambulances. It is surreal to see. There is something off in the air itself, as if the uncertainty and fear many of us have has seeped out into the air. I have already lost a cousin and know others fighting with it as I type this.
Stay safe everyone.
We got this message in Illinois 2 days ago.Yes.
Shit is that bad.
This was a photo of the subway train yesterday. I wouldn't be surprised if it surpasses the death numbers compared to Italy. Lots of ppl still gotta go to work.
Oh god. NYC is so fucked.
So many poor and working class people, aka "essential workers", are going to be sacrificed on the altar of late stage capitalism during this pandemic that it's disgusting. I'm hoping to be able work from home starting next week, but so many people/essential workers are just trying to make ends meet and don't have that option. I hope people think about this photo before they complain about being stuck working at home in their pajamas while posting Tik Tok videos.This was a photo of the subway train yesterday. I wouldn't be surprised if it surpasses the death numbers compared to Italy. Lots of ppl still gotta go to work.
If you have tens of million of people even out of work for even a short period of time we could be seeing some serious civil unrest. Which I'm sure Trump would handle incredibly well like everything else related to this.
I think this is yesterday too.....damn idiots, like we NYkers don't have enough problems already....
"Well, they're terrorists. Most of them want to destroy our great nation. And we have the best police, the best national guard - they know who's who - and if a lot of them pulled the trigger with their guns facing the crowd, like this, bang bang bang, you know, well, maybe a few innocents here and there, but we'll find out, won't we? But I bet not many. Not many more than you. If it's to stop an attack, maybe they shouldn't have said anything. Stayed home. They knew how dangerous it would be. Next question."
Yeah it's a big area. I miss Ridgewood. For most of my time in NYC I lived there and in around Bushwick.
Glad to hear things are ok in that neighborhood. I appreciate the update.
The MTA was always barely holding it together. I imagine they have a lot of employees out because of Covid, resulting in reduced train service.
I've noticed a strong correlation between neighborhoods of low income and rates of infection - basically, the poorer your family is, the more likely you have a low-paying job that's actually very essential, so you have to keep commuting, which means you spread the illness, crowding hospitals which are the least-equipped with equipment. Westchester county has a far higher rate of infection per capita but fewer deaths because it's a richer part of the region.
This is probably why Detroit, New Orleans, and rural Georgia are the current hotspots, and why a big chunk of the south is so vulnerable. COVID is a poor man's disease, at least in the US.
In the case of NYC, the MTA is definitely not running enough trains, but they openly admit they would add more if they had the staff to run the trains.
This is probably why Detroit, New Orleans, and rural Georgia are the current hotspots, and why a big chunk of the south is so vulnerable. COVID is a poor man's disease, at least in the US.
For the record, this might have been true for the first few days, but it's definitely NOT true now. I heard the same thing out of Boston, where the MBTA cut trains for a day or two, realized service cuts were contributing to increased crowding, and added the service back.
In the case of NYC, the MTA is definitely not running enough trains, but they openly admit they would add more if they had the staff to run the trains.
This map is from this morning I think: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-cases-by-zip-04032020-1.pdf
Huh. My zip code (10039) is actually on the lower end of things. Gonna get worse before it gets better, but having a better breakdown is nice.
Live in the heart of manhattan, currently my girlfriend is staying with me, and we got hit with that emergency alert. Admittingly, i'm selfish and definitely don't want my girlfriend to go to a hospital (a registered nurse) because she's in school to further her nursing and currently doesn't have health insurance.
She's currently manning a health hotline at a clinic to help out, so she's doing her part, but if she wonders about helping out in hospitals, i'd be scared. Legit virus is just ripping through the city.
She's currently manning a health hotline at a clinic to help out, so she's doing her part, but if she wonders about helping out in hospitals, i'd be scared. Legit virus is just ripping through the city.
This was a photo of the subway train yesterday. I wouldn't be surprised if it surpasses the death numbers compared to Italy. Lots of ppl still gotta go to work.
I don't get it.
If essential workers only managed to cramp up the train like that, how does it look like on normal days?
That's mine as well. Haven't seen or heard much activity in our area.
NY NEEDS TO SHUT DOWN LIKE ITALY. There simply isn't any other way. I'm not smart enough to think of the logistics of it all but the federal government needs to step the fuck in and have FEMA and the national guard step in to deal with the transportation of hospital workers and delivery of goods to hospitals. We're supposed to be the richest country in the world and we can't afford to help out our citizens. What a fucking failure this is turning out to be.
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MTA is running at a reduced service. There are 8 million people living here.
The MTA is getting hammered by Covid. They can't keep putting people behind trains buses and subways. I would imagine like 60-70% of their staff is infected and the ones working are probably asymptomatic. The Federal Government needs to step in but we have this fucking orange man baby of a president who is woefully inept to deal with a situation like this.
We are the capital of the universe. So many people from all over the world are here fam. Everyone on that train is most likely service workers. Rarely you see natives with whips.
Ours only has NYC zip codes. Is that what you need?
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Yup. By a large margin. There's also the issue that while technically the most dense borough because of said wealth many aren't in the borough and have fled elsewhere; summer homes, parents in the burbs etc. I know a few. Along with a creeping problem of empty lodging (airbnb, property brought as simple investment in a pre-covid slowing down, but still crazy expensive, condo market, etc)
It's hard to for people to understand how many people it takes to make NYC to run even on a shutdown level;. You have flights flying out? You need TSA. Restaurants in takeout mode? you need workers. Garbage piling up? Sanitation workers. You need NYPD because how else are they gonna hand out tickets and hit their police brutality numbers for the month, lol. Most of them are located in the outer boroughs outside of poorer neighborhoods in Manhattan (Harlem and above), and with drastically cut trains...you get the picture
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I was let go from my job two weeks ago. My boss called me today and asked if I could fill in for one of the workers who's "been sick for the last 3 days"
I accepted but going back out into the world, particularly riding the train after quarantining for two weeks is gonna be crazy.
I accepted but going back out into the world, particularly riding the train after quarantining for two weeks is gonna be crazy.
Can't lie I'm scared, I live in the heights and I always got my n95 mask on and away 6ft and beyond. Hell, even in my apt I stay in my room away from my parents.
I'm dreading going to work next week, I work one week and off the next (still get paid my off weeks). However, my concern is when I end my shift in the morning to go home. Since I work the midnight shift it's ghost town so I don't be worried.
I just want to survive this cause my anxiety levels are thru the roof these days. Hard to breathe at times :/
I'm dreading going to work next week, I work one week and off the next (still get paid my off weeks). However, my concern is when I end my shift in the morning to go home. Since I work the midnight shift it's ghost town so I don't be worried.
I just want to survive this cause my anxiety levels are thru the roof these days. Hard to breathe at times :/
I'm currently in zip code with a shit ton of cases in NYC and I'm also in the middle of a move. I think I'm just going to eat a month or two of rent and continue staying at my parents because I'm fucking terrified of going outside at this point. Our health is way more important.
I've been pretty calm and collected throughout but it's really starting to wear on me and my anxiety is rising.
I've been pretty calm and collected throughout but it's really starting to wear on me and my anxiety is rising.
Fellow NYer here. I had to go out two days ago for fingerprinting, otherwise I'd be in home but there was no social distancing on the MTA trains like they promised. Every car was jammed and inside the jammed cars, not everyone was wearing some sort of face covering. I wish everyone would take this seriously. It doesn't require much effort to use a face covering so just fucking do it 🤕
