Posted on 04/02/2020 2:42:33 AM PDT by abb
The new coronavirus has struck hardest in working-class neighborhoods in New York City’s outer boroughs, city data shows, underlining how the pandemic has ravaged densely packed lower-income areas where social-distancing guidelines have proved difficult to implement.
Two areas of Queens—Corona and Elmhurst—have led the city in reported infections, with 947 and 831 as of March 31, respectively, the data show. Both neighborhoods are heavily populated by immigrants who live in close quarters, often with multiple families sharing a dwelling, said City Councilman Francisco Moya.
Dr. Mitchell Katz, the chief executive and president of NYC Health + Hospitals, said it is difficult for some people to isolate and maintain social distancing to slow the spread of the virus, especially in the hardest-hit neighborhoods in Queens. “You may have multiple families living together in a very small apartment, so it’s easy to understand why there’s a lot of transmission of Covid occurring,” he said Wednesday.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on Wednesday released the raw numbers of people who were tested and those who were diagnosed with the infection, broken down by ZIP Code, after Mayor Bill de Blasio had resisted the move for more than a week.
By contrast, wealthier neighborhoods had fewer tests and positive cases. In the ZIP Code covering lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center, 24 people were tested and six were positive, data show. Battery Park City’s ZIP Code had 38 people tested and 16 positive cases.
And in Long Island City, Queens, which has more newly built, high-end apartments, 45 people were tested and 13 tested positive, according to the data.
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Well I’m on my way
I don’t know where I’m going
I’m on my way
I’m taking my time
But I don’t know where
Goodbye Rosie, the queen of Corona
Seein’ me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard
The most telling sentence in the article is that DeBlasio DID NOT want this info released.
No surprise there.
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I grew-up in Elmhurst!
On Elmhurst Avenue.
This subject needs to be raised at Trump’s daily presser.
The rest of the nation is paying for NYC’s and Albany’s malfeasance.
I suspect, and hope, that this will give ammo to Trump for his plan to reopen the country based on case density.
After we’ve gotten a handle on the disease, Albany’s and NYC’s pols need to be held accountable for this.
People in PA, MT, ND, SD, WV, should not have to ruin their economic situation because NY has a problem.
Not sure how contemporary this is as a political issue.
My grandma started her 55-year career in NYC Public schools in 1911. Until my mom was born, she taught on the Lower East Side.
Of course, it was a different world. Her mission, as she saw it, was creating Americans out of Jews, Italians, Greeks, Irish, etc - but the places her students lived were quite similar to the places described in this article.
By the way, she had 60 students in her classroom, no “aides”, no ESL, no sex positive programs. She used only English (although her family spoke German at home) and taught the 3Rs + patriotism.
When she died in 1985, there were some 70 year olds at her funeral to pay tribute to the teacher who gave them their wonderful lives in America.
In New York at the time of this comment, the record shows 12,226 people in hospitals out of 83,948 cases. And many of the cases are not resolved, yet.
Cases 83,948
Deaths 1,941
Hospital 12,226
Albany, GA has turned into a major hotspot on a per capita basis.
With a population of about 90,000 Albany has more deaths than Fulton County with a population of over 1,000,000. Add in the spread to the contiguous, rural counties and it gets much worse
Wow. God bless your late gran. The nation needs more citizens like her. What a wonderful legacy she left. :-)
947 and 831 infections. Yeah thats “ravaged” alright./s
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