Bronx sees 2200% increase in unemployment claims
“Amar from the Bronx” called into the Brian Lehrer Show, a radio program that covers local and national issues, on Monday during the segment “Your Unemployment Questions Answered.” He hasn’t…
Officials urge Cuomo, de Blasio to act on ‘uneven’ Covid-19 death toll
By Ese Olumhense and Ann Choi, THE CITY. This story was originally published on April 8 by THE CITY. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio last month Photo:…
How churches are staying connected to their flocks during Covid-19
While Covid-19 has suspended all in-person group services in the South Bronx, many churches are employing the latest digital technologies to boost morale and ensure the parishioners can remain connected…
Rapper Fred the Godson sick with the coronavirus
Rapper Frederick Thomas, better known as Fred the Godson, has the coronavirus. The 35-year-old Highbridge native tweeted a picture of himself wearing an oxygen mask in what appears to be…
No masks for NYCHA staffers working in tenant apartments
Outside the Tompkins Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY An combustible mix of workers without masks entering apartments to make repairs, an aging tenant population and a lack of…
Councilman’s father dead from the coronavirus
Rafael Salamanca Sr., the father of City Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. of the 17th district, has died from the coronavirus. Salamanca Jr., whose district covers a large swath of…
NYC provides free meals for all New Yorkers
New York City will now make free meals available for all New Yorkers, not just schoolchildren, and 109 of the distribution locations are in the Bronx. In response to the…
What’s in the coronavirus stimulus package for individuals and businesses
Here’s a summary gathered from various national news publications, as well as IRS and NYS Labor guidance documents issued since the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act),…