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- The MTA is seeking a $4 billion federal bailout as ridership has fallen 60 percent on the subways and as much as 90 percent on commuter railways amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
- The Forward reports that at least 100 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus in Borough Park.
- How will officials decide who gets a coronavirus bailout and how?
- One thing is clear: America’s restaurant industry has never seen a crisis on this scale before, and they are seriously going to need a bailout.
- A small group of marchers did an Irish jig up 5th Avenue for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade early Tuesday morning.
- Here's a dispatch on how the drive-in coronavirus testing is going in New Rochelle.
- Here's a good first-person piece about how being on Naked and Afraid is one of the more intense things you can do.
- Let's all try not to freak out about coronavirus-induced martial law just yet, okay?
- Here's an unsettling report about how some NYers are packing Long Island gun stores to stock up on firearms.
- Gritty is getting through this pandemic one day at a time.
- The MTA has instituted mandatory “social distancing” rules for employees this week.
- Here's some stories of people dealing with loved ones who can't or won't accept that they need to stay home for the greater good.
- Scientists warned Vox that we may need to live with social distancing for a year or more.
- An Asian woman was assaulted in Manhattan by a stranger who blamed her for the spread of COVID-19.
- And finally, do cutie dogs dream of delicious sheep?
Scott Lynch/Gothamist
Published Mar 17, 2020
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