De Blasio Calls For Rent Freeze, Says Cuomo Should Let Tenants Pay With Security Deposits
The mayor suggested the governor let tenants use their security deposits, or in some cases defer paying and come up with a repayment plan.
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The mayor suggested the governor let tenants use their security deposits, or in some cases defer paying and come up with a repayment plan.
New York City is usually knowns for its hustle and bustle, with parks and streets constantly filled with people and cars. CBS2's Dan Rice takes us on a ride in Chopper 2 to show just how different the city is during the coronavirus pandemic.
The 2,500-bed facility has never been filled to capacity.
After more than three weeks of touch and go, isolation and rehabilitation, Scott November of Northport made it home alive.
Jeffrey Pacheco is dispatched to about 100 New York City homes in a single work shift. Lately, he's only getting inside apartments about 30% of the time.
Some lenders are telling homeowners those missed payments will all come due in one lump sum in the fourth month.
Since distributing the first four to Brookdale Hospital earlier this month, requests keep coming in - but production is not cheap. Each box costs around $160 to make.
CBS2 is continuing its series honoring some of the victims of the coronavirus pandemic.
With states, counties, cities, and towns hemorrhaging money to fight COVID-19 - hospitals reeling, businesses closed, no tax dollars coming in - there is intense pressure to reopen the economy.
Reported results from wildly varying trials and uses have ranged from "it's a lifesaver" to "it's a dangerous drug."
Essential services, remote jobs and quick gigs are prevailing right now as millions of furloughed employees search for work.
In a sampling of 3,000 people taken at grocery stores across the state, the survey showed 13.9% of those had coronavirus antibodies, indicating they had previously been exposed but have overcome the disease.
The MTA says since early March, the entire fleet of subway cars and buses gets disinfected every 72 hours, but its conductors tell us they're not seeing it.
Of the 26 million who have filed for unemployment nationally over the last five weeks, only about 16 million have received checks. So where does that leave everyone else?
It appears coronavirus was in parts of the Tri-State Area earlier, perhaps a month before official cases were reported.
