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‘Someone Laughed for the First Time in What Felt Like Ages’: Finding Moments of Joy at a Downtown Hospital
04/16/2020 Featured Profiles

‘Someone Laughed for the First Time in What Felt Like Ages’: Finding Moments of Joy at a Downtown Hospital

Health-care workers are on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19, as they battle to heal patients and stay safe and healthy themselves....

‘They Appreciate Us’: Downtown Bus Driver on Giving Lifts to People Who Need Them Most
04/15/2020 Featured Profiles

‘They Appreciate Us’: Downtown Bus Driver on Giving Lifts to People Who Need Them Most

For the past six months, Carlisle Gibson has commuted from his home in Pennsylvania to his job driving the Downtown Alliance’s Downtown Connection...

‘We Just Pull Up to the Emergency Room and Drop Off Food’: Why Harry’s Italian Decided to Stay Open
04/14/2020 Featured Profiles

‘We Just Pull Up to the Emergency Room and Drop Off Food’: Why Harry’s Italian Decided to Stay Open

When New York City shut down, brothers Frank and Salvatore Buglione (pictured, left to right) decided with their co-owners at the restaurant...

‘Maintain an Optimistic Spirit So We Can All Get Through This’: The View From a Cashier’s Counter
04/13/2020 Featured Profiles

‘Maintain an Optimistic Spirit So We Can All Get Through This’: The View From a Cashier’s Counter

To curb the spread of COVID-19, nonessential businesses all across New York City have had to close. Grocery stores, however, are essential. Because...

‘Everyone’s Really Caring About Each Other’: Inside a Downtown Drugstore During the Pandemic
04/10/2020 Featured Profiles

‘Everyone’s Really Caring About Each Other’: Inside a Downtown Drugstore During the Pandemic

Doctors, nurses and first responders aren’t the only front-line workers. Many other New Yorkers are out there trying to keep things working for the...