Missing Them

For Kids Who Lost a Parent to COVID, Here’s Where to Find

July 28, 2022, 6:45 p.m.Oct. 13, 2023, 2:25 p.m.

From grief camps to mentoring to financial aid, free resources are available to help young people weather devastating loss.

Missing Them

Saluting Von Murray’s Iconic ‘School of Hard Knocks’ With New Street Name

July 7, 2022, 6:35 p.m.July 18, 2022, 4:22 p.m.

For many New Yorkers, shirts with “SOHK” and “Queens 7” designs captured the pride and toughness of the World’s Borough. The brand began in the Corona shop of Ortner “Von” Murray, whose life, cut short by COVID, will be honored on Saturday.

Missing Them

Council Bill Would Make ACS Track COVID Toll on Kids Who Lost Family

June 15, 2022, 8:34 p.m.June 16, 2022, 11:10 a.m.

Citing THE CITY’s MISSING THEM reporting on the pandemic’s effect on children who’ve lost parents or other guardians, Council want the child welfare agency to deliver quarterly reports on minors placed in foster care due to the coronavirus.

Youth

1 de cada 200 niños en la ciudad de Nueva York han perdido a un padre o cuidador debido al COVID. Esto representa casi el doble del índice nacional.

May 16, 2022, 5:45 a.m.May 13, 2022, 4:26 p.m.

Un nuevo análisis revela que los niños negros, hispanos y asiáticos en la ciudad tienen una probabilidad alrededor de tres veces mayor de haber perdido un padre o cuidador, en comparación con sus pares blancos.

Youth

1 in Every 200 NYC Children Has Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID. That’s Almost Twice the National Rate.

April 20, 2022, 4:35 p.m.May 11, 2023, 10:21 p.m.

Black, Hispanic and Asian children in the city are around three times more likely to have lost a parent or caregiver compared to their white peers, a new analysis reveals.

Missing Them

‘We’re Not Alone’: Families Share How They’re Coping With Grief in COVID’s Long Wake

Nov. 23, 2021, 7:45 p.m.Nov. 24, 2021, 2:16 p.m.

THE CITY reached out to people who participated in our MISSING THEM obituaries project, asking about how they’re dealing with loss. Dozens responded and offered coping strategies, words of encouragement and advice for the holiday season and beyond.

Missing Them

Hart Island Burials Taken Over By Tree Landscapers, Uprooting Families’ Hopes for Transformation

Nov. 18, 2021, 9:14 p.m.Nov. 19, 2021, 10:09 a.m.

The city’s potter’s field, the final resting place for thousands killed by COVID and AIDS, is now overseen by the Parks Department amid visions of creating the nation’s largest municipal cemetery. But a $33M contract to a firm without cemetery experience, under the watch of an ex-Rikers captain, is raising concerns.

Brooklyn

Southern Brooklyn’s Ongoing COVID Suffering Shows Toll of Disinformation and Disconnection

May 26, 2021, 6:48 p.m.May 27, 2021, 10:27 a.m.

City Council candidates in Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Sheepshead Bay strive to fill the void left by shut-down community centers relied on by older people and those who don’t speak English.

Missing Them

Bodies of Hundreds of New York COVID Victims Still in Trucks on Brooklyn Pier

May 6, 2021, 7:04 p.m.May 7, 2021, 4:58 p.m.

About 750 New Yorkers taken by the pandemic await possible burial on Hart Island, the city’s potter’s field. City officials, though, say there’s no timetable to transport the fallen from refrigerated units in Sunset Park.

Missing Them

PODCAST: Struggling to Breathe in The Bronx in Age of COVID

April 21, 2021, 9:15 p.m.June 8, 2022, 1:42 p.m.

Residents living in the shadow of the Cross Bronx Expressway are among the New Yorkers who face added environmental hazards in the borough hit hardest by the pandemic.

Missing Them

For Kids Who Lost a Parent to COVID, Here’s Where to Find

Saluting Von Murray’s Iconic ‘School of Hard Knocks’ With New Street Name

Council Bill Would Make ACS Track COVID Toll on Kids Who Lost Family

1 de cada 200 niños en la ciudad de Nueva York han perdido a un padre o cuidador debido al COVID. Esto representa casi el doble del índice nacional.

1 in Every 200 NYC Children Has Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID. That’s Almost Twice the National Rate.

‘We’re Not Alone’: Families Share How They’re Coping With Grief in COVID’s Long Wake

Hart Island Burials Taken Over By Tree Landscapers, Uprooting Families’ Hopes for Transformation

Southern Brooklyn’s Ongoing COVID Suffering Shows Toll of Disinformation and Disconnection

Bodies of Hundreds of New York COVID Victims Still in Trucks on Brooklyn Pier

PODCAST: Struggling to Breathe in The Bronx in Age of COVID

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