Missing Them

Working Theater and THE CITY Take MISSING THEM Memorial to a New Stage

April 11, 2021, 7:27 p.m.April 11, 2021, 7:27 p.m.

“Missing Them,” an live, online theater event, is adapted from stories and interviews from THE CITY’s collaborative MISSING THEM project, which set out to memorialize every New Yorker killed by COVID-19.

Missing Them

‘Gateway to Poverty’: Calls Rise for a National Relief Fund for COVID-19 Victims’ Families

April 8, 2021, 8:39 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

Thousands of working-age Americans have died from the virus, underscoring the often-crushing financial fallout of losing a loved one to the pandemic. Some are seeking a compensation fund modeled on aid for 9/11 victims’ kin.

Missing Them

VIDEO: A Look Inside Hart Island, NYC’s Potter’s Field, as COVID Graves Grow

April 7, 2021, 8:00 a.m.April 7, 2021, 10:37 a.m.

News footage of the island’s cemetery showed trenches being filled with pine coffins shocked many last spring. Here’s a look at the history — and the future — of the nation’s largest mass burial site.

Missing Them

One in 10 Local COVID Victims Destined for Hart Island, NYC’s Potter’s Field

March 24, 2021, 9:29 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:53 a.m.

Last year on Hart Island proved deadlier than any year during the AIDS crisis. More burials are expected as the disproportionate pandemic impact sends thousands to the final resting place of New York’s most vulnerable.

Missing Them

COVID Memorial to Beam Faces of Some of NYC’s 30,000 Lost Onto the Brooklyn Bridge

March 13, 2021, 6:25 p.m.March 13, 2021, 9:22 p.m.

Mayor de Blasio-led ceremony highlighting hundreds of names and faces will draw on THE CITY’s collaborative MISSING THEM memorial project Sunday, a year after New York’s first pandemic-related death.

Vaccinations

Unions and City Hall Lining Up Vaccinations for Municipal Workers as NYC Death Toll es 30,000

March 11, 2021, 6:59 p.m.March 11, 2021, 6:59 p.m.

Meanwhile, union are reeling from COVID clusters and deaths — including the recent loss of a beloved sanitation workers.

Missing Them

De Blasio Calls for ‘Full ing’ of NYC Inmates Who Died of COVID after Testing Positive in Jail

March 10, 2021, 4:16 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:52 a.m.

Mayor’s comments followed investigation by Columbia Journalism School and THE CITY that identified three men who died after contracting the virus in Department of Correction custody — but were not counted in the official death toll.

Missing Them

NYC Jail-Related COVID Fatalities at Least Double Official Three Who Died in Custody

March 9, 2021, 10:03 p.m.March 10, 2021, 6:30 p.m.

THE CITY and Columbia Journalism School identified six men who died after contracting coronavirus while in Department of Correction facilities. In an eerie echo of New York nursing homes, the department did not count deaths following release.

Jails

How the City Failed Three Men Who Died of COVID-19 in Jail: Watchdog

March 8, 2021, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:52 a.m.

Scathing report from the city’s jails oversight board finds the men — all with medical conditions — were packed into dormitories without masks. One tried, in vain, to protect himself with sheets and pillow cases.

Missing Them

Little Help for New York 9/11 Survivors Eligible for the COVID-19 Vaccine

March 3, 2021, 8:32 p.m.March 9, 2021, 11:16 a.m.

People suffering from many 9/11-related illnesses, including lung disease and cancer, can now get the shots. But there’s no organized effort to find them appointments. “Create a hotline, how hard is that?” one advocate asked.

Missing Them

Working Theater and THE CITY Take MISSING THEM Memorial to a New Stage

‘Gateway to Poverty’: Calls Rise for a National Relief Fund for COVID-19 Victims’ Families

VIDEO: A Look Inside Hart Island, NYC’s Potter’s Field, as COVID Graves Grow

One in 10 Local COVID Victims Destined for Hart Island, NYC’s Potter’s Field

COVID Memorial to Beam Faces of Some of NYC’s 30,000 Lost Onto the Brooklyn Bridge

Unions and City Hall Lining Up Vaccinations for Municipal Workers as NYC Death Toll es 30,000

De Blasio Calls for ‘Full ing’ of NYC Inmates Who Died of COVID after Testing Positive in Jail

NYC Jail-Related COVID Fatalities at Least Double Official Three Who Died in Custody

How the City Failed Three Men Who Died of COVID-19 in Jail: Watchdog

Little Help for New York 9/11 Survivors Eligible for the COVID-19 Vaccine

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