Missing Them

New York Health Commissioner Defends Use of COVID-19 Drug Cocktail at State-Run Veterans Nursing Home

Feb. 25, 2021, 8:52 p.m.Feb. 25, 2021, 9:11 p.m.

Dr. Howard Zucker spoke out while being grilled about nursing home deaths. He downplayed a report in THE CITY that found at least 62 vets were given unproven hydroxychloroquine treatments without families’ consent.

Missing Them

Cuomo Distances State from Use of Experimental COVID-19 Cocktail at NYS-Run Veterans Nursing Home in Queens

Feb. 9, 2021, 6:30 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

The governor’s comments came a day after a news report found at least 62 residents of New York State Veterans’ Home at St. Albans were given hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin. Some family say they were never told.

Missing Them

Schumer and AOC Get Feds to Pay for Funerals of COVID-19 Victims in NYC and Beyond

Feb. 8, 2021, 3:00 p.m.Feb. 8, 2021, 3:00 p.m.

New York State will receive $260 million of $2 billion in FEMA funds earmarked for burials nationwide. The announcement paired the two Democratic, who represent different wings of the party and could become electoral rivals.

Missing Them

NYC Nursing Home Gave Dozens of Veterans Experimental COVID-19 Treatments. Some Families Had No Idea

Feb. 8, 2021, 5:00 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

The New York State-run facility in St. Albans, Queens, istered a cocktail of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, despite safety warnings and doubts about efficacy.

Missing Them

Watch New Yorkers Share Stories of Those They Lost to COVID-19

Jan. 17, 2021, 5:38 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:51 a.m.

Hundreds gathered virtually to celebrate the lives of New Yorkers as part of THE CITY’s MISSING THEM Project. It’s part of a growing, ongoing movement to memorialize the many killed by the virus.

Missing Them

As Trenches Fill, Plans for Hart Island COVID-19 Memorial Look to Past and Future

Dec. 11, 2020, 5:56 p.m.Dec. 17, 2020, 1:06 p.m.

Taking cues from the 9/11 Museum at Ground Zero, a tribute to victims of coronavirus, AIDS and even the Spanish Flu could turn the island off The Bronx into a publicly accessible gathering place in the years to come.

Missing Them

MISSING THEM: A Three-Day Event to Honor the Memories of New Yorkers Lost to COVID-19

Nov. 21, 2020, 6:00 a.m.April 3, 2025, 2:25 p.m.

THE CITY online Dec. 11-13 to tell and listen to stories about those felled by the coronavirus. The goal: to and celebrate lives at a time when the pandemic has changed the way we say goodbye.

Missing Them

MTA Plans Memorials Throughout Transit System for Workers Lost to COVID

Oct. 26, 2020, 9:26 p.m.Oct. 26, 2020, 10:44 p.m.

The agency is putting together visual tributes on video screens, a plaque and gathering next spring, subway and bus boss Sarah Feinberg says. The union is also creating a memorial at its Brooklyn headquarters.

Missing Them

For Some Near the Cross Bronx Expressway, COVID-19 is an Environmental Justice Issue, Too

Sept. 28, 2020, 8:09 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

Even as air has grown cleaner in The Bronx, a highway through its heart belches pollution researchers say may be linked to risk of death from the coronavirus.

Coronavirus

Thousands of New York ‘Long Haulers’ Struggle with COVID-19 Months After Diagnosis

Sept. 15, 2020, 9:24 p.m.Sept. 17, 2020, 6:56 p.m.

Doctors are discovering growing numbers of patients with long-term symptoms, creating additional challenges in treatment — and in getting insurance to cover costs.

Missing Them

New York Health Commissioner Defends Use of COVID-19 Drug Cocktail at State-Run Veterans Nursing Home

Cuomo Distances State from Use of Experimental COVID-19 Cocktail at NYS-Run Veterans Nursing Home in Queens

Schumer and AOC Get Feds to Pay for Funerals of COVID-19 Victims in NYC and Beyond

NYC Nursing Home Gave Dozens of Veterans Experimental COVID-19 Treatments. Some Families Had No Idea

Watch New Yorkers Share Stories of Those They Lost to COVID-19

As Trenches Fill, Plans for Hart Island COVID-19 Memorial Look to Past and Future

MISSING THEM: A Three-Day Event to Honor the Memories of New Yorkers Lost to COVID-19

MTA Plans Memorials Throughout Transit System for Workers Lost to COVID

For Some Near the Cross Bronx Expressway, COVID-19 is an Environmental Justice Issue, Too

Thousands of New York ‘Long Haulers’ Struggle with COVID-19 Months After Diagnosis

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