New York Immigration Coalition: New Data Reveal Immigrant NYers Serving on Front Lines Bearing Brunt of COVID-19 Pandemic
April 10, 2020
April 10, 2020
NEW YORK, April 10 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following statement by Executive Director Steve Choi:
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage New York, multiple reports indicate the central Queens neighborhoods of Corona, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights have emerged as the epicenter of the city's ever-growing outbreak. Here in this seven-square-mile patch of densely packed immigrant enclaves, more than 7,000 cases have been recorded in the first . . .
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage New York, multiple reports indicate the central Queens neighborhoods of Corona, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights have emerged as the epicenter of the city's ever-growing outbreak. Here in this seven-square-mile patch of densely packed immigrant enclaves, more than 7,000 cases have been recorded in the first . . .