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| Coronavirus in N.Y.C.: Latest Updates | Coronavirus in N.Y.C.: Latest Updates |
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| It’s Tuesday. | It’s Tuesday. |
| Weather: Crisp, breezy and mostly sunny, with a high in the low 60s. | Weather: Crisp, breezy and mostly sunny, with a high in the low 60s. |
| Alternate-side parking: Suspended through May 12. Meters are in effect. | Alternate-side parking: Suspended through May 12. Meters are in effect. |
| Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday provided new details about the process that New York plans to follow for reopening as the coronavirus outbreak continues to decline in the state. | Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday provided new details about the process that New York plans to follow for reopening as the coronavirus outbreak continues to decline in the state. |
| Mr. Cuomo listed seven requirements that each of the state’s 10 regions must meet before restrictions meant to slow the virus’s spread could be eased in those areas. | Mr. Cuomo listed seven requirements that each of the state’s 10 regions must meet before restrictions meant to slow the virus’s spread could be eased in those areas. |
| A 14-day decline in hospitalizations, or fewer than 15 a day. | A 14-day decline in hospitalizations, or fewer than 15 a day. |
| A 14-day decline in virus-related hospital deaths, or fewer than five a day. | A 14-day decline in virus-related hospital deaths, or fewer than five a day. |
| A steady rate of new hospitalizations below two per 100,000 residents a day. | A steady rate of new hospitalizations below two per 100,000 residents a day. |
| A hospital-bed vacancy rate of at least 30 percent. | A hospital-bed vacancy rate of at least 30 percent. |
| An availability rate for intensive care unit beds of at least 30 percent. | An availability rate for intensive care unit beds of at least 30 percent. |
| At least 30 virus tests per 1,000 residents conducted a month. | At least 30 virus tests per 1,000 residents conducted a month. |
| At least 30 working contact tracers per 100,000 residents. | At least 30 working contact tracers per 100,000 residents. |
| Some parts of New York will probably meet the thresholds much sooner than others, the governor said. | Some parts of New York will probably meet the thresholds much sooner than others, the governor said. |
| [Get the latest news and updates on the coronavirus in the New York region.] | [Get the latest news and updates on the coronavirus in the New York region.] |
| All public and private schools in New Jersey will remain closed for the rest of the academic year, Gov. Philip D. Murphy said on Twitter on Monday, a week after saying there was “a chance” that they would reopen. | All public and private schools in New Jersey will remain closed for the rest of the academic year, Gov. Philip D. Murphy said on Twitter on Monday, a week after saying there was “a chance” that they would reopen. |
| “I had hoped that we could get back to a sense of normal by allowing our children to get back to the schools they love and to be with their friends and classmates,” the governor said at his daily briefing after making the announcement. “But the reality is that we cannot safely reopen our schools.” | “I had hoped that we could get back to a sense of normal by allowing our children to get back to the schools they love and to be with their friends and classmates,” the governor said at his daily briefing after making the announcement. “But the reality is that we cannot safely reopen our schools.” |
| Students will continue online-only instruction through the end of the school year, Mr. Murphy said. | Students will continue online-only instruction through the end of the school year, Mr. Murphy said. |
| “Guided by safety and science, this is the best course of action,” he said on Twitter. | “Guided by safety and science, this is the best course of action,” he said on Twitter. |
| [Coronavirus in New York: A map and the case count.] | [Coronavirus in New York: A map and the case count.] |
| New York City’s public advocate, Jumaane D. Williams, said he did not know the specifics. | New York City’s public advocate, Jumaane D. Williams, said he did not know the specifics. |
| But pictures he posted on Sunday — of swarms of mostly white New Yorkers sitting undisturbed in parks, and of apparently combative encounters between the police and brown-skinned New Yorkers — raised questions among many people about a possible double standard in the enforcement of social-distancing rules. | But pictures he posted on Sunday — of swarms of mostly white New Yorkers sitting undisturbed in parks, and of apparently combative encounters between the police and brown-skinned New Yorkers — raised questions among many people about a possible double standard in the enforcement of social-distancing rules. |
| The balmy weather drew millions of New Yorkers outside, prompting Mayor Bill de Blasio and Mr. Cuomo to warn against flouting the restrictions, but Dermot F. Shea, the police commissioner, said that officers had written only about 70 summonses over the weekend for violations of the rules. | The balmy weather drew millions of New Yorkers outside, prompting Mayor Bill de Blasio and Mr. Cuomo to warn against flouting the restrictions, but Dermot F. Shea, the police commissioner, said that officers had written only about 70 summonses over the weekend for violations of the rules. |
| 15 Children Are Hospitalized With Mysterious Illness Possibly Tied to Covid-19 | 15 Children Are Hospitalized With Mysterious Illness Possibly Tied to Covid-19 |
| The Morgue Worker Who Buys a Daffodil for Each Body Bag | The Morgue Worker Who Buys a Daffodil for Each Body Bag |
| 2 Die From the Virus at a Bronx Bus Depot, and Drivers Are Rattled | 2 Die From the Virus at a Bronx Bus Depot, and Drivers Are Rattled |
| ‘I’m Officially Scared’: Giving Birth in a Hospital During a Pandemic | ‘I’m Officially Scared’: Giving Birth in a Hospital During a Pandemic |
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| The Mini Crossword: Here is today’s puzzle. | The Mini Crossword: Here is today’s puzzle. |
| A woman died at a Brooklyn nursing home last month. Then came the bills for a “fake funeral,” her cousin, the comedian Elayne Boosler, said. [The City] | A woman died at a Brooklyn nursing home last month. Then came the bills for a “fake funeral,” her cousin, the comedian Elayne Boosler, said. [The City] |
| Some doctoral students who work at Columbia University and live in university-owned apartments are planning a rent strike. [Curbed] | Some doctoral students who work at Columbia University and live in university-owned apartments are planning a rent strike. [Curbed] |
| What will New York’s dining scene look like? Fourteen restaurant experts offer predictions. [Eater] | What will New York’s dining scene look like? Fourteen restaurant experts offer predictions. [Eater] |
| The Times’s Caity Weaver writes: | The Times’s Caity Weaver writes: |
| You might want to make sure there’s not a rat living (or recently dead) in your car’s engine. | You might want to make sure there’s not a rat living (or recently dead) in your car’s engine. |
| Rats like it in there, and while they could take up residence in a car engine at any time, anecdotal reports suggest the phenomenon may be occurring more frequently now because of the effects of the coronavirus lockdown. | Rats like it in there, and while they could take up residence in a car engine at any time, anecdotal reports suggest the phenomenon may be occurring more frequently now because of the effects of the coronavirus lockdown. |
| Michael H. Parsons, a visiting research scholar at Fordham University who studies the city rats of New York, said that car engines evoked rats’ ancestral homes: dark, warm burrows with easy access to chewable roots. (The common brown rat appears to have arrived in North America around 1775, perhaps when European ships docked at Manhattan’s South Street Seaport; the species is believed to have originated in Asia.) | Michael H. Parsons, a visiting research scholar at Fordham University who studies the city rats of New York, said that car engines evoked rats’ ancestral homes: dark, warm burrows with easy access to chewable roots. (The common brown rat appears to have arrived in North America around 1775, perhaps when European ships docked at Manhattan’s South Street Seaport; the species is believed to have originated in Asia.) |
| To rats, said Dr. Parsons, vehicular-wiring systems are “surrogate roots.” Not because they provide the moisture or nutrient access of real roots, but because they somewhat resemble them and are chewable. | To rats, said Dr. Parsons, vehicular-wiring systems are “surrogate roots.” Not because they provide the moisture or nutrient access of real roots, but because they somewhat resemble them and are chewable. |
| Rats “get a certain amount of comfort by just chewing,” said Michael Deutsch, an urban entomologist and the technical director of the Arrow Exterminating Company, headquartered on Long Island. | Rats “get a certain amount of comfort by just chewing,” said Michael Deutsch, an urban entomologist and the technical director of the Arrow Exterminating Company, headquartered on Long Island. |
| Rats must gnaw, and constantly, because their sharp, hard incisors grow continuously throughout their lives — around four or five inches a year. | Rats must gnaw, and constantly, because their sharp, hard incisors grow continuously throughout their lives — around four or five inches a year. |
| “If they don’t keep them trimmed,” Mr. Deutsch said, “they might not be able to open or close their jaw.” | “If they don’t keep them trimmed,” Mr. Deutsch said, “they might not be able to open or close their jaw.” |
| Updated July 22, 2020 | |
| While rat infestations in car engines are not rare occurrences, researchers are attempting to determine whether they are increasing in areas where rats’ usual food and harborage sites have been disrupted by pandemic distancing efforts. A restaurant that is no longer serving food to humans is also no longer producing large quantities of human food garbage — sustenance for city rats. | While rat infestations in car engines are not rare occurrences, researchers are attempting to determine whether they are increasing in areas where rats’ usual food and harborage sites have been disrupted by pandemic distancing efforts. A restaurant that is no longer serving food to humans is also no longer producing large quantities of human food garbage — sustenance for city rats. |
| You might decrease the odds of harboring rats in your car, Dr. Parsons said, by avoiding parking over sewers and drainage catch basins “as rats utilize these to move above and below ground.” He also recommended starting your car and moving it from time to time, and inspecting under your car’s hood “for obvious gnawings and rat droppings.” | You might decrease the odds of harboring rats in your car, Dr. Parsons said, by avoiding parking over sewers and drainage catch basins “as rats utilize these to move above and below ground.” He also recommended starting your car and moving it from time to time, and inspecting under your car’s hood “for obvious gnawings and rat droppings.” |
| However, his primary concern when it comes to rodents and coronavirus is less car-specific than rat-general: that people will overlook rat control while preoccupied with airborne virus transmission. | However, his primary concern when it comes to rodents and coronavirus is less car-specific than rat-general: that people will overlook rat control while preoccupied with airborne virus transmission. |
| It’s Tuesday — roll with it. | It’s Tuesday — roll with it. |
| Dear Diary: | Dear Diary: |
| It was a chilly winter day. I had taken my baby for a walk in spite of the huge piles of dirty snow that a recent blizzard had left behind. | It was a chilly winter day. I had taken my baby for a walk in spite of the huge piles of dirty snow that a recent blizzard had left behind. |
| At one point, we waited more than 10 minutes to cross the street because cars were moving so slowly through the slush and I was worried about crossing the icy pavement while carrying my infant son. | At one point, we waited more than 10 minutes to cross the street because cars were moving so slowly through the slush and I was worried about crossing the icy pavement while carrying my infant son. |
| A man who was shoveling snow in front of his house watched us standing there freezing in the cold. Suddenly, he put down his shovel, got into his car, started it up and backed out of his driveway, blocking traffic in both directions. | A man who was shoveling snow in front of his house watched us standing there freezing in the cold. Suddenly, he put down his shovel, got into his car, started it up and backed out of his driveway, blocking traffic in both directions. |
| He motioned for me to cross. I did, gratefully. | He motioned for me to cross. I did, gratefully. |
| After I reached the other side of the street, the man pulled back into his driveway, turned off the car, got out and resumed shoveling. | After I reached the other side of the street, the man pulled back into his driveway, turned off the car, got out and resumed shoveling. |
| When I thanked him, he just shrugged. | When I thanked him, he just shrugged. |
| — Catherine Burns | — Catherine Burns |
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