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Andrew Yang donates $1k to 1,000 Bronx families
BY JASON COHEN
Former presidential candidate
and entrepreneur Andrew
Yang gave back to the
Bronx today.
This morning, Yang announced
his foundation Humanity
Forward was partnering
with One Fair Wage
(OFW) for a community-targeted
Universal Basic Income
pilot program in the midst
of the COVID-19 crisis. He is
pledging $1,000 to 1,000 families
in the Bronx and more for
families across the country
hit with job losses.
Additionally, Humanity
Forward will be partnering
with OFW to supplement their
OFW Emergency Coronavirus
Tipped and Service Worker
Support Fund across the state.
It will help OFW raise money
and assist in the implementation
of the payment to service
workers across the city that
have been affected by the coronavirus.
Humanity Forward will
also provide relief in the form
of one-time basic income payments
to individuals and families
who request emergency
funds from Humanity Forward.
At least $100,000 will be
given in micro-grants of $250
or $500 directly via Twitter,
Facebook and Instagram.
To donate or more details,
go to www.movehumanityforward.
com/covid-relief/
“The coronavirus outbreak
has absolutely devastated local
economic activity, and
working families are feeling it
most,” Yang said. “Many feel
like they don’t have money for
groceries or rent, even as their
child’s school shuts down. Our
goal is to get money into their
hands as quickly as possible
so they can focus on keeping
themselves and their families
healthy. This is exactly
what our government should
do, and we are doing it now so
that families can get relief as
quickly as possible.”
Humanity Forward
(https://movehumanityforward.
com/) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofi
t organization dedicated
Former presidential candidate and entrepreneur Andrew Yang donated $1,00 to 1,00 Bronx families on March
20. Photo Courtesy Drew Angerer/Getty Images
to continuing the movement
inspired by Andrew Yang’s
2020 presidential campaign.
Its key policies include universal
basic income, a humancentered
economy and data as
a property right.
One Fair Wage (https://
onefairwage.com/) is a national
campaign to end subminimum
wages for all workers
in America, especially for
the almost 14 million restaurant
workers nationwide who
still struggle with a subminimum
wage for tipped workers
of just $2.13 an hour. One
Fair Wage launched a Service
Workers’ Emergency Fund is
helping 100,000 tipped and
service workers nationwide.
Throggs Neck resident assuages fears about COVID-19
BY JASON COHEN
While there are 20,000 confi rmed
cases of COVID -19 in New York and
12,000 in New York City, one local resident
says the virus isn’t as bad as it
seems.
A couple weeks ago a cop from
Throggs Neck became one of the fi rst
people in the city to be diagnosed with
the virus. He had a high fever and felt
pretty crappy and immediately got
himself checked out.
But, after taking Motrin and resting,
he is now in good spirits.
“I’m feeling good,” he said to the
Bronx Times. “It’s really no big deal.
It’s not doomsday. We’re going to work
our way through this.”
His initial symptoms were coughing,
fever and respiratory issues. He
was diagnosed the weekend of St. Patrick’s
Day and has been quarantined
for two weeks.
He is in no way dismissing that the
virus has killed people, yet stressed
that if people stay home and practice
social distancing, then hopefully less
people will get sick. The offi cer said
the coronavirus feels like the fl u, but
it is spreading rapidly with no cure,
which scares the pants off people.
“I expected it to be severe or more
and it wasn’t,” he said. “The reality
is it’s manageable. The preventive efforts
should be there.”
While he is feeling better, the cop
said it’s crucial for people with serious
conditions to get tested, especially
the elderly.
According to the TN resident, the
hysteria is making everyone crazy.
Seeing people buying tons of toilet
paper and mob supermarkets like
it’s Black Friday, is a bit extreme, he
said.
While it has been fatal for some
people, he thinks ultimately it has
been over-hyped.
“You got to ride it out,” he stated.
“There’s no medicine. The most important
thing is that this an unknown
for people and that makes them nervous.”
He praised the city for closing the
schools. With more than a million
kids in the school system and the need
to be six feet away from someone at all
times, this decision was a no brainer,
the copper said.
“They should take every precaution
they can to avoid getting it,” he
remarked.
As the confi rmed coronavirus
cases continue to increase, he encourages
anyone who has symptoms to get
For those who are
eligible to be tested
there are still four or
fi ve times as many
that are not eligible for
testing and likely have
it. Now that we’re doing
more testing, we’re
going to see a lot of
people have it..
Throggs Neck resident
checked and everyone else stay home.
But again, he emphasized that he is
in good spirits and on the mend.
“For those who are eligible to be
tested there are still four or fi ve times
as many that are not eligible for testing
and likely have it,” he said. “Now
that we’re doing more testing we’re going
to see that a lot of people have it.”
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