![]() It was too late for their landlord, who forced them to move in November because of earlier missed rent payments. “We either paid rent or bought food,” said Santiago, who would wake up at 4am to wait five hours in line for the local food pantry to open because it was so crowded with demand.ĭespite their concerns about Covid-19, her husband and nephew returned to work as a cook and delivery driver and dishwasher in July. The Santiagos’ unemployment drought lasted five months. ![]() When businesses shuttered at the beginning of the pandemic, her household of six suddenly had an income of zero: the three working-age people in her family were newly unemployed and were unable to obtain benefits because they are undocumented immigrants. Photograph: Ryan Christopher Jones/The Guardianįor Ciria Santiago, who has lived in Corona since 2005, this spring is certainly better than the last. New York state, for the first time this month, agreed to try to shrink that gap by providing direct cash aid to the state’s undocumented population – after a year of families having to weigh the dangers of work in a pandemic with the need for food without any help from the government.Ī street scene at Junction Blvd and 34th Road in Corona, Queens. At the time, not-for-profits in Corona described to the Guardian how they acted as disaster relief agencies to feed families, connect people with doctors and speak with consulates to repatriate the deceased’s remains.Ī year later, undocumented New Yorkers are still at high risk of contracting the virus, and are largely excluded from the federal economic stimulus benefits that have helped so many others weather the pandemic. This disparity was obvious one year ago, when New York City was the global center of the Covid-19 outbreak. Like many such neighborhoods across the developed world, its residents were on the frontline, allowing their richer neighbors to shield themselves at home. ![]() It’s no coincidence that New York depended on Corona families to deliver food, clean the subways and work in cramped restaurant kitchens while many New Yorkers stayed put. In Brooklyn’s Carroll Gardens, a neighborhood of gourmet coffee shops and craft beer breweries, landlords had sued 37 families altogether. ![]() In the past year, there were 40 eviction filings per 1,000 units, according to the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, a coalition of housing non-profits – 1,211 evictions in total. All rights reserved.Densely packed, Corona’s multi-family homes are among the most crowded in the city. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.Ĭopyright 2023 OneKey® MLS. IDX information is provided exclusively for personal, non-commercial use, and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing. Real estate listings held by brokerage firms other than Zillow, Inc are marked with the OneKey® MLS logo or an abbreviated logo and detailed information about them includes the name of the listing broker. The data relating to real estate for sale or lease on this web site comes in part from OneKey® MLS. The listing broker’s offer of compensation is made only to participants of the MLS where the listing is filed. The data relating to real estate for sale on this web site comes in part from the participating Brokers. Listing information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. The property information being provided is for consumers’ personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing.
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