14 Sunday,March 29, 2020 DAILY NEWSNYDailyNews.com
CORONAVIRUS
As the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus rises daily in New York City, worried resi-
dents can turn to these online resources and phone numbers for information, assistance and
even just someone to talk to:SYMPTOMS
Dry cough, sore throat, fever and shortness of breathCall your health care
provider. If you don’t
have a doctor, the city
can help you find one
by calling (844) 692-
4 692 or 311Visit one of CityMD’s
more than 100 urgent care locations in the
five boroughs. Find your nearest CityMD at
citymd.com/urgent-care-locationsNew York State Department of Health’s
2 4/7 coronavirus hotline is (888) 364-CALL TO SERVICE
If you’re a state-cer-
tified health care pro-
fessional, the city and
state need your help to
handle the expected
rise of coronavirus pa-
tients. Visit www1.nyc.
gov/site/helpnownyc/index.page for infor-
mation, or go to health.ny.gov/assistance
if you are a former nurse, doctor or health
care professional looking to help out any-
where in the state.LOSS OF JOB
New York State
waived the seven-day
waiting period to file
for unemployment
benefits for those out
of jobs due to the out-
break. To file: (888)
2 09-8124 or online at labor.ny.gov/home/MASS TRANSIT
Subways, buses,
the LIRR and Metro-
North are still running
regularly. For service
updates, call 511 or go
to mta.info/nyct.IF YOU FEEL SICK PARKING
The city suspended
alternate-side parking
Tuesday for a week.
Sign up for parking info
email updates from
DOT at www1.nyc.gov/
html/dot/html/contact/
email_signup.shtml.EDUCATION
The city has closed
schools until at least
April 20. Parents with
questions about remote
learning can sign up for
updates at mystudent.
nyc/COUNSELING
And if you are feeling
stressed or anxious, call
(888) 692-9355 to speak
confidentially with one
of the city’s trained
counselors.UTILITIES
Con Edison has sus-
pended service shutoffs
for people having pay-
ment issues. If you are
experiencing outages,
call 800-752-6633.NYCHA residents in
need of emergency maintenance or repairs
should call (718) 707-7771.CONSUMER COMPLAINTS
If you spot a merchant raising prices on
items like cleaning materials and hand sani-
tizer, report the illegal price gouging at (800)
6 97-1220 or file a complaint at dos.ny.gov/
consumerprotection/SURVIVAL GUIDE
For the latest updates on the city’s response to coronavirus,
sign up for text alerts by texting COVID to 692 692.N
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sues that matter to you. Here
are some of our top stories from
the last week:
Harlem hero:Brave transit
worker Garrett Goble, 36, died
ahero after evacuating riders
from a subterranean blaze
aboard an uptown No. 2 train
on Friday. Goble — who man-
aged to get commuters out of
the station and evacuated the
first car — exited the train
through the front and got lost in
the smoky tunnel, authorities
said. When first responders ar-
rived at the 110th St.-Central
Park North sta-
tion, Goble was
fo u n d u n c o n -
scious and was
ru s h e d t o
Mo u n t S i n a i
Hospital, where
he w a s p r o -
nounced dead.
“Our conductor
acted heroically
to move passen-
gers to the platform out of dan-
ger, and deserves our deepest
thanks and support for his
bravery,” said Tony Utano, pres-
ident of TWU Local 100, which
represents MTA employees.
Goble was the only fatality re-
sulting from the incident, in
which a burned shopping cart
was found inside the Bronx-
bound train. The MTA is offer-
ing a $50,000 reward for infor-
mation leading to the arrest
and conviction of anyone in-
volved in the fatal fire.
Suing NYSC: A new lawsuit
filed by members of New York
Sports Clubs claims the gyms
continue to charge for monthly
membersh ip a nd perso na l
training sessions despite being
shut down by the coronavirus
outbreak. “They have com-
pletely ignored any and all at-
tempts to reach them,” said
Mary Namorato, an Upper
West Side customer who pays
$70 a month for a fitness clubshe can’t access. The lawsuit
filed Thursday in Manhattan
Federal Court alleges that in-
stead of pitching in during a
time of crisis, the fitness chain’s
conduct “is the height of corpo-
rate greed, lack of empathy and
putting profits before people.”
Other gyms throughout the city
—i n c l u d i n g C r u n c h a n d
Equinox — have frozen mem-
ber dues until they can reopen.
Construction halted: After
days of complaints and an on-
line safety campaign from
builders across the city, Gov.
Cuomo ruled that construction
is not “essential” work, effec-
tively shutting down most
building work as coronavirus
spiked. “Nonessential con-
struction will end,” Mayor de
Blasio said after getting the
word from the governor. “Any-
thing that is not directly part of
the essential work of fighting
coronavirus and the essential
work for keeping the city run-
ning state running ... is going to
end.” Hard-
ha t s c o m -
plained that it
was virtually
impossible to
do their jobs
and maintain
th e 6 - f o o t
pr o t e c t i o n
zone recom-
me n d e d b y
he a l t h o f f i -
cials.
Unemployment:The num-
ber of Americans seeking un-
employment benefits soared to
nearly 3.3 million last week as
the job-killing coronavirus put
people out of work across the
country. Economists predict an
unemployment rate of 13% by
May. Even during the Great Re-
cession, which ended in 2009,
the jobless rate never got above
1 0%. The demand for unem-
ployment benefits is so high in
New York that the state Labor
Department is adding 65 peo-
ple to its call center to handle
the unprecedented number of
jobless inquiries.
9 11 calls:New York City’s
9 11 dispatchers are handling a
“record high” volume of calls as
FDNY emergency medical
technicians and paramedics,
along with firefighters, re-
sponded to some 6,000 emer-
gencies across the five bor-
oughs.OUR CITY,
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