The largest single U.S. residential development, home to 43,000 people, is nestled beyond a highway in the Bronx. The community of 92% nonwhite residents has been hit harder by the coronavirus than almost any other place in the New York City area.
NEW YORK — Tarhia Morton and her family were planning to party this year.
revealed that the virus has killed at least 155 people living in the zip code that covers the complex. That’s roughly 1 of every 282 residents. Despite its locale, Co-op City also has some small-town feel, the kind of place where residents spend their working years, retire and never leave. A community where parents can walk their children across the property to visit relatives.The tight-knit nature of Co-op City made it difficult for some people to keep their distance from others, even after it had become recommended.
Thorpe departs on a bus and transfers to a van, ending up with about a 90-minute commute to New Jersey. The percentage of people that reach work in under half an hour is among the lowest in the nation,Morton used to be able to get places by car. Now her husband’s vision problems mean she relies on the bus when she can’t walk, wearing a thick facial shield because she fears at her height people on the bus sneeze directly down into her face.
Rosario, who runs the Church of God’s Children with wife Nancy, worries about the damage that stress can inflict on seniors, weakening their immune systems and making them even more susceptible. The head of the Bronx Clergy Task Force said he has taken part in more than 65 funerals on Facebook for people of all religions in the borough.
Those who could remain home were largely among the elderly. The three community centers run by JASA, a New York organization serving seniors, were shut down, not only making it harder for many of the 12,000 Co-op City residents 60 or older to get meals, but also halting an important part of their lifestyles.
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