VOICES FROM THE FOREFRONT 

Our formatted, boots on the ground, approach shares how cities are impacted as well as the intelligence required to understand the movement in real time and plan an equitable future.  Many of the articles are captured from media entities getting it right.

Chair and Founder, the Equitable Infrastructure Group & CEO, Green Building Worldwide

The Concise Voice

Equity is neither a system nor a process, but is a method of adjusting conflicting interests in accordance with the ideals of decent and honorable conduct in an ethically maturing society.

Clinical Trials:

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/04/17/remdesivir-finding-a-coronavirus-antiviral-drug-clinical-trial-bronx-studies

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Equity & Disparity:

https://nypost.com/2020/05/05/coronavirus-nurse-says-negligence-has-patients-dying-at-nyc-hospitals/

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/bronx-new-york-yankee-stadium-coronavirus/2020/04/21/3b38b460-8182-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html

https://gothamist.com/news/very-unequal-impact-covid-19-nyc-neighborhoods

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https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/e-harlem-tops-manhattan-coronavirus-cases-city-data

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https://time.com/5821212/coronavirus-low-income-communities/

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https://nypost.com/2020/04/13/nyc-launching-10m-campaign-to-slow-coronavirus-de-blasio/

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https://qns.com/story/2020/04/13/coronavirus-count-queens-leads-nyc-with-32749-confirmed-cases-and-nearly-2000-deaths/

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Business

https://ny.eater.com/2020/4/15/21222621/small-business-loan-coronavirus-restaurants

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Death Tolls Spike due to unaccounted Fatalities

https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/04/14/new-york-city-coronavirus-death-toll-jumps-by-3-700-after-uncounted-fatalities-are-added-1275931

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52303739

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Industry & Labor

https://www.rwdsu.info/america_s_top_unions_demand_amazon_do_better

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Public Housing

https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/04/10/coronavirus-wreaks-havoc-on-new-york-citys-public-housing-1274821

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https://www.newyorker.com/culture/video-dept/is-new-york-citys-public-housing-system-ready-for-the-coronavirus

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Prison System

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-cuomos-coronavirus-prison-failure-20200415-sbv4q54hhzhe5mvhbk6f5sg4ae-story.html

https://www.pix11.com/news/coronavirus/exclusive-nyc-doc-commissioner-addresses-covid-19-concerns-on-rikers-island

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Transportation

https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-subways-blamed-major-disseminator-of-coronavirus

Africa

https://www.axios.com/africas-coronavirus-economic-impact-poverty-oil-df7b9d4e-00e6-42c7-90e9-e9e3745312cb.html

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/04/21/africa-asks-russia-for-coronavirus-aid-foreign-ministry-a70058

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Europe

https://www.foxnews.com/world/italy-smallest-increase-in-coronavirus-cases-month

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52363044

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Latin America

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52351636

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​https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52139875

Michigan

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Massachusetts-becomes-coronavirus-hotspot-as-cases-surge-569793611.html

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Ohio

https://supportlocal.usatoday.com/?utm_source=bnm&utm_medium=onsite&utm_campaign=supportlocal&utm_content=topnav&utm_term=columbus

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Finance

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/13/if-the-coronavirus-is-rocking-your-finances-heres-what-to-do.html

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https://www.benefits.gov/help/faq/Coronavirus-resources

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https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwHMsVFGQvcjGXptbtZBZzFHjGV

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/stacey-abrams-slams-georgia-governor-over-decision-reopen-businesses-week-n1188686?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

Baltimore Hotspots

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/coronavirus/baltimore-area-counties-show-covid-19-hotspots-harford-county-announces-its-first-death

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Tests from South Korea

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/coronavirus-president-donald-trump-takes-swipe-at-maryland-governor-larry-hogan/32215492

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https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/04/20/coronavirus-latest-more-than-13-6k-covid-19-cases-500-deaths-reported-in-maryland/

GOVERNOR'S FORMING REGIONAL ALLIANCES:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/13/politics/states-band-together-reopening-plans/index.html

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​https://denverite.com/2020/04/22/as-colorado-creeps-open-denvers-recipe-to-avoid-a-coronavirus-surge-calls-for-more-testing-contact-tracing-and-regional-unity/

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REOPENING OF THE ECONOMY

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/14/833544006/who-will-advise-trump-on-reopening-the-u-s-white-house-to-set-new-pandemic-counc

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https://nypost.com/2020/04/15/leaked-docs-cite-possible-us-reopening-from-coronavirus-in-may/

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Health

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/doctors-fear-rare-illness-sickening-young-ny-children-may-be-linked-to-covid-19-source/2394127/

https://abc7ny.com/coronavirus-nyc-update-corona-virus-cases/6103966/

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https://nypost.com/2020/03/28/17-year-old-dies-of-coronavirus-was-turned-away-for-lacking-insurance/

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https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/covid-19-pushes-telehealth-to-the-forefront/

Reopen 

https://www.wtvy.com/content/news/Is-Alabama-about-to-open-back-up--Heres-a-man-who-thinks-so--569655951.html
 

https://www.wsfa.com/2020/04/15/alabama-retail-association-upset-over-covid-stay-home-order/

COVID-19

https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2020/04/20/massachusetts-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths

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https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/04/20/white-house-covid-19-task-force-worried-about-boston-massachusetts/

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https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/coronavirus-local-updates-more-than-250-cases-nc-prison-testing-shows-98-asymptomatic/UCFXKELJCNGXPHC3DQAIHSZ6UU/

Labor

http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/April-2020/Coronavirus-Chicago-Labor-Movement/

https://www.google.com/search?q=coronavirus+chicago&oq=coronavirus+chicago&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l6j69i60.26068j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-workers-file-federal-complaint-over-covid-conditions

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Coalition

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-envisions-midwest-version-west-coast-northeast-covid-coalitions

Hotspots

https://www.wkrn.com/community/health/coronavirus/davidson-county-heatmap-shows-concentration-of-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-across-nashville/

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Reopen Strategy

https://www.wkrn.com/community/health/coronavirus/city-officials-working-on-timeline-strategy-to-reopen-nashville-for-business/

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COVID-19 Update

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/nashville-mayor-john-cooper-metro-health-officials-to-give-covid-19-update-at-9-30-a-m-april-21

https://people.com/health/17-bodies-found-new-jersey-nursing-home-ravaged-by-coronavirus/

Reopen

https://www.wbrz.com/news/businessmen-new-orleans-must-reopen-to-save-its-economy/

https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_0ea8b004-8357-11ea-81e3-ff26d085e141.html

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/new-orleans-louisiana-nola-covid19-coronavirus-live-updates/289-0b452740-8261-4481-9412-351042398a4b

https://www.masslive.com/worcester/2020/04/construction-first-schools-last-what-reopening-worcester-may-look-like-following-the-surge-of-covid-19-cases.html

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