is New York City dead?

I love that New York still has it’s expensive whimsies that don’t actually affect me

They should call it The Turkey's Nest Rule.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDOcpEdgvJU

i mean who hasn't filled up a travel mug with booze and wandered the streets

I walked into deepest Boro Park to reach the nearest Cap1t4l One ATM (cuz yes, that's how cheap I am re fees). Still 100% Orthodox residents with 100% Latino manual labor.

PSA to new yorkers who will be ordering delivery due to the new restaurant closure (from me, a part time delivery worker) delivery workers are extremely vulnerable right now. please be considerate. here are some things you can do

— wash hands. wear mask. stay home (@wilfredchan) March 16, 2020

deBlasio was making noise about a possible future quarantining of the city

Cuomo replied that only he can do that, and he has no plans to

boy howdy

maybe they'll fight to the death

rebuild the economy with pay-per-view fights between politicians. two chairs and one weapon each.

they really should quarantine. Too many people need to be given direct instructions.

that'd be bad for me, as I don't know if im bugging out of town yet or not

yeah, I actually invited two friends of mine to come here to stay and then the next day they closed the border.

or rather they made the announcement that they would be closing the border. You would have time at least to make a decision if they announced it.

De Blasio saying a shelter in place order could come within the next 48 hours per gothamist

shit is getting real: alternate-side parking regulations have been suspended for the next week

They’re not sweeping the street, it begins

local bodega sold me five rolls of toilet paper without so much as a wink. they were out of tamales though. sometimes walk around the neighborhood fixes a lot of agit.

i'm not worried as much about 'shelter in place' as I am the risk of going anywhere even for authorized purposes, in my immunocompromised class.

"shelter in place" is a terrible name for what the order actually means, at least the bay area version is. it's basically an enforced version of social distancing norms (essential businesses remain open, you can leave your apartment but can't congregate in groups, etc.)

of course, it has a name that immediately induces panic and thoughts like "oh god, is my apartment even shelter enough?"

Have I said I had no use for it but RIP anyway yet?

Here's hoping all this rain will wash the coronavirus away.

Like Night of the Comet.

JUST IN: MTA buses will be backdoor-only starting Monday, with exceptions for disabled riders. On local buses, that means no more fare collection.

— David J. Meyer (@dahvnyc) March 20, 2020

deBlasio released 23 ppl from Rikers

alleged progressive heroes @NYCMayor & @NYGovCuomo are leaving thousands to rot in NY state and city prisons and jails despite scores of experts calling for mass release of prisoners, namely those (1) w/ underlying conditions (2) over 50 (3) w/ less than a year on their sentence https://t.co/6aIcBNlB1L

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) March 22, 2020

NYT top headline is the high COVID 'attack rate' in the NY metro region

also an article explaining why the reason new york has been hit hard is its density, which article does not mention singapore or hong kong.

also doesn't mention that density varies throughout the five boroughs yet they seem to have roughly the same infections per capita (staten island slightly ahead)

not fair, I've met a bunch of Staten Islanders who aren't dense

i thought ny was hit hard because of density and complete disregard to stay at home/take precautions.

it's probably being hit harder than other US cities because of density. it's being hit harder than other world cities because it's in the US and the US is unbelievably badly run at the city, state and national level, and it has very poor healthcare.

well GRANTED. sheesh. but ASIDE from that

guilty lol

POTUS says Cuomo "is supposed to be buying his own ventilators"

good luck NY

cuomo knows a guy

well funny that since the states were bidding against the federal govt and other states for supplies.

ayyyyy i’m ventilatin’ here

all right does anyone have opinions about grocery delivery options

FreshDirect has no slots for a week, and the calendar only covers a week

relying on friends w/ a car so far

btw bdb *might* opt to close the playgrounds by the end of the week. to make up for the lost public space, he *might* then opt to close exactly two streets per borough to traffic

We ordered a box from some place called grateful produce and it was amazing. I also found a market on seamless and got some snacks and like 3lbs of cold cuts. Check seamless there’s always some delis that have staples.

what about instacart

I take it Mimi's Hummus is still doing delivery

https://gothamist.com/news/state-lawmakers-pushing-coronavirus-rent-cancellation-say-cuomo-mia

instacart is like a five-day wait

that's acceptable, we are just needing to reup on flour, yogurt, eggs, that kind of stuff

hopefully the flour situaton is not similar to the UK's!

get that stuff from delis on seamless.

I ordered a big meal from Dawas last night, a favorite place of ours in Woodside. Did it via credit card and wasn't happy that when the guy came he made me sign the CC. I never understand when that's needed. I tipped the delivery guy 20 bucks.

morbs (and other nycers), freshdirect offers slots a day before for delivery pass members; $40 for a 6 month pass that lets you hold Tuesday to Thursday deliveries seems worth it

I just did an Instacart for next Monday

can get by til then