Sharon Bascom, 61, had just landed a teaching position in Brooklyn last December and felt a renewed connection with her kindergarten students.
On April 6, days after she called her sister screaming in pain, Bascom died alone in a hospital room in Queens politi.co/2WYhfFU
On April 6, days after she called her sister screaming in pain, Bascom died alone in a hospital room in Queens politi.co/2WYhfFU
Traci Belton, a supervisor at NYC’s child protective services agency, was so worried about the risks of going into work during a pandemic that she wrote about her fears on Facebook.
One week later, she was dead. politi.co/2WYhfFU
One week later, she was dead. politi.co/2WYhfFU
In March, Quinsey Simpson (pictured on the right) called in sick from his job as a correction officer on Rikers Island for the second time in 18 years. He was hospitalized one week after his 62nd birthday, and died two days later. politi.co/2WYhfFU
These New Yorkers are among the 298 city workers who died of Covid in 2020. They sometimes didn’t have adequate PPE, and they were primarily Black and Latino — a sharp racial disparity that mirrors the national trend.
See the full list of who they were: politi.co/2WYhfFU
See the full list of who they were: politi.co/2WYhfFU
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