@NYtimes reporter doing a stint as a host for NYT audio. annie.correal@nytimes.com
Dec 4, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
In March, the coronavirus spread to New York, exploding in a corner of Queens that is among the most ethnically diverse places in the world.
@DanBarryNYT, @MilitaJo, @heislerphoto and I set out to reconstruct the darkest days. [1/7] nyti.ms/39DZAei
This part of Queens had been “the epicenter of the epicenter,” of America's Covid crisis. Thousands fell sick within weeks. Hundreds died.
We spent months interviewing staff at Elmhurst Hospital, where long lines had reminded one local official of "a wartorn country." [2/7]
Feb 2, 2019 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Yesterday we reported on power and heat issues at the MDC. A judge issued a court order to allow the federal defender Deirdre von Dornum to take a tour last night to check on conditions. She told me the following: 1/7
The jail is running on emergency electrical power so inmates are being held in their cells instead of being let out into common areas. The cells are very cold and have no electrical power. Inmates say they have been locked in cells since Sunday. 2/7
Oct 29, 2018 • 36 tweets • 15 min read
Who’s marching? How did it start? How do they eat and travel? Politics has largely overshadowed life on the ground for thousands in the caravan. Here are some questions, answered. Have another one? Ask it here and our team will answer. nytimes.com/2018/10/26/wor…
.@emilybest wonders where people are using the toilet, getting medical care and clean water. “I'm thinking esp of breastfeeding moms,” she says.
