From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's road stop takes us to City Hall Park, just outside of City Hall where Mayor De Blasio delivers his daily briefing on the coronavirus crisis.
Some stories talked about on today's show were:
1. New data shows that the coronavirus pandemic is hitting especially hard in New York City neighborhoods that tend to be poorer and might be more likely to have many people living under one roof. Data released late Wednesday by city health officials show that residents in the immigrant-rich Jackson Heights, Elmhurst and Corona sections of Queens have tested positive for the virus at higher rates than in wealthy, mostly white parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
2. New York lawmakers were preparing to work late to pass a budget that is expected to cut school aid as the coronavirus outbreak roils the state's economy. Lawmakers failed Tuesday night to pass a budget in place by Wednesday, the start of the state's fiscal year.
3. Emmy and Grammy winning musician and songwriter Adam Schlesinger, known for his band Fountains of Wayne and his songwriting on the TV show “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” has died from coronavirus at age 52. Schlesinger's lawyer Josh Grier says he died Wednesday in a hospital in upstate New York.
