COVID-19
Rick, a homeless veteran who lives in New York, screams "Help me, no one will care if I get sick with the Corona. I ain't got no mask, soap, or a place to sleep."-Bilal Meshanni/Photographer
A staff member of Hackensack Meridian Health crosses the street towards the parking lot. Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) has recently faced a milestone in their fight against the ongoing pandemic; as of April 28th 2020, they have discharged their 1000th patient diagnosed with COVID-19.-Bilal Meshanni/Photographer
Customers at a hardware store wait in line to enter the main entrance where temperatures are being recorded. Thomas Miller, 52, who was waiting on line explains, "I'm going nuts at my house, I've torn up my bathroom just because I've been so bored staying inside all day." Bilal Meshanni/Photographer
Multiple squads of both Wyckoff and Hawthorne officers respond to a scene on the border of the two towns. These two towns have faced a crisis in obtaining PPE for first-responders and have struggled in providing constant supplies of said equipment due to the immense demand caused by COVID-19.-Bilal Meshanni/Photographer
With cases rising rapidly in Glen Rock, N.J An elderly couple (pictured left) were quick to evade a young skateboarder who was not wearing a mask over their face. -Bilal Meshanni/Photographer
The Hackensack Pharmacy shows their appreciation to essential workers and their concerns for their clientele with messages taped onto their windows. The closed store was decorated with dozens of signs signaling their inventory of certain items, emergency hours, and rules regarding entrance. Bilal Meshanni/Photographer
A sole masked commuter sits on a crowded bench in the Grand Street Subway Station, one of the largest hotspots of COVID-19 cases in Manhattan. -Bilal Meshanni/Photographer
Victor, (Pictured Right) a souvenir salesman who stations himself outside of the New York Stock Exchange, sells tourists a small bottle of hand sanitizer for $10.00. "I'm licensed unlike some of these other people here, these guys are walking around watering down hand sanitizer and selling it to scared people. I don't do that because I actually care." Price gouging in New York has been brought to the point that Governor Andrew Cuomo has enlisted New York State prisoners to start making hand sanitizer for the entire state. Bilal Meshanni/Photographer
The PTA of Lincoln Middle School delivered sidewalk chalk to many of the known artistic students of Lincoln Middle School in Hawthorne, N.J. in an effort to raise community morale -Bilal Meshanni/Photographer