It feels 'like nothing we can do is quite enough at this point.' A New York City social worker tells ABC News that the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected vulnerable communities.
crisis has disproportionately affected vulnerable communities. She says the directives of sheltering in place and social distancing have uniquely impacted the tenants she works with, especially due to financial limitations and lack of access to resources.
“We survived Hurricane Sandy. We survived Tuesday, Sept. 11 -- 9/11 -- 2001, and we're gonna survive this, too,” Dillon said.Alison Sutter Sutter said the work she does is not easy as Community Access is working to maintain supportive services while managing an agency-wide response to the coronavirus. After an especially difficult day, she reflected, saying it feels like “nothing we can do is quite enough at this point.”
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