The Fight for New York

The Associated Press fanned out across New York City, following residents for 24 hours as they try to survive - and do their part - to save a city under siege by a pandemic.

Bodega Owner
Dominican Eudis Batista, right, co-owner of Deli-licious delicatessen in Queens borough of New York, takes an order from a customer keeping distance at the store on April 6, 2020. In the days of coronavirus and sheltering in place, “it’s been a ghost town,“ Batista said. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Taxi Driver

Nicolae Hent, wearing a protective mask, poses for a photograph before before starting work in New York, Monday, April 6, 2020. A taxi driver’s job was already tougher in recent years with the arrival of ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. The empty streets during the coronavirus pandemic have made things more difficult. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Paramedic
Paramedic Travis Kessel is photographed outside his station house after working a shift amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Monday, April 6, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. Kessel never imagined his work could hurt this much. He loves his career in emergency services. It’s even how he met his wife, an emergency room nurse. But now he worries about the toll the new coronavirus is taking on both of them and their colleagues. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Meals on wheels
Carla Brown, executive director for the Charles A. Walburg Multiservice Organization arrives to pick up meals from a caterer, Monday, April 6, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. The coronavirus pandemic has kept loved ones apart, younger family members fearful of bringing the disease to older relatives who may be so much more susceptible. That’s driven Brown even more to make sure those elderly are receiving the care they need through her meals-on-wheels program. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)

Doctor
Emergency room doctor Dr. Joseph Habboushe, who is taking on the challenge of treating patients with the new coronavirus, poses for photos Monday, April 6, 2020, in New York. He says health care workers are all in the fight together. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Actor
E. Clayton Cornelious poses for a portrait at the Imperial Theatre, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in New York. The stages are quiet and the seats are empty on Broadway as New York City residents shelter in place to stem the spread of the coronavirus. For Cornelious, being isolated in his Bronx apartment has been difficult. But he and the cast of the hit musical, “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations” have been trying to keep each other amused by posting memes and jokes. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Rabbi
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum poses for a photograph at the door to her apartment in New York, Monday, April 6, 2020. Kleinbaum was installed in 1992 as rabbi of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan. It’s considered the largest LGBT synagogue in the nation, and AIDS was killing thousands of gay New Yorkers each year when she took the job. That experience has given her strength as New York now faces the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

TV Host
Television host and journalist Sara Haines is photographed in her lobby after working from home due to COVID-19 concerns, April 6, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Haines isn’t afraid to tackle serious subjects and has done so often as a co-host on “The View.” Monday felt different. Confined to her home, she broadcast a segment from her living room couch about grief, compassion and loneliness. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Funeral Director
Jesus Pujols is photographed in one of the funeral homes he works with during his second shift of the day, Monday, April 6, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Pujols is sleeping in the same minivan he uses to transport bodies, just hoping he can keep up with the demand for his undertaking services as the new coronavirus ravages his city. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Concierge
Joe DeLuca, poses for a photograph at the front desk of an apartment building in New York, April 6, 2020. While tens of thousands of New Yorkers work at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, people like DeLuca keep the city running amid the lockdown. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Dominicans Bodega owners
Alex Batista, left, talks with his brother Eudis Batista, owners of Deli-licious delicatessen in Queens borough of New York, April 6, 2020. In the days of coronavirus and sheltering in place, “it’s been a ghost town,“ Alex Batista said. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)