Do you know someone who’s not paying their rent?

Me too.

The real estate industry is about to become the mother of all pandemic casualties.

Here’s what’s happening in NYC.

1. People are not paying their rent

No surprise, as there’s been a big increases in eviction complaints nationwide.

As the $600 a week in extra unemployment benefits evaporates, folks face a choice between food and the landlord.

Everyone is noticing more homeless on the streets.

Dear Rest of the Country,

Go away.

Seriously. We mean it.

Just fuhggedabout coming to New York.

Here’s what’s going on…

The 1984 graduates of a small girls’ Catholic school have been doing monthly Zoom calls.

Now in our 50s, our experiences are a microcosm of the pandemic.

— Pandemic — Love it

Here’s what’s going on…

— End of days?

Sometimes it feels as if the world may be coming to and end.

First the virus, then economic collapse, now looting.

— Peaceful protests

Here’s a view from my friend’s apartment in Sheridan Square. Vast numbers of peaceful protesters swell the streets.

We are grateful to them.

Here’s what’s going on.

—Central Park has a hall monitor

This NYC worker was walking around a sunny, crowded Central Park, handing out masks and reminding people to social distance.

— “Close” friends

Here’s a socially-distanced group.

At Zoom cocktails, my friend Shirley was a-flutter. She’d just gotten an antibody test!

A health department site popped up outside the Fine Fare at the corner of 116th and Lenox Avenue.

Antibody test! Now we’re talking. So a couple days later my husband and I went.

Harlem was bustling and evincing near-universal mask compliance.

Alas, at the Fine Fare we found no health department personnel pin-pricks a-ready.

Just midday shoppers.

Here’s what’s going on…

— A death on our block

We hear a lot about the fact that those who die at home may not be included in the statistics.

At-home deaths are up 400%.

— Things are busier

Here’s a picture of the subway on Thursday around noon.

Here’s what’s going on…

— Grand Central Station at 2:30 p.m. on a Friday

I tried door after door. Only the main entry at the corner of Vanderbilt and 42nd was open.

— The road less traveled

Looking down the ramp from the main doors.