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Jennie Hubert, a former nurse at Mount Sinai Morningside hospital, located on 114th Street, has had to care for 15 patients at once during the COVID-19 pandemic as the hospital has dealt with severe staffing shortages, an experience both stressful and, according to Hubert, “inhumane.” She is not alone in her experience, as many nurses at Mount Sinai hospitals have expressed frustration with the overwhelming workloads they have experienced due to staffing shortages in recent months.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made students and workers more reliant on the Internet than ever before, exacerbating the already existing issues of Internet disparity. In New York City, only 66 percent of Black and 61 percent of Latinx New Yorkers have home access to high-speed internet, as compared to 79 percent of white New Yorkers.
Mark Levine, the Democratic City Council member representing New York City’s seventh district, is running for Manhattan borough president. Levine has represented the district, which encompasses Morningside Heights, West Harlem, Washington Heights, and a section of the Upper West Side, since 2014.
In honor of Women’s History Month, Spectator is publishing a series on notable women of Columbia and the West Harlem community. Peggy Shepard, a longtime Black activist for environmental justice in West Harlem, co-founded the organization WE ACT for Environmental Justice and serves as its current executive director.
In honor of Black History Month, Spectator is publishing a series on notable Black alumni, scholars, activists, leaders, students, and more whose stories we wish to honor.