Lunch & Learn: When The City Stopped

On April 3rd, Dr. Robert Snyder discussed his upcoming book, When the City Stopped: Stories from New York’s Essential Workers. Five years after New York City shut down to reduce the spread of COVID-19, Snyder examines the inequalities illuminated by the pandemic, the workers who saved the city, and the lessons we can learn from the days when New York City was at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using poems, first-person narratives, and oral histories, When the City Stopped explores the experiences of immigrants, people of color, and low-income New Yorkers whose work exposed them to the dangers of the pandemic, the fear and uncertainty of life in the early weeks and months of the pandemic, as well as the solidarity that sustained the city. About the Author: Robert Snyder is the Manhattan Borough Historian and professor emeritus of American Studies and Journalism at Rutgers University. In a career devoted to writing and teaching about the history of New York City, he was a fellow of the Smithsonian Institution, a Fulbright lecturer in South Korea, and elected to the New York Academy of History. His books include Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York and Transit Talk: New York’s Bus and Subway Workers Tell Their Stories. He has also written for the New York Times, the Daily News, and the Washington Post. Want more from the NYC Department of Records and Information Services? Websites: https://www.nyc.gov/records https://www.archives.nyc/ https://www.womensactivism.nyc/ Twitter:   / nycrecords   Instagram:   / nycarchives   Facebook:   / nycrecords   YouTube:    / nycdepto.  .    / deptofre.  . Want to learn more about our upcoming events? Join our mailing list to be the first to know about exhibition openings, upcoming events, recent blog posts and much more: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/records/abo.... The mission of the NYC Department of Records and Information Services is to foster civic life by preserving and providing access to the historical and contemporary records of New York City government, to ensure that City records are properly maintained following professional archival and record management practices and to make materials available to diverse communities both online and in person at the Municipal Library and Archives. Music: Creative Minds by Benjamin Tissot - https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free...