NEW YORK – New York City advised grocery stores Wednesday to require customers to cover their faces while shopping as officials said they would create an emergency food reserve and take other steps to safeguard residents’ sustenance.
Meanwhile, the mayor urged a cautious approach to reviving the economy. Here are the latest coronavirus developments in New York: FOOD PLAN In a city where 1.2 million residents — including one in five children — already struggled at times to feed themselves, the number is expected to grow as an estimated half-million New Yorkers have lost or are likely to lose their jobs in the immediate future. “We will make sure everyone gets the food they need,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in unveiling a $170 million plan to