I had to look up who was mayor during the pandemic. Bill de Blasio. I just remember seeing an overhead view on CNN and thinking “Is that an honest to god mass grave in NYC?!?” That’s a hell of a legacy.
The graves on Hart Island are over a century old. NYC is huge and lots of people die without anyone to handle their body. It’s unfortunate framing of the island’s use when people suddenly wanted to pay attention. The morgue trucks were real to isolate covid bodies, I will add. But the island didn’t exactly do anything differently than be a graveyard like it was since the Civil War
Giuliani, Cuomo, Bloomberg, Adams…
Somewhere along the line, I’m sure NYC has had a decent mayor, but the recent history has been pretty fucked up.
I had to look up who was mayor during the pandemic. Bill de Blasio. I just remember seeing an overhead view on CNN and thinking “Is that an honest to god mass grave in NYC?!?” That’s a hell of a legacy.
The graves on Hart Island are over a century old. NYC is huge and lots of people die without anyone to handle their body. It’s unfortunate framing of the island’s use when people suddenly wanted to pay attention. The morgue trucks were real to isolate covid bodies, I will add. But the island didn’t exactly do anything differently than be a graveyard like it was since the Civil War