Pilots, bankers, meatpacking plants and teachers all say they should be first for limited doses.

Service reductions would hurt essential workers most. The system is seeking a federal funding bailout.

Over a fifth of essential workers have contemplated suicide, according to a CDC report.

Workers hope to strengthen an industry that has become even more precarious.

Companies have mostly stopped paying it. Now, local governments are stepping in.

Among the demands are better treatment of employees of color, a $15 minimum wage and more personal protective equipment.

Brownsville, where 80% of residents are Black, had an infection rate in May that was more than twice the New York City average.

According to the ACLU, 4 out of every 5 workers in Chelsea are considered essential.

Workers already worried about staying safe are now trying to figure out how to get to and from work without violating curfews.

Many low-paid New Yorkers rely on the subway to get to and from work. Now, a daily halt to operations for four late night hours is complicating their commutes.