New York's not dead, but pandemic has laid bare deep-seated problems
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn/The Guardian
Jerry Seinfeld got into a spat about the Big Apple with a fellow millionaire but for others racial and class inequalities give debate about the city’s health a very different look
Ed Pilkington
Sat 29 Aug 2020 03.00 EDT
Last modified on Sat 29 Aug 2020 05.19 EDT
Shabazz Stuart was one year old when the TV sitcom Seinfeld first went on air, and seven when the much-loved show about nothing broadcast its final episode. He’s only ever known it as one of those late-night repeats that are fun to watch when you’re at a loose end.
But this week there was no avoiding Seinfeld, or at least its creator and lead actor Jerry Seinfeld who roared back into the public eye with an opinion piece headlined “So You Think New York Is ‘Dead’â€. The comedian was responding to a provocative post on LinkedIn by James Altucher, a hedge-fund manager who owns an Upper West Side standup comedy club where Seinfeld occasionally appears.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/29/new-york-not-dead-coronavirus-pandemic-problems
