Njengoko isiXeko saseNew York ngoku sijongene nekamva eliqaqambileyo, sizaliswe lithemba kuluntu lwethu, ethe yabethwa kabuhlungu kulo lonke ubhubhane. Ngelixa sithatha umzuzwana ukubhiyozela indlela esiye sazinikela ngayo ekuxhaseni iimfuno zabamelwane bethu ngeendlela ezintsha - ukunika uncedo lwemali olungxamisekileyo; shushu, ukutya okunesondlo kusiwa kubantu abadala abangena emakhaya; iinkqubo zenyani ezomeleleyo zabantu bayo yonke iminyaka; kunye neenkonzo zentlalo ezikude-siyavuya ukwamkela ngoku kwiinkampu zasehlotyeni kunye nezidlo zasemini eziphezulu kunye nenkqubo.
“Ngempumelelo yogonyo oluninzi kunye nemigaqo yokhuseleko, I-COVID-19 ayibangeli umngcipheko ofanayo wezempilo kuluntu ngokubanzi, kwaye iNew York iphakamisa ngokusemthethweni uninzi lwezithintelo zokuphendula ubhubhane,” yatsho iGosa eliyiNtloko yeSigqeba uMartin Englisher. “Wonke umntu e-Y uyavuya ukuphinda aqalise iinkqubo zobuqu ezithe zaba kude okanye zamiswa., ngenxa yezithintelo zeSixeko. Nangona siphoswe kakhulu kukuxakeka kwangaphambi kobhubhane kunye nokuphithizela kwi-Y, safunda okuninzi ngabamelwane bethu nangeemfuno zabo ngeli xesha. Isinike ithuba lokuphinda sisebenzise kwaye sijonge kwakhona - ukwenza ngakumbi kuMntla weManhattan. Lihlabathi elitshintshe kancinci, kwaye sizimisele ekuqinisekiseni ukuba ikamva liqaqambile eWashington Heights nase-Inwood.”
“Ngelixa intlekele ehlangeneyo enemizekelo embalwa, Ubhubhani we-COVID-19 ukwangumqondiso wokomelela koluntu lwethu,” yatsho iGosa eliyiNtloko leNkqubo yeY uMartin Yafe. “Esinye sezifundo esizifundileyo kwixesha elidlulileyo 15 iinyanga zazimalunga nobunzulu bonxibelelwano kunye nokuxhomekeka kwethu omnye komnye. Kwi-Y, siyaqonda ukuba siluluntu olunye, yaye oko kwenzeka komnye umntu kuchaphazela abanye. Ndiyathemba ukuba umanyano kunye nomanyano esilwe ngalo ubhubhane luya kuhlala luyinxalenye yento eyenza ukuba iWashington Heights kunye ne-Inwood zomelele ngolu hlobo., kubalulekile, kunye noluntu oluxakekileyo.”
“Kuya kuba mnandi ukubona abantu abadala bethu bekunye kwakhona kwi-Y, njengoko bephulaphulana, babelane ngamabali malunga nelahleko kunye nokomelela kwabo, fumana iindaba zosapho kunye nezihlobo, kwaye uhleke phezu kushushu, ukutya okumnandi,"Kutsho iGosa eliyiNtloko lezoPhuhliso kunye neNtlalo yeNtlalo uVictoria Neznansky. “Abona bantu bancinci bathatha inkampu - kwiNkampi yoLondolozo lweenyawo iFootpaths Nursery Camp - bakwisipho esikhethekileyo, naye, njengoko sibamkela babuyele kwinkampu yomntu kunye nebala lethu elitsha kraca eliphezu kophahla lokudlala, igadi, kunye nezitshizi. Uluntu lwethu lwatshatyalaliswa ngulo bhubhani, yaye sinombulelo kuba siye sakwazi ukunyamekela abamelwane bethu abasweleyo. Sihlala sizinikele, njengesiqhelo, ukunceda uluntu luchache ngokunikela iinkonzo ezibalulekileyo nangokuba ngumthombo wethemba.”
“Isizathu esikhulu sesizathu sokuba ndifune ukusebenza kwiziko loluntu yayikukubona, yiva, kwaye uzive iinkqubo neenkonzo ezenzekayo,” yatsho iGosa eliyiNtloko lezeMisebenzi u-Y uMichael Fermaglich. “Ezi zidlulileyo 15 iinyanga zibe buqu kwaye ngokomsebenzi umngeni, kwaye kuye kwafuneka senze uhlengahlengiso ukuze sincede abantu kwaye silungise ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukudala uluntu. Njengoko iinkqubo ezininzi zivula, kwaye samkela abantu abaninzi ngokwasemzimbeni kwindawo yethu, sijonge phambili ekuhambeni iiholo, ukuva i-buzz epheleleyo yomsebenzi kunye, xa ixesha lilungile, ukubona ngokoqobo ubuso obuncumileyo.”
Sijonge ukukubona kungekudala!
Ikamva liqaqambile kwiWashington Heights kunye ne-Inwood
Njengoko isiXeko saseNew York ngoku sijongene nekamva eliqaqambileyo, sizaliswe lithemba kuluntu lwethu, ethe yabethwa kabuhlungu kulo lonke ubhubhane.
