![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “But we’re so limited with places we can bring the child other than that.” “If there is another lockdown, Central Park is huge, so we can ideally keep ourselves occupied through being out,” the stay-at-home mom told The Post. Magdalena Black and her partner Stephen Yang Declining rent costs in Manhattan allowed them to move from Brooklyn to Columbus Circle. The genealogist is still on the hunt for Clorox wipes, which she buys one package at a time whenever she finds them on the shelves of Target, so as not to deplete stock and deprive others who might be in need.īecause her 16-month-old son has learned to walk since the last lockdown, Magdalena Black and her partner moved to a much larger apartment so he can run around indoors, in case they’re stuck inside again. “We’re going to take control of the things we can and make ourselves as comfortable as possible in our apartment, which we’re sure to be seeing a lot of this winter,” she said. The family of four also finally replaced their old futon with a new sofa. ![]() She and her husband are working on replacing the furniture and repainting as fast as they can, before winter and a possible second wave hits. With a new baby, she needed a calm space.Īt one point in the spring, “I got so sick of looking at it that I never even turned the lights on in the bedroom,” said Silverman, 35. The color was stressful, the furniture was over 20 years old. “Now I have the space to order in bulk,” she said.īecause she plans on being stuck indoors, Rachel Silverman is finally redoing her bedroom after delaying the project for years. During the height of the pandemic, her Brooklyn grocery store upped their minimum purchase for delivery to $150. Her newborn son’s milk takes up most of the room in her fridge, so she needs extra space to be able to store food. Jacqueline Patchen’s freezer Jacqueline Patchen “If I don’t do it now, it’s going to be sold out, because we tried to do it mid-pandemic and they were sold out for a while,” the 30-year-old told The Post of her $200 purchase. StuyTown resident Diany Levy purchased a new compact freezer when talks recently began about closing certain city zip codes. “That’s how you maximize the freezer space,” she said. “I buy enough that it’s going to last us and also enough to share with my neighbors,” said the 31-year-old.Īnother lockdown necessity is homemade stock that Patchen, who works in production, stores according to a space-saving system she’s perfected: She fills Ziploc freezer bags about 70 percent of the way with soup, makes sure it’s secure and clean, then lays the bag flat in her freezer to chill. She tries to stay “conscious” about not buying more than she needs, so as to not contribute to the vicious shortages that are still plaguing some local markets. Upper West Sider Jacqueline Patchen buys toilet paper and paper towels in bulk at Costco, only scooping up as much as the store allows and that can fit in her small apartment. Luckily, this time they have the know-how of what they actually need to survive months indoors - and toilet paper isn’t the only hot item in town. US 'ill prepared for a global pandemic,' outgoing CDC chief warnsĪs COVID-19 cases in New York and around the country rise, city dwellers are fearing a repeat of the March and April coronavirus lockdowns. Fauci with stinging impression: ‘I’m introducing the daily COVID shot’ Late homework: Once again, Biden's team fails to deliver on COVID-19 originsįauci adviser hid emails from FOIA requests by using personal account: records ![]()
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