Coming back better: New York City is reopening – but will it be fairer?

Last year, the city became the Covid capital of the world. Now, as cases have dropped and home sales increased, some think it's the perfect time for progressive changes

Of any city in the US, perhaps none has been so marked by the pandemic as New York.

Early last year, the city became the Covid capital of the world, seeing 18,679 deaths in three months. Many from the city's wealthiest zip codes moved to more spacious places, while those in low-income zip codes bore the brunt of the virus's health and economic impacts.