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A lifelong Queens resident, he grew up in Flushing\u0026rsquo;s Pomonok Housing and has worked in a variety of public service positions; he was elected to his current office in 2015. In March 2020, he, along with his wife and son, contracted COVID-19 and spent several weeks convalescing at home.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this interview, Grodenchik describes his experience of the illness and how he and his family got through it. 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So the call is now being recorded and it is Monday, July 27. I am Jacqueline Colson. I am from Queens Memory Project, and now let's take care of, um, paperwork. So, uh, they would like me to ask you the following questions: the spelling and pronunciation of your first and last name.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=4.0,38.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: My name is Barry Grodenchik and my name is spelled B-A-R-R-Y; my last name is spelled G-R-O-D-E-N-C-H-I-K.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=38.0,52.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: They also ask for your age.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=52.0,55.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: I'm 60 years old.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=55.0,59.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: Well contact information. We will not put that information. Um, people can always try to contact, um, your office, should they need you.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=59.0,72.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Yes.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=72.0,73.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: Um, so now, do you agree to the terms and conditions outlined in the Queens Memory informed consent and copyright permission form that I shared with you over email?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=73.0,86.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Yes.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=86.0,87.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: OK. The neighborhood where you live and work?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=87.0,97.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Uh, I live in Hollis Hills and my office, my main, uh, district office is in, uh, Oakland Gardens, Queens. And I also have an office, uh, down at City Hall at 250 Broadway.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=97.0,116.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: Thank you very much. OK. So how have you been affected by COVID-19?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=116.0,127.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Well, um, I got sick. Um, I finally realized I was sick on March 13th. Um, I thought maybe I had allergies were bothering me, which they typically do in the winter. Um, just a blah kind of feeling. Um, but, uh, I realized on Friday, March 13th, that it may be something more than that, and I felt worse that day. And then for the following couple of days, and then I really felt bad. Um, I guess probably Monday the 16th and, um, that point I was pretty much flat on my back for the next 12 days. And it was mostly, um, for me it was, uh, nausea, uh, stomach distress, um, some coughing but not a lot, and a very, very mild fever. Uh, I don't even think I got to a hundred. Um, and, um, but the nausea was really bad. That was really -- I didn't eat for about 12 days.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=127.0,194.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: Wow. So were you hospitalized, or...?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=194.0,199.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: No. Um, about, uh, I guess it was 10 days after I got sick we all went to the -- we were all feeling, my wife was sick, my son eventually got sick from being in the same house with us -- and we went to a, um, First Med-type place in Glen Oaks and we were tested there and, um, our tests came back positive.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=199.0,223.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: OK. So once it came back positive, um, at that point, did you -- what was your decision? Should you go to the hospital or what, what decisions did you make?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=223.0,237.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: The hospital -- there was really no reason to go. Um, there was nothing that they were going to do for us there. Um, my wife was still teaching, she had different symptoms, um, than I did -- similar but different, but she was able to work. Uh, but I, my nausea was just so great. It was very difficult for me to even walk around, but there was no reason to go to the hospital because there was just nothing they were going to do for us. And, um, they were basically saying that, you know, uh, unless you were having difficulty breathing at that time, you really shouldn't come in and, uh, because the hospitals were overrun. And so we didn't and we made it through.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=237.0,277.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: So you toughed it out. You toughed it out at home.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=277.0,280.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: I didn't have a choice really, yeah.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=280.0,282.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: You had no choice, but you toughed it out. For people who might be curious, what did you take?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=282.0,293.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Just, uh, I wasn't eating, um, would drink ginger ale, apple juice, that kind of thing. Water. Um, fortunately I was able to do that and I wanted to make sure that I had at least a quart of liquids a day, so I wouldn't get dehydrated.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=293.0,313.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: OK. So no over-the-counter medicine or...?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=313.0,321.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: I'm trying to remember...nothing that I can really think of off the top of my head.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=321.0,327.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: Not that it would have helped anyway!\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=327.0,331.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Not that it would have -- no, nothing really helped. Um, they gave me a prescription for something, but I don't even think I filled it out, for the nausea. So, um, so really, I don't think I -- you know, I just tried to stay comfortable. I was taking NyQuil at night to help me sleep, um, which did help me sleep. Um, and my day consisted of basically waking up in the morning and then waiting to go back to sleep at night. And, uh, so it was a long day, yeah.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=331.0,365.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: Yeah. That was tough.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=365.0,367.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Yeah. It wasn't fun. The nausea really -- you know, I can deal with most things, but you know, you have a pain or something, you can take an Advil, you know, a few Advil, but this -- really there was no, no way to get through it. Just had to tough it out.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=367.0,383.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: So once you -- because you got it early; um, yeah, March, I would say is pretty early. So once, um, you were over it, I know it took time for your body to heal -- if it is still healed?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=383.0,404.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Yeah, I feel much better than I did obviously. Um, you know, I'm able to walk, I'm able to, you know, walk long distances. Um, I didn't really have the shortness of breath that other people have had that kind of thing. I had it once or twice maybe, but nothing -- fortunately, not so bad.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=404.0,422.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: So for people who may be listening, um, you can just repeat the job that you do. You are Council Member --\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=422.0,433.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: I'm a New York City Councilman, yes. In eastern Queens.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=433.0,436.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: And the districts include?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=436.0,441.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Well, I have Bayside Hills, I have Glen Oaks, uh, the Queens part of Floral Park, uh, Bellerose, Bellaire, um, Queens Village, parts of Hollis, Holliswood, Hollis Hills, Oakland Gardens, uh, Fresh Meadows development. Um, I think that covers just about everything.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=441.0,463.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: OK. So how, how are you able to work now?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=463.0,469.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Well, there's no problem with me working except that, you know, we, our office isn't open. Um, so we're working from home as I am today. I have been out delivering food and delivering masks. Uh, Mondays are usually, Monday morning I usually deliver food for the same field center on Little Neck Parkway, although that program's being wound down, and we've been delivering masks and sanitizer throughout the district as well to not-for-profits and some of the restaurants as well.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=469.0,501.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: OK. And how have you been dealing with your constituents?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=501.0,506.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Well, um, the people who call the office, uh, we have people taking calls every day from 9 to 5, and so we deal with them as best we can, uh, through phones.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=506.0,522.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: OK. So, um, now what's the major problem that you see with your constituents that they're calling in for?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=522.0,533.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Well, I think the biggest concern that we had was feeding people. Um, you know, we've gotten back to some kind of normalcy, but in the beginning, uh, there were, you know, great issues about feeding people and, and that really was critical and we've been able to, uh, you know, take care of that problem. But, um, as you know, we're not unusual that it happened all over the city like that and in many other parts of the country, but, uh, we've been able to adjust things and, and hopefully, um, the, you know, there, there won't be a big recurrence of COVID in our neck of the woods. I know it's, um, threatening many other parts of the nation as we speak, which is very sad.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=533.0,579.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: Yeah. Have any of your schools been, uh, participating in the grab and go bag?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=579.0,586.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Yes, um, a few of them. I know they had, you know, so, uh, Martin Van Buren had it, a bunch of, a bunch of other schools as well.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=586.0,597.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: So that I could say personally that was really helpful. Um, and it, because it was scary, nobody, you know -- we didn't know where our money was going to come from and we were trying to hold on to everything we had. So I, you know, thank you, and all the other, you know, elected officials who helped have, you know, who helped with the grab and go bag at the schools, at the public schools.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=597.0,630.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Yeah. Um, that was, you know, very helpful, you know, our community, um, is probably on average, more affluent than the rest of New York City, but we also have a lot of seniors here who were, you know, just deathly afraid to go out and get food. And there's only so much food that people have -- you know, after a while things start to run out. So, um, you know, we had to get in there and help them best we could. And I think we were successful in that.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=630.0,661.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: So now on the lighter side of things, um, Queens Library asked for you to read, do an online reading for the kids. How was that for you?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=661.0,676.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Um, I always enjoy reading to children. It's a little different when it's virtual, but I did enjoy it and I always enjoy that. And, you know, we, we've been very big supporters of the library, my team and I, and we're going to continue to be so. And, you know, it's, I guess, it was -- it's hard, you know, with kids, especially the younger ones don't really get why they had to stay home and they couldn't go to school and they couldn't see their friends and they couldn't go outside to play. Um, so that was really, it -- just so many, so many things, um, that really affected society in so many different ways. But, uh, you know, the children, I especially felt bad for 'cause, you know, they're so innocent about all of this.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=676.0,731.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: But I do love how the Queens Library, they, you know, they jumped on the bandwagon and they did everything virtual. They have, you know, several programs and, you know, I have enjoyed the ones that I have seen, and --\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=731.0,748.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Yeah, and a lot of the different cultural groups, whether it was the library, the museums, whether they were Queens-based or Manhattan-based or other boroughs, um, there was a lot of virtual programming, which was good. We were able to highlight that in our email blasts as well.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=748.0,764.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: And I know also one of the libraries that opened up in, um, the grab and go books -- how is that going?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=764.0,778.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: I think it's going well. You know, usually our barometer is that are we getting complaints about stuff, so I don't think we've been getting complaints about that in particular. Some people wanted the libraries open sooner, but the truth of the matter is that I think, you know, even today, I think caution is important.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=778.0,797.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: I agree. I agree. I would love to...I know they use the libraries as cooling centers. We have summer, and unfortunately we cannot do that.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=797.0,811.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Um, yeah, we do have a cooling center here and today, obviously a very, very hot day. Um, but it's, uh, yeah, I mean our whole way of life, you know, we have to rethink things. I was just on the phone with my friend whose mother, they live in Florida, but she goes up to the Catskills every summer. But you know, and she was even thinking of going this summer, but I said, keep her home. It's just not gonna happen. And that's, and that's really kind of sad. Um, but that, these are the realities that we're facing, and it may be boring to sit home all day, but, um, it is what it is. It's the safe, you know, and -- and unfortunately, um, I'm kind of in shock that people across the country didn't believe what they saw here and, you know, went out and did stuff that they shouldn't have done.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=811.0,864.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: Yeah. That's well, on that note, um, how have you been keeping yourself occupied, when you're not dealing with your constituents?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=864.0,875.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Well, I walk, I walk when I can. Um, I'm reading a bit more, um, but there's a lot that goes on, you know, looking at websites and all that kind of stuff. Um, and dealing, trying to help people that way, figuring out what we can do and how we can make things better. You know, for the most part, I think people have adjusted, I am worried about the schools, whether they're going to reopen or not, um, it's, you know, it's almost August 1st and we don't really have a clear answer, which is not good.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=875.0,909.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: And your reaction because we don't have a plan to open the schools. Um, are you, what is your reaction to opening the schools?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=909.0,921.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Well, you know, um, since the, the younger, they are, the more, you know, oversight they need. I think that older children could do better at home. Um, you know, and learn remotely. I think younger children need more, um, of that, but it's just, it's a mess. Um, you know, you're worried about teachers being sick, you're worried about the students, um, and it's -- you know, now we've seen baseball players are getting sick, 14 members of one baseball team apparently tested positive today. So it's, the whole thing is just such a mess. And I think, um, you know, we have to be cautious. I am, I'm still working my mind through the whole thing with, um, through the COVID, you know, and how do we deal with this?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=921.0,981.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: Yeah, it's a difficult situation. And it's the world, it's not just America. The world is coping and dealing with this, and there's not much we can do. OK. So...\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=981.0,999.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: I think we need, you know, we need to be smart and we need to be conservative about it. And, um, you know, we've, we've seen in the states where, you know -- New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are now the best, whereas, you know, the other states that had low COVID are now, you know, skyrocketing, which is mind-blowing to me that they just didn't -- I don't know what people were thinking. And people thought it was a hoax, you know, they could have spent an hour or two with me. They would've seen it wasn't a hoax.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=999.0,1027.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: Well, that's the other thing. It's also the person at the top, you know, the person in power. So it makes a huge difference. I'll say it, you don't have to!\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=1027.0,1042.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: I'll say it too. I mean, listen, there were certainly missteps at the city and state level. I, you know, but, um, and I don't think anybody's ever had to deal with something like this in our recorded memory, but, um, you know, I think that the national leadership has been abysmal and, you know, it's one thing if you, you know, if you're steering a boat toward a reef and you don't see it, that's one thing. But if you're steering a boat, you know, toward the reef after you've seen it, uh, that's another thing. And I think that's essentially what's happened here. The, you know, um, that the president didn't wear a mask until very recently is just, uh -- it's criminal, it's criminal behavior. He killed, he killed Americans with his actions, you know. That's my opinion.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=1042.0,1093.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: OK. Now you are free to discuss anything that I may not have touched on that you would like the public to know or anything additional about COVID...\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=1093.0,1108.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: If you haven't had COVID and you're listening to this, you know, when there's a vaccine, please get it. Um, please stay careful, take -- you know, you don't have to live like a hermit, uh, depending on your health situation, but, um, you also shouldn't be, you know, running around and assuming that, you know, everything is OK, um, because it's not. And, uh, we're seeing, you know, just a devastating number of cases, a devastating number of deaths, and much of it is preventable. There's -- you're never gonna prevent all disease, but this disease, uh, was much more preventable than people think. And that's unfortunate. So please be careful. That's what I would say to people.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=1108.0,1151.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: OK, great. Thank you very much.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=1151.0,1155.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: Alright?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=1155.0,1156.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nJacqueline Colson: And I am going to end this now.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=1156.0,1160.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523/transcript/20660/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\t\nBarry Grodenchik: OK.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/31806/file/100523#t=1160.0,1160.986"}]}]}]}