Coronavirus In NYC: A Directory Of Community Mutual Aid Networks

NEW YORK CITY — New York City has set up all kinds of programs and hotlines to help residents cope with the health, economic and social issues surfacing amid the coronavirus pandemic. Now, many New Yorkers are adding to those efforts by harnessing the power of the internet to lend their neighbors a helping hand.

These initiatives, which go by the name "mutual aid networks," include everything from free grocery deliveries to a friendly phone conversation to stave off loneliness.

Organized at the neighborhood or borough level, mutual aid networks use everything from spreadsheets to Slack channels to solicit volunteers and keep track of available resources and anyone who needs help. Many of the networks translate information into multiple languages.

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The sheer number of mutual aid networks popping up across the city can make it hard to find the community resources that make the most sense for you, whether you're looking for help or a way to volunteer. (Don't forget — the city lists its own resources on this web page.)

Patch compiled a directory of the grassroots groups that are helping fill in the gaps to make sure their neighbors are safe, healthy and well-fed for the duration of the crisis.

CITYWIDE

• Abolition Action Grocery Fund: Grocery deliveries [Click here to request help]
• Action PAC C-19 Help Squad: Financial help and local assistance [Click here to request help]
• Corona Couriers: Grocery deliveries in every borough but Staten Island. [Call or text (929) 320-0660 or email coronacourier@protonmail.com for help]
• COVID Bailout NYC: Fundraiser to pay bail for New York City detainees.
• Financial Solidarity for Formerly Incarcerated People and Their Families Mutual Aid Project [Click here to request help]
• Free CUNY Mutual Aid: Resources for CUNY community members. [Click here to request help and click here to volunteer]
• Invisible Hands Deliver: Grocery and supply deliveries for elderly, disabled and immunocompromised New Yorkers. [Click here to request a delivery]
• Mutual Aid NYC: Directory of local mutual aid networks and resources.
• NYC Black Folk Mutual Aid Fund: Financial support, quarantine supplies.
• NYC Covid Care Network: Mental health support for essential workers and their family members. [Click here to request help]
• NYC Mutual Aid for Covid-19: Running errands, distributing masks and food, legal and financial help.
• NYC United Against Coronavirus: Directory of local mutual aid networks and resources.
• Service Workers Coalition: [Email serviceworkerscoalition@gmail.com for help]
• The End is Queer NYC Mutual Aid

MANHATTAN

• East Village Neighbors: [Click here to request help]
• Manhattan Mutual Aid Network (FAM): [Click here to volunteer or request help]
• Not Me UES: [Click here to volunteer and click here to request help]
• Senator Hoylman COVID-19 Volunteer Network: Assistance in Hell's Kitchen, Midtown Manhattan, West Village, East Village [Click here to volunteer]
• Senator Jackson District 31 Mutual Aid: Assistance in Marble Hill, Inwood, Washington Heights, Hamilton Heights, West Harlem, Morningside Heights, Upper West Side, Hell's Kitchen/Clinton, and Chelsea [Click here to volunteer or request help]
• Upper Morningside Mutual Aid: [Click here to request help or email morningsidemutualaid@gmail.com]
• Wise Towers Mutual Aid: Support for NYCHA residents in Wise Towers, Ingersoll, Whitman and Farragut [Click here to request help or volunteer]
• St. John's in the Village: Groceries paid for by St. John's and delivered to seniors and other vulnerable people [Call 929-292-9235 between 3 and 5 p.m. on weekdays to request help]

BROOKLYN

• #BrooklynShowsLove Mutual Aid Project: Food and supply kits. [Click here for contact information organized by language]
• Bed-Stuy COVID19 Relief
• Boerum Hill/Downtown Brooklyn Neighborhood Services & Support
• Brooklyn Mutual Aid Network (FAM): [Click here to volunteer or request help]
• Brooklyn Neighbors Clinton Hill/Fort Greene: Grocery pick up/delivery, prescription pick up/delivery, dog walking, friendly phone conversation. [Email bklynneighbors@gmail.com to request help]
• Bushwick Mutual Aid: Assistance under a budget of $50. [Click here to request help or email bushwickmutualaid@gmail.com]
• Crown Heights Mutual Aid: Fulfilling grocery and financial assistance requests. [Click here to join the mutual aid network's Facebook group]
• Greenpoint Community Strong: [Email greenpointcommunity2020@gmail.com]
• Kensington, Brooklyn, Group for Mutual Aid: [Click here to volunteer or request help]
• Prospect Hts (West) Neighborhood Support & Preparedness
• Red Hook Coronavirus Community Support: [Click here to volunteer]
• South Brooklyn Community Mutual Aid Group: Grocery care packages and other resources. [Click here to request help]
• Williamsburg Mutual Aid

QUEENS

• Astoria Mutual Aid Network: Buying groceries, picking up medical prescriptions, arranging transportation to doctor's appointments, dog walking, local errands, accessing verified health information, friendly conversation. [Contact astoriamutualaid@gmail.com or (646) 397-8383]
• Forest Hills 112th Precinct Community Council: Food deliveries for elderly residents who live by themselves. [Contact the community council on Facebook, or call NYPD's 112th Precinct Community Affairs at (718) 520-9321]
• Forest Hills Collective -COVID-19 Care Packages: Protective gear for health care workers, meals and supplies for residents.
• Forest Hills Coronavirus Relief Initiative: Food and supply deliveries, local errands, friendly conversation. [Contact Michael Perlman at unlockthevault@hotmail.com to volunteer or request help]
• Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Woodside COVID Care Network: Local errands, friendly conversation. [Call 646-210-4495 to volunteer or request help]
• LIC Relief: Food collection and deliveries, weekly grab-and-go meal distribution at participating restaurants in Long Island City. [Email kelly@psis78pta.org to request help]
• Mutual Aid Network of Southeast Queens and the Rockaways: [Email mutualaidseqrockaway@gmail.com to request help]
• Queens Mutual Aid Network: Food and supply deliveries across Queens. [Email qnsmutualaid@gmail.com to request help]
• Queens Mutual Aid Network (FAM): [Click here to volunteer or request help]
• Richmond Hill/Woodhaven/Ozone Park/Jamaica Hills COVID19 Mutual Aid Group: Food assistance. [Click here to request help]
• Ridgewood Tenants Union Mutual Aid: [Text “I need support” to (929) 251–5044 or email ridgewoodmutualaidnetwork@gmail.com to request help and click here to volunteer]
• Sunnyside/Woodside Mutual Aid: Medical supplies, groceries, small-scale financial support, child or pet care, companionship for vulnerable populations and quarantined health care workers.

THE BRONX

• Bronx Mutual Aid Network (FAM) [Click here to volunteer or request help]
• COVID-19 The Bronx

STATEN ISLAND

• Staten Island COVID19 Relief: Coordinating help for the elderly.
• Staten Island COVID19 Resource Network
• Staten Island COVID-19 Volunteer Network: Wellness checks, food preparation, grocery deliveries.
• Staten Island Mutual Aid Network (FAM) [Click here to volunteer or request help]

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