I Can’t Stay at Home

An assistant manager at a Manhattan gourmet grocery store shares his daily life as an essential worker during the early COVID-19 pandemic.

An intimate snapshot of the anxiety and quiet courage of essential workers during the pandemic.

Billy Yulfo has worked at Zabar’s, a gourmet grocery store in Manhattan, for 17 years. He worked his way up from cashier to assistant manager. When the coronavirus pandemic hit New York City, he had to grapple with a new

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