nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||From Rent Freezes To Liquor Buybacks: How States Are Helping People Cope||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||With limited resources themselves, states are having to get creative helping residents deal with the COVID-19 economic slowdown. But how much help you can get depends on where you live.

Visitors to the New York Department of Labor are turned away at the door by personnel because of closures over coronavirus concerns in New York on March 18. New York state began offering job protections for those required, or cautioned, to self-isolate or quarantine by a government entity.



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The Coronavirus Crisis

From Rent Freezes To Liquor Buybacks: How States Are Helping People Cope

With limited resources themselves, states are having to get creative helping residents deal with the COVID-19 economic slowdown. But how much help you can get depends on where you live.