ABC 14 NEWS: ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHES CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY FUND

As hundreds of thousands of people today in New York City endure from the coronavirus and its devastating economic results, one particular of the hardest-hit places has been the legendary Terrific White Way.

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo requested that all gatherings of 500 or far more men and women ended up banned due to the speedy spread of COVID-19, he was also successfully shutting down Broadway, one of New York City’s most iconic tourist points of interest.

And over and above the superior-profile stars and producers commonly related with the marketplace, the closure also intended hundreds of performing-course actors, stage managers, tech employees and others experienced been place out of function indefinitely.

In response to this crisis, the Actors’ Equity Affiliation (AEA), a union that represents around 51,000 actors, dancers and singers, declared Tuesday that it would stage in to aid its customers who now may have to have assistance covering every thing from rent and groceries to medical treatment, should really they find that they have tested favourable for COVID-19.

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