New Yorkers are lending their empty homes to out-of-town medical workers during the coronavirus pandemic

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• New Yorkers are temporarily donating their empty homes to out-of-town health care workers who need accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic.
• One local, who decided to stay with her father in Minneapolis for the duration of the lockdown told The New York Times that lending out her East Village apartment to an ICU nurse was a "no-brainer."
• But those lending out their homes could face trouble with landlords or neighbors since their guests are technically not sub-letting and could potentially put other residents at risk of contracting the virus.
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New Yorkers have been donating their empty homes to out-of-town frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Several people who fled New York at the beginning of the outbreak said they felt guilty about not being able to be there to support the city during the pandemic.

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