Get Tested for COVID-19
All New Yorkers should get tested NOW, whether or not you have symptoms or are at increased risk. You do not need insurance to get tested and your results are confidential. 

There are over 150 convenient testing sites across NYC. Please head to www.nyc.gov/covidtest or call 311 to find a testing location near you.  

Learn about Antibody Testing here. 

Get tested. Protect your community. Help NYC bounce back. 

Testing & Tracing Corps
1,700 Contact Tracers are now working for NYC's new Test & Trace Corps. These public servants will spot cases of COVID-19 across the City and connect people to treatment before the virus can spread. The Corps will test 50,000 New Yorkers per day by August 1. Learn more here. 

Through vigilant service, our City will move past this crisis.

Answer the Call
The NYC Test & Trace Corps and the NYS Contact Tracing Program are working to call everyone who has been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. Please answer the phone if you get a call from:

• Test+Trace
• a 212 number
•  “NYS Contact Tracing” (518-387-9993)

A contact tracer will NEVER:

• ask for your Social Security number
• ask for any private financial information
• ask for credit card information
• send you a link without proper authentication procedures

All calls are confidential and private.

Boomer Naturals donated 40,000 masks to DVS to be distributed to veterans across NYC. Over the coming weeks, DVS will distribute the masks to veteran service organizations serving our community during this crisis.

DVS would like to thank the Joe Piscopo Show for making this donation possible. Listen to DVS Commissioner James Hendon's interview on the Joe Pisco Show here. 

Join DVS, the NYC Veterans Alliance, and the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) for a webinar spotlighting the contributions and struggles of LGBT veterans. DVS Associate Commissioner Cassandra Alvarez will discuss the agency's oral history initiative, the Veteran Voices Project, and will answer questions about the agency's services.

WHEN
June 08 | 4:30 - 6pm

WHERE: Facebook Event Page

We know what it means to look out for each other. Veterans volunteering with Mission: VetCheck are calling other veterans across NYC to give them information on vital public services, COVID-19 testing sites, and online mental health resources.

To join the mission and reach out to your fellow veteran, click here.  

Veterans unable to leave their homes due to an illness, disability, or increased sensitivity to COVID-19 AND veterans unable to afford groceries should contact DVS right away. Our team will coordinate free food deliveries to your home.

NPR recently reported that "roughly one in four New Yorkers face food insecurity." Please contact us if you or someone you know needs help: 

connect@veterans.nyc.gov | (212) 416-5250

If you filed tax returns but the IRS does not have your bank account information, you may receive your stimulus payment in the form of a prepaid debit card. 

The card will arrive in a plain envelope from “Money Network Cardholder Services.” Don’t throw it away. 

The Visa name will appear on the front of the card. The back of the card will have the name of the issuing bank: MetaBank, N.A. 

For more information click here. 

PTSD

June is PTSD Awareness Month. If you are struggling with PTSD, we encourage you to use the VA's PTSD Coach app. The app is designed to help you find strategies to manage your PTSD symptoms and connect to support. Learn more here.  

For a complete list of resources visit our COVID-19 Resource page.