Art-activist group The Illuminator has protested the US government's response to the coronavirus pandemic by projecting calls to action onto a New York skyscraper.
The protest, which took place last Saturday night, aimed to highlight a number of issues faced by New York residents, including a lack of medical equipment, expensive health care and rent payments.

"Free care for Covid", "Healthcare for all", "DC: more aid to NYC" were among the other phrases illuminated in bold white text on a Manhattan skyscraper.
"These are not radical demands," said The Illuminator member Emily Andersen.
"These are requests for basic needs, needs that must be fulfilled if we are to survive not only this current outbreak, but the fallout that is soon to come after."
Measuring around 20-metres wide, the bold white messages lit up the top of a high-rise not far from the Empire State Building. The group said the projector was in a nearby apartment.
The Illuminator said the protest was aimed at officials in the local, state, and federal government, with the aim to draw attention to the crisis in New York. Over 1,000 people have already died in New York City from coronavirus, while New York State has reportedly nearly half of the country's cases.
The "Cancel the rent" projection follows a call to suspend rent payments for people who have lost their jobs due to the economic downturn or are unable to work as they are sick.

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