In the last few days, Governor Cuomo has ordered a broad swath of businesses to either close, or operate under major restrictions. Gyms and theaters are shuttered, while bars and restaurants can only serve take-out or delivery orders.

Harlem resident Portia Green, 33, was just fired from her bartending job at a catering company. She's worried about how long this will last, because her fiancee was already on unemployment, and she has two daughters to care for.

"Like, for a month, for maybe even two, we could handle that and be okay," Green said. "But time is ticking."

Paul Morse, 29, has been working full-time as a personal trainer at a New York Sports Club in Midtown. He expected that gyms would be shut down at some point, but he was shocked when his manager texted him to say they were all getting laid off.

"There wasn't a single person who kept their job in our gym," said Morse.

New York Sports Club's parent company, Town Sports International, has not yet responded to a request for comment.

While trainers, bartenders, and servers are the faces of their industries, many people who work in kitchens or as delivery workers are afraid they're next on the chopping block, especially because many of them are undocumented. Lorenzo Pizzoli, 38, manages an Italian restaurant at South Street Seaport. He says many of the workers he knows are already struggling to get by.

"They get the pay check, they exchange it for cash and they do the money order back to Mexico," said Pizzoli. "They keep whatever they need to survive for the week."

The New York State legislature is waiving the week-long waiting period for people to apply for unemployment benefits.