STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Uber is providing free meals and rides to the brave healthcare workers keeping us healthy during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

On Thursday, Uber and the Mayors Fund to Advance New York City announced that they had partnered to provide $750,000 worth of free meals and rides to nearly 6,000 residents and fellows across the NYC Health + Hospitals system.

On behalf of our amazing, brave workforce, we would like to thank Uber and the Mayors Fund to Advance NYC for coming together to deliver much needed free rides to our essential employees providing lifesaving care at the peak of the pandemic, said NYC Health + Hospital CEO and President Dr. Mitchell Katz.

Through the partnership, the NYC Health + Hospitals, in conjunction with the Mayors Fund, committed nearly $600,000 in meal credits, while Uber will supply $175,000 in free rides, with all meal credits and free rides provided directly to the healthcare workers.

As part of the program, all residents and fellows at the citys 11 public hospitals receive an Uber Eats for Business profile where they can expense up to $100 worth of meals to NYC Health + Hospitals.

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Uber has also donated $30 worth of free rides to all residents and fellows which can be used anywhere throughout the five boroughs.

New York Citys healthcare heroes have guided this city through some of its most difficult moments in recent memory, and they are still doing the tireless work of protecting New Yorkers day in and day out, said Toya Williford, executive director of the Mayors Fund to Advance New York City. It is an honor to partner with Uber and NYC H+H to show our appreciation for the ongoing sacrifices of our healthcare workers across the city with meals and rides.

This isnt Ubers first time donating meals and rides to New York Citys frontline workers. The company previously donated $750,000 in ride credits and nearly 15,000 meals to local healthcare workers and first responders.

In late April, Uber partnered with state Sen. Diane Savino (D-North Shore) to donate 5,000 free rides to Staten Island healthcare workers, providing $25 round-trip ride codes to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton and other organizations that represent doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals.

Our healthcare workers are heroes, and we are honored to partner with the Mayors Fund, and NYC Health + Hospitals, to help support their incredible efforts. We know there is more we can do, and we stand ready to support New York City, and New Yorkers, however we can, said Danielle Sheriden, head of U.S. operations for Uber.

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