evidence: The New York City Board of Health has declared racism a public health crisis and issued guidelines to achieve a more "racially just" recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. [...] The Board of Health oversees the health code enforced by the health department, which released a statement declaring racism a public health crisis on June 8, 2020. [...] The American Public Health Association reported that from 2019 to October 2020, about 70 cities, three dozen counties and three states declared racism a public health crisis.