# New research from Professor Arpit Gupta examining the role of demographic differences in mobility in explaining disparities in COVID-19 outcomes in New York City is spotlighted

1 Faculty News May 15, 2020 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/15/upshot/who-left-new-york-coronavirus.html) -- "The first of these two estimates is from a working paper by [Arpit Gupta](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arpit-gupta) and Joshua Coven of New York University, who used smartphone location data to measure disparities and mobility patterns among New York City residents from March 2 to March 27."

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