LAS CRUCES – Five weeks after COVID-19 prompted the shutdown of New York City, Amer Jandali sat in his Brooklyn apartment, gazing down on the city’s empty streets. It was April 28 — five days into Ramadan — and Amer, who is Muslim, was sipping tea and enjoying a post-fast snack of peanut butter and apples.

“It feels like a movie,” he said.