A new study found immigrant New Yorkers living in the epicenter of the outbreak feel they are being excluded from accessing financial and medical help.

Paying rent among the biggest concerns for immigrant and minorities living in the New York City- metropolitan region during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the study released by immigrant advocacy group Make the Road New York.

Betsy MacLean, with the nonprofit Hester Street, says the report shows how the COVID-19 crisis is disproportionately impacting communities of color and low income.

"I think the data and the report makes very clear this is a crisis that has been long in the making," she says.

Make the Road New York is calling on the state to create a $3.5 billion emergency fund for excluded workers and for the federal government to amend the CARES Act and unemployment insurance to include workers regardless of their immigration status.

Last week Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended the state's moratorium on evictions through the end of August.