Several other stars were featured in the benefit, including Jennifer Lopez, Robert De Niro, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Chris Rock, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sutton Foster, Rosie Perez, Jimmy Fallon, Salt-N-Pepa, Fab 5 Freddy, Trevor Noah, Danny Meyer, David Chang and Beastie Boys rappers Mike D and Ad-Rock.
"COVID-19 has been an unprecedented global event, but no place has been hit harder than New York," Fey said during the telethon. "Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are out of work and 2 million of our neighbors are now going hungry. We're going to honor this incredible city and show how we can rise up and help our neighbors in need."
New York is the epicenter of the pandemic, with at least 343,705 confirmed cases of the contagious respiratory virus and 27,284 related deaths as of Tuesday. Nationwide, there are more than 1.3 million cases.
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