Allegations of corruption, and indictments and guilty pleas swirling around city Hall Contracting the city family is plugging along with another enormous bond for this november, much of it which will go to d. P. W. The ethics budget is not an expense. Its an investment that pays dividends and in cost savings and honest government. Thank you very much. If you are joining by the webex Browser Extension, if you wish to raise your hand for this Public Comment and other Public Comments, you may do so by clicking on the raise hand icon. Its located in the participants panel on the lowerright corner. To access that panel, you can click on the navigation bar located in the video screen by clicking on the participants icon. I do not see any additional callers concerning Public Comment. Im going to close Public Comment first, i want to say in response to the Public Comment, to the first specificker who had substantive points of information concerning City Contracting i do hope that the whistlebl
Laborer jobs. Nowadays, gig work is associated with platforms. Apps. These are temporary jobs that you get through your phone. Host lets look at some of the numbers from the Labor Department to see the trajectory of an unemployment in the country as a result is what has happened with the pandemic. March 21, we had 3. 5 million jobless claims. The following week, 6. 8 million. The week ending april 4, 6. 6 million. Right now, we are approaching nearly 17 million americans claiming unemployment benefits. Guest thats right. Theres no doubt about it. This is a very serious economic crisis, stemming from this Major Public Health crisis. Host for those who are driving uber, working parttime, minimumwage jobs, what are the options for them . Well, as your previous speaker suggested, some companies are benefiting from this crisis. Companies such as amazon, instacart, uber drivers. Other companies are hurting. Theres a lot of variety in the gig economy. Some are doing well. Some jobs are openin
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If you are recently unemployed, 202 7488002. We begin with the numbers, courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. 1. 9 million confirmed cases. The death toll around the globe, 125,000. In the u. S. , 600,000 confirmed cases. The death toll has now exceeded 25,000. This is a piece from the wall street journal that is focused on the pandemic. The headline is, Coronavirus Crisis legacy mountains of debt. He writes the following. The full impact of the coronavirus pandemic may take years to play out. One outcome is already clear. , andnment, business households will be loaded with mountains of Additional Debt. The federal government budget deficit will reach 3. 6 trillion in this fiscal year. 2. 4 trillion the year after that. Businesses are drawing down Bank Credit Lines. Preliminary signs are emerging that some households are turning to credit for funds. The debt surge is set to shape how governments and the private sector function long after this virus is tamed. He joins us from his home i