Mayor de blasio all right. It is a very Beautiful Day today. It is a Beautiful Day for this city. This is a powerful day. Day 100 of the coronavirus crisis, and it is the day that we start to liberate ourselves from this disease. The day we move forward with phase one of the restart, it against in new york city. Begins in new york city. All new yorkers should be proud that you got us to this day. This was a lot of hard work. Everyone who stayed home, everyone who socially distance and put on face coverings, you got us to this day, a date to celebrate hundreds of thousands of new yorkers coming back to work today. Just the beginning of the restart. Of everyerally because single new yorker worked so hard to get us here. We have been the epicenter of this crisis. This is the place where it was going to be the hardest to make a comeback, yet new york city is so strong and resilient. We are making that come back. We will always remember the heroes of this crisis. The first responders, healt
A 2nd way. In march this graphic shots around the world flattening the curve is all about slowing the Coronavirus Infection rate to avoid crippling a countrys health care system. So far in germany seems to have worked in other countries have had a harder time and what happens next experts say 3 possible scenarios one suggests there might be a 2nd and possibly a 3rd wave of infections similar in intensity to the 1st the 2nd predicts another far worse wave around 6 to 9 months after the initial one like with the spanish flu of 1900 and the surge anticipates a series of smaller waves with the worst behind us. South korea dealt well with the 1st wave of infection since death ray. With comparatively now the infection rate is rising again. Is a Satellite Town near so. In the Municipal Library building a walk in clinic has been set up it should help to prevent or curtail any 2nd wave of covert 19 part of the City Health Department says the key policy goal is swift action to halt the spread of
Impact of the coronavirus on workers and the steps the federal government can take to better protect these workers. The coronavirus pandemic has already killed more than 90,000 americans, more deaths than any other nation. Throughout this crisis, our nations essential workers have continued to serve their communities at Great Potential risk to themselves and their families. They are the true heroes of this crisis. I am deeply honored that several of these heroes have joined us today. These heroes treat patients who are sick with the virus and comfort the families of those who have lost loved ones. They respond to emergency calls and keep our communities safe. They stock our grocery and drugstore shelves. They keep our transit systems running, and they clean our hospitals and offices to prevent the virus from spreading further. Tens of thousands of essential workers have been infected with the virus, and many have lost their lives. Im particularly concerned that many essential workers s
Big tech is seen as a haven and growth play because they continue see demand for their products and services and have sheet to write out this disruption. Havens are in favor. You can see 68 basis points. The dollar edges higher for the fourth day in five. Indexes are coming off their lows. There is still a lot of trading day to go, but by the dip but buy the dip seems to be in effect. David another narrative we have been seeing is a divergence between mason street and wall street between main street and wall street. When will we see something that might help main street . Scarlet that will be critical this week, especially with jay powell speaking to congress. That will be a big issue, especially since you see data like interim manufacturing come in better than expected. We also get retail sales as well as Industrial Production on tuesday. Housing starts on wednesday. Housing has been doing very well in this economy as Mortgage Rates have come down and a lot of people are looking to re
My prayers go out to the floyd family and the other families of a long list of other victims and loved ones. I stand in solidarity with all those who have peacefully patriotically challenging the status quo. Are about the treatment of africanamericans at the hands of police. They are also about the systemic racial inequities that have festered in our society for years. They are now magnified by the coronavirus that we are here to talk about. Inequity is particularly stark in health bare by has been laid this pandemic. Latinos,mericans, native americans, and other people of color have tested positive, been hospitalized, and died from covid19 at alarming rates. , african are dying at a rate that is double what would be expected given their share of the population. Infectedhat have been ina disproportionate rate every state that report these data. And native americans, who represent just 4 of the are 21 ofin arizona the coronavirus deaths in that state. Subcommittees briefing, we heard fr