Transportation Authority Meeting for today, november 17th, 2020. Our clerk is ms. Britney milton. Ms. Millton, can you please make any announcements and then call the roll. Clerk yes. I will call the roll and then follow it up with my Public Comment announcement. Commissioner. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor fewer present. Clerk commissioner present. Absent. Commissioner mar . Mar absent. Commissioner peskin. Chair peskin present. Clerk commissioner preston. Supervisor preston present. Clerk commissioner ronen. Supervisor ronen present. Clerk commissioner safai. Supervisor safai present. Clerk commissioner stefani. Supervisor stefani present. Clerk commissioner walton . Supervisor walton present. Clerk commissioner yee. Supervisor yee present. Clerk im sorry . Ill now make an announcement oh, thank you. Commissioner haney present. I will now make an announcement about Public Comment. Public comment will be available for each item on the this agenda, via telephone by calling 415 655000 41
Possibly be given the truly crazy world in which we live at the moment. Im scott henkel, im the director of wyoming institute for Humanities Research and im so happy to welcome you to tonights think and drink. The topic of which is, pandemics in historical perspective. So, im so happy to introduce dr. Melissa morris, who is assistant professor of history and american studies here at the university of wyoming and a member of the Humanities Research institutes steering committee, who will be our moderator tonight and who will introduce our speakers. So, please, welcome. Thank you, scott. Thank you to all of our panelists for agreeing to participate, who i know are in later time zones. So, thank you for sticking with us. And, of course, to all of you out there tuning in in some form or another. Im just going to do a brief introduction to our panelists and then ill let them each talk for a couple of minutes more about how their work intersects with our theme tonight. First we have Michael
Year. Just this week then your Governor Andrew Cuomo defended his mandates. This Holiday Season is the problem, this is not a political issue, this is not a normal thanksgiving, keep your children home, close businesses, stay home, stay home, stay home. Gerry i think you got that message loud and clear, many businesses the next few weeks are usually crucial for the ability to thrive or survive, we spend a disproportionate amount of our income on this. Every year, but its coming at a time when the coronavirus maybe hitting the maximum spread and a few months before the widespread availability of vaccinations. Companies especially small firms that have been entered badly damage now face potentially exponential threat, we will take a detailed look on how the pandemic and the lockdown has affected key sectors of the economy and what future there might be when this is all over. Consumer spending accounts for more than two thirds of total Economic Activity in the u. S. And its been hit hard
It is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 6 00 p. M. In london. Im kailey leinz. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets. Here are the top stories we are following. Progress for a vaccine. Clearance requesting for its vaccine in the u. S. And europe today after a new analysis showed it to be highly effective in preventing covid19. We will have the latest. Talksk mentioned, opec have ended today without a deal. The conversation will be picked up tomorrow, but we will explore what it means for the cartel. General motors will not take an initial stake in the electric Vehicle Company nicola, which announced today it will go to one of its electric vehicles, a pickup to be called the badger. Lets get a quick check on the markets. We are on the last trading day of the best month for Global Equities since november, but we look set to end the month of november on a softer note. The s p 500 right now down 0. 6 . It was the fourth consecutive monday of positive vaccine data, but the good news not having the effect it d
Secretary this week, sharing a bleak Economic Outlook if the u. S. Fails to act. Listen. Its an american tragedy, and its essential to move with urgency. Inaction will produce a selfreinforcing downturn causing yet more devastation. David meanwhile, novembers Unemployment Rate comes down to 6. 7 . Thats good news. But the new job numbers were disappointing, signaling that the recovery is slowing a bit. And no wonder considering the determination of some local and state leaders to keep people from resuming normal life with draconian lockdown orders that call for even more restrictions. Listen. Regions where the icu capacitity is falling below 15 , we are now mandating that we are implementing a stayathow many order for three weeks. David the nations economic fate really hinging on the period of delivering the covid19 vaccine. But a slight setback there as well as pfizer admit es theyll be slashing their vaccine rollout target in half after a supply chain problem. More on that later in t