Nasdaq. Now, here are the negative for stocks today. Dr. Fauci suggesting a lockdown christmas. Why . With all the traveling and celebrating we did over thanksgiving, its expected to produce a new round of infections that will in turn require a new round of restrictions. Well have more on this throughout the show. I get the impression were being treated like children, punished for celebrating our national holiday, but dont get me started. One more item. The biden team takes shape, very similar to the Obama Biden Team that left Washington Four years ago. Neera tanden could go to the budget office, Jared Bernstein expected to become a president ial adviser, he was Vice President bidens chief economist, and back to the future . Sure looks like it, doesnt it . On the show today, the priceline ceo offering deals to get people back to travel. The waffle house ceo, hes pounding the table, keep dining rooms open, hes pleading. And mrs. Fields cookies, their ceo somehow has to replace the reven
And safety standard right now we have to raise that up even higher to be able to bring our schools back. But thats exactly will be intend to do. We are going to have to focus even more on testing. And i want to emphasize, testing is going to be crucial to the successful reopening of our schools. And everyone has got to get engaged even more on testing. I guarantee that that plan will have a heavier emphasis on testing and therefore i want to say to everyone in the School Communities started with parents and continue to get the testing consent forms in even as we are in the moment of pause. We need to get ready to come back. We need testing regime. He has laid out the additional measures, the state will likely be taking place very soon. Additional restrictions across the board that will affect a number of different industries, a number of different parts of life in the city because were arguing the different problem all over new york city and state. All over the country and region. We h
Then pound, and pound again. You will hear the meeting but be in listening mode only. When your item is called, press star, three to enter the queue. Thank you, so welcome, everyone, to this regular meeting of the our city, our home Oversight Committee. It is november 17, and we will call the roll. [roll call] we will move into item 2. Do we have any Public Comment on this item . Clerk members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item call 4156550001, enter meeting access code 1462611651, press pound, and pound again. Press star, three to enter the queue for Public Comment. Please start speaking when the system indicates you are unmuted, and you will have three minutes. There are no Public Comment. Okay. And i just wanted to say we will have two hours today, so we wanted to be realistic with our agenda, and i know there was a lot of interest in looking at our bylaws, our procedures, and then talking some more about Decision Making criteria, so i just wanted to expla
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We have a Stringent Health and safety standard right now. We will have to raise that higher to be able to bring our schools back, and that is what we intend to do. We will have to focus more on testing. I want to emphasize testing is going to be crucial to the successful reopening of our schools. And everyone has to get engaged even more in testing. I guarantee you part of the plan will be an even heavier emphasis on testing, and therefore want to say to everybody in the stool School Communities we need to get the testing consent forms in this moment of pause. We need to get ready to come back and get the consent forms and so we can get into an even deeper testing regime. The state, the governor and i spoke. Some of the additional measures were laid out that the state will be taking quite soon in new york city. Across the board that will affect a number of different industries, different parts of life of this city, because we are dealing with a bigger problem all over new york city and