dramatically the testing capabilities. we want to make between 200,000,500 million tests per month available. and you heard what the president said about getting free testing or reimbursable testing. but we really got to get even more than we are doing right now. we have to flood the system with tests so anybody can have a test available when they want it. we re going in that direction rapidly. hopefully we ll get there soon. finally, the question on masks. in new york state, the governor is put into place a mask ordinance for certain institutions outside, you know, in areas that don t require them. what is your recommendation about masking in public places?
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testimony as well. we ve heard from recently assembly member austin davidson that there was a lot of testimony in support of a mask ordinance through written testimony. through written testimony. interesting. yes. i didn t mean to cut you off there. i m sorry. let me just ask you one last procedural question. as i mentioned the anchorage assembly did pass this mask ordinance by a 9-1 vote. then the mayor came in and vetoed it. he said immediately he would veto it and he did. as far as i understand the assembly is meeting tonight to try to override that veto which effectively would put the ordinance back in place. do you expect they will do that? i do expect they will do that. that meeting is actually happening tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. because they only need eight votes to override his veto with the super majority and the ordinance passed with nine votes
however, i do know and i have heard from many residents who have said they don t want to show up to assembly meetings because they don t feel safe. that is for a large part just due to covid. you know, they don t want to put themselves in a space, in close space where people aren t wearing masks. but also, some of the behavior in the assembly meetings has been a deterrent for people showing up to testify in person. however, a lot of people have testified via written or phone testimony as well. we ve heard recently from assembly member austin davidson that there was a lot of testimony in support of a mask ordinance through written testimony. through written testimony. interesting. yes. i didn t mean to cut you off there. i m sorry. that s okay.