Issues and why small businesses are are so important in that the regulatory assault that is being waged before the pandemic and during the pandemic. Its its harming small business which is going to kind of lead to a less prosperous future and and i guess with that i would love to kind of just to dive in and start discussing. What whats wrong . Why are we harming . What is really the heart of our economy . And so i guess carol like to start talking about you know, why is this in your opinion . Why was this such an important topic for us to to get into its interesting when i talk to people about how many big businesses versus small businesses. Theyre on this country. Most people dont have a really good sense of the scope. They think there are millions of big businesses and the sort of like niche of small business, but its actually the reverse we have somewhere between 10 and 15,000 large businesses in this country and before covid we had 30. 2 million small businesses six million of whic
Chair haney this is the june 16, 2021 meeting of the Budget And Appropriations meeting. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes, mr. Chair. Members of the committee will participate via Video Conference to the same extent as if they were personally present. Each perwill be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunity to speak during public Comment Comment are available by calling 4156550001, meeting i. D. 1461443843, then Press Pound twice. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions but muted and in listening mode only. When you hear your item call, press star, three. Best practices are to call from a quiet location and speak slowly and clearly. If you submit public comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and will be included as part of the official file. Written comments may be sent via u. S. Postal service to 1 dr. Carlton b. Goodlett place, room 204, San Francisco, california, 94102. I will now ask our interpreters to provide thi
Clerk thank you, mr. Chair. This concludes our announcements. Chair haney thank you. Can you please call items 1 and 2 together. Clerk Budget And Appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and all estimated expenditures for departments of the City And County as of june 1, 2021 for the fiscal years ending june 30, 2020 and june 30, 2023. Item 2, annual Salary Ordinance enumerating positions in the annual Budget And Appropriation ordinance for the fiscal years ending june 30, 2022 and june 30, 2023. Chair haney first up is the department of public health, and i apologize. I have a Fire Drill not an actual fire, dont worry, so were going to start with the department of public health. Welcome. Good morning, Chair Haney and other committee members. Grant colfax, department of public health. Weve been requested to limit our presentation of the ask to the Budget And Appropriations committee. So this is our 2. 8 million budget and represented in key areas across the departmen
Spectrum 8 Theatres, owned by Landmark, a national chain that operates smaller cinemas, is set to close. The theater s final screening is set for Feb. 22, the Times Union first reported.
Schenectady will have one less place to get soups and sandwiches at the end of the week, as Bountiful Bread closes its State Street dining area on Friday.