Mayoral Update

During the Mayor’s press conference he announced,

• The City will make the Open Restaurants initiative permanent and year-round.

Governor’s Update

During the Governor’s press conference he announced,

• New York State will create an independent Clinical Advisory Task Force of leading scientists, doctors, and health experts who will review every vaccine authorized by the Federal government.
• His plans to appoint a committee for a Vaccine Plan, which will include plans for prioritizing administration based on clinical guidance, a distribution network, qualified administration, data and IT infrastructure, public education, and vaccine procurement.

Mayoral Update

During the Mayor’s press conference he announced,

• The foundation of the City’s recovery agenda, which will hinge on four key principles:
  • Continue the City’s momentum in fighting back COVID-19
  • Make the City a hub for public health research
  • Create high-quality jobs
  • Continue making New York the fairest city in America
• A Citywide rapid testing program, in partnership with the Alexandria Center for Life Science, which begins today with a rapid testing design competition, with a goal to find a test that costs between $5 and $10 and yields results in less than 20 minutes.

Mayoral Update

During the Mayor’s press conference he announced,

• An additional 9,000 City employees will be required to take five furlough days between October 1 through the end of March, saving the City over $21 million.

Mayoral Update

During the Mayor’s press conference he announced,

• The Brooklyn Municipal Building will be renamed in honor of the late Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
• There will be an expanded focus on certain communities where the City has seen an uptick in cases, including Kew Gardens, Borough Park, Midwood, Far Rockaway, Flatbush, and Williamsburg.

Governor’s Update

During the Governor’s press conference he announced,

• An Executive Order extending the moratorium on commercial evictions until October 20.

Mayoral Update

During the Mayor’s press conference he announced,

• Up to 90,000 students are expected to return to classrooms for in-person instruction on September 21 at 734 schools serving District 75 and early childhood students.
• A new set of initiatives for young men of color, called Mentors Matter, which includes
  • A program called One Hundred Black Men, which will provide 750 Black and brown male students with mentoring, educational enrichment, exposure to career opportunities, and scholarships.
  • An expansion of CUNY Tutor Corps, which will support 3,600 additional students with academic tutoring and peer mentoring.
  • The Community Crisis Response will provide $500,000 grants to Community Based Organizations that offer tutoring, mentoring, and social emotional support.

Mayoral Update

During the Mayor’s press conference he announced,

• An updated in-person school reopening schedule:
  • September 21: 3-K, Pre-K, and District 75 schools will be open;
  • September 29: K-5 and K-8 schools will open;
  • October 1: Middle and High schools, Secondary Schools, Transfer/Adult Education will open.
• 2,500 additional educators will be hired, bringing the total to 4,500 additional educators Citywide.

Governor’s Update

During the Governor’s press conference he announced,

• That old Wells Fargo train cars will be dropped into Hempstead Reef off Point Lookout near Jones Beach in Long Island to create a new artificial reef to aid the tourism industry and help with quality of life.

Mayoral Update

During the Mayor’s press conference he announced,

• That every Mayor’s office employee, nearly 500 in total, will take five furlough days between October 1 and the end of March.

Mayoral Update

During the Mayor’s press conference he announced,

• A Citywide ad campaign called “Get Your Flu Shot” which will provide information on the flu vaccine on subways, buses, shelters, neighborhood businesses, ferries, and more.
• The latest estimate from the Test and Trace Corps is that testing and tracing has prevented up to 15,000 COVID-19 cases. Test and Trace Corps will be beginning hyperlocal response efforts in Southeast Queens.

Mayoral Update

During the Mayor’s press conference he announced,

• A new DOE COVID Response Situation Room that will include the DOE, Test and Trace, and DOH-MH staff, and provide daily reporting on the latest positive cases in school communities.
  • The Situation Room will take all calls from principals, as made possible by the new dedicated hotline, and will be available six days a week.
• The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will not be held live or in-person, but will be streamed online and aired on television.