It's #AskTheMayor now on @BrianLehrer
Got a Q for @NYCMayor? Use the hashtag!
The mayor kicks things off by commending Brian for 31 years on @WNYC
And here comes news on outdoor dining. The city will expand it permanently and allow heating elements including propane, according to an early version of the release obtained by the WSJ
Here's a call from a man in Bay Ridge asking about the continued closure of small venues like comedy clubs that serve food and drink, which he says have been denied conversations with @nycnightlifegov
"We want to make a living as well, your honor. How do we do that?," David in Bay Ridge asks @NYCMayor
More on outdoor dining -- propane heaters will be restricted to sidewalk dining while electric can be used on sidewalk and in the street, according to the release
The mayor says he supports these businesses reopening but it requires cooperation from the state
.@BrianLehrer asks if there are enough Yiddish-speaking contact tracers in communities with higher cases of covid-19, which mayor says they do
next caller is asking for some Covid-19 data to be made public, but most of it already is: www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid…
should point out the data became available after many reporters kept asking for it ...
CC Liz on @BrianLehrer, here is graph/chart of zip codes with highest percentage of positive test rates (also a map) www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid…
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