Moment of silence at #MTA board meeting for 83 employees who have died linked to #COVID19 - including 52 NYC transit workers, 30 NYCT bus workers & 1 Metro North employee #nbc4ny
#MTA president Pat Foye calling on Congress to approve federally funded hazard pay for transit workers #nbc4ny
MTA asking feds for an additional $3.9 billion in funding. Foye: "The present and future of the MTA are in serious jeopardy. The pandemic has driven ridership down precipitiously - decimating toll and fare revenue." #nbc4ny
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Gov Cuomo announcing a "NYC stabilization and recovery plan"
On schools:
>Schools MUST report data to state
Cuomo: "If a school is not safe...I will not allow it to operate. Period" #nbc4ny
On crime:
>Jurisdictions must resolve police/community issues and redesign public safety or NO state funding
>Gov Cuomo says NYC has yet to begin police redesign
Cuomo: "There is a crime problem...we have to address it"
On the economy:
>NYS & NYC will not pay
Gov Cuomo again blames the federal government for economic downturn
Cuomo: "It's Donald Trump's deficit ... he has to fix it" #nbc4ny
BREAKING: NYC setting up checkpoints at entry points to the city - including bridges and tunnels to limit the spread of #COVID19 from out-of-state travelers #nbc4ny
Mayor de Blasio says checkpoint effort is to remind travelers from 35 states with high #COVID19 cases about mandatory 14 day quarantine #nbc4ny
List of 35 states ... where travelers must quarantine upon arrival in #NYC#nbc4ny
NYC Mayor ... discussing plans for 2020-2021 school year ... says parent survey shows 75% want their kids back in school "and that's what we're going to do" #nbc4ny
Mayor de Blasio says threshold for reopening/closing schools is 3% over 7 day average ... NYC has been below that threshold for 6+ weeks going back to 6/10 #nbc4ny
NYC asking teachers and staff to get #COVID19 tests in days leading up to school ... and at least once a month during the school year #nbc4ny