The office towers in Manhattan are orphaned – those who can work at home. Around 850,000 New Yorkers have registered as unemployed since mid-March. And not only those are wondering when the return to a post-corona period can begin:
“We have been telling New Yorkers for weeks that we as a city have three indicators that we can use to determine when we can relax regulations. And the state has seven requirements that must be met. Development is in the right direction, but that’s not enough. ” Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City
Strict New York State Rules
So far, only a few rural areas have met the strict New York State rules. For example, that on average no more than two out of 100,000 residents come to the hospital per day, a certain number of emergency beds in the clinics are free and enough corona tests are carried out. These are high hurdles for the metropolis of New York City.
Because before June you will not be able to meet all the requirements, so de Blasio. In mid-June one could perhaps start easing. “The state has already set a framework,” explains de Blasio. “I will now try to fill this framework in the coming weeks so that New Yorkers know what an opening might look like when we are ready.”
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Missing coordination – contradicting specifications
De Blasio’s problem: Governor Cuomo has not coordinated his timetable with the city. In some cases, the specifications even contradict each other. Even in the Corona crisis, the two men are warmly disliked. Whereby Cuomo always sits on the longer lever. While the first regions in the north and in the middle of the state have already begun to open, the mayor of New York City is left with only perseverance slogans:
“I want to get us safely through the summer – perhaps with a few easing. The decisive factor then is whether we can then open the schools as usual. That would be a good start because then the summer break ends anyway and everyone shifts up a gear.” Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City
No help from Washington
Until then, most New Yorkers will have to hold on somehow. Because most of them cannot work full-time again without childcare. And the narrow unemployment benefits are barely enough to pay the horrific rents. Meanwhile, the city is also on the brink of bankruptcy: hardly any tax revenues and no tourism. New York City is already missing $ 7 billion. But US President Trump is not even thinking about helping his hometown – despite repeated appeals from the mayor:
“I don’t know what some people in Washington are thinking. We are the epicenter of the crisis. We are also playing a key role in rebuilding the economy of the entire country. If we can’t get back on our feet quickly and meet our commitments, then we will If not only New York City, then the whole country will not be able to recover from this crisis so quickly. ” Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City
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