NEW YORK (AP) — The $3 trillion aid package proposed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is exactly what New York, other states and cities need to revive their economies that have been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.
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“Right now, if we don’t get a massive infusion of federal support, we cannot go through this recovery,” the Democratic mayor said on CNN’s “New Day.” “We cannot get our city back on its feet because we won’t be able to pay for the basics.”
The coronavirus aid package proposed Tuesday by Pelosi includes $1 trillion for states and cities, “hazard pay” for essential workers and a new round of payments to individuals. The Democrat-controlled House is expected to vote on the package as soon as Friday, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said the Republican-controlled Senate will wait until after Memorial Day to consider options.
De Blasio said the House proposal “would actually allow New York City and New York state, cities and states everywhere, blue states, red states, everyone to get back on their feet.”
The mayor has said that New York City, the epicenter of the virus in the United States, has lost more than $7 billion in revenue because of the two-month coronavirus lockdown.
DeBlassio, what you need is to get the city back on their feet. letpeople go back to work and you won’t be so strapped.
You also need to end this nonsense about rent forgiveness. What does this 12 month grace mean? Say a tenenat doesn’t pay for 12 months. What happens after the 12 months will they all of a sudden have money then to pay back pay of 12 months? So its a rent free giveaway. how wiil landlords pay mortgages and your real estate tax?
And just to point out the utter stupidity, aren’t the tenants getting unemployment with an additional $600? Not only that but they now get extra food stamps and they save on commuting to work costs and day care costs. Yes we have a stupid govt who just dishes out money with no brains. but lets not kid ourselves these tennnats have more money than ever. So why the heck can’t they pay their rent? What kind of nonsense is this?