Coronavirus: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio says at least half a million New Yorkers will be unemployed

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a press conference about COVID-19 and the closing of K-12 public schools in New York City.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that early estimates of unemployment data shows at least half a million New Yorkers have or will lose their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced state and local officials to shutter businesses and schools across the state.

"It's staggering, we're only seeing the initial numbers, they will get worse unfortunately," de Blasio said, adding that a lot of people can't get even through to apply for unemployment. "Right now our early estimate is unfortunately at least a half million New Yorkers will end up unemployed, are already or soon will be," de Blasio said.

The coronavirus has infected more than 21,800 people in the city and has killed at least 281, de Blasio said. The city normally has 20,000 hospital beds but is going to need three times that amount by May, he said.and now account for more than half of all U.S. cases.

 

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Probably double that

Good thing they made amazon leave.

500k + 1

Who needs jobs when you have a printer? AuditTheFED

Vote this idiot out of office

Will be good for market. Market needs moar

Worst part is they elected two guys who have no clue how to create Jobs: Blasio and Cuomo 😉

Well, I mean, that's kind of the US and other countries temporarily

So a Blue State fails economically What a surprise.

UBI for all New Yorkers

Meanwhile, the stock market is surging on good news! 📈

UBI now

Help them move to NJ

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