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Livestream: Monday, May 18: Senate & Assembly Joint Hearing—Exploring Solutions to the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Minority Communities
May 13, 2020
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ISSUE:
- Coronavirus
- COVID-19
- Small Business
- NYS
- Economic
![Hearing May 18, 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/hearing_may_18_2020.png?itok=4XVZuzp4)
Joint – Senate Standing Committee on Cities
Chair: Senator Robert Jackson,
Senate Standing Committee on Health
Chair: Senator Gustavo Rivera
Senate Standing Committee on Labor
Chair: Senator Jessica Ramos
Senate Standing Committee on Local Government
Chair: Senator James Gaughran
Senate Standing Committee on Women's Issues
Chair: Senator Julia Salazar
Assembly Standing Committee on Cities
Chair: Assembly Member Edward Braunstein
Assembly Standing Committee on Health
Chair: Assembly Member Richard Gottfried
Assembly Standing Committee on Labor
Chair: Assembly Member Marcos Crespo
Assembly Standing Committee on Local Governments
Chair: Assembly Member Fred Thiele, Jr.,
Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus
Chair: Assembly Member Tremaine Wright,
Task Force on Asian – Pacific Americans
Chair: Assembly Member Ron Kim
Task Force on Puerto Rican/Hispanic Americans
Chair: Assembly Member Maritza Davila
Task Force on Women's Issues
Chair: Assembly Member Aravella Simotas,
Public Hearing: Exploring solutions to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on minority communities.
Place: Online: https://www.nysenate.gov/events;
https://www.nyassembly.gov/av/live/
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Contact: Chris Alexander (518) 455-2710; Matthew Shore, (518) 455-4363
Media Contact: Assembly Press Office (518) 455-3888
Senate Majority Press Office (518) 455-2415
ORAL TESTIMONY BY INVITATION ONLY
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SUBJECT: Exploring solutions to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on minority communities.
PURPOSE: To seek recommendations on how to approach and mitigate the disproportionate adverse impacts of COVID-19 on minority communities, which may include disparate impacts to industries, services and local governments and institutions including the surrounding health care system, through enhanced federal funding and appropriate policy initiatives.
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