COVID-19 update: Public-private for PPE: Groups team up to produce 400,000 hospital gowns for front line workers
On the front lines of the war on COVID-19, there are many civilian heroes going out of their way, as volunteers and contributors. Also, many who are elected to serve are going the extra mile. In this column the Eagle hopes to give our readers an ongoing update on those fighting in the front lines.
As New York City’s health care heroes fight COVID-19 despite a shortage of personal protective equipment, Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a public-private partnership with the White House, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, and Owens-Minor, a healthcare logistics company, to provide New York City with one million square yards of American-made medical gown fabric. This supply will allow local New York City manufacturers to produce up to 400,000 hospital gowns for frontline health care workers. “Our healthcare workers are heroes on the front line – we must use every tool we’ve got to ensure their safety,” said de Blasio. “That means relying on New Yorkers’ resilience, ingenuity, and manufacturing prowess to create a self-sufficient supply of the resources they need to get through this crisis.”
Councilmember Farah N. Louis and Councilmember Mark Gjonaj have introduced a food safety bill that would require third-party food delivery services and food service establishments to display their sanitary inspection letter grades online. “With more customers ordering online or through mobile apps, food safety must always remain a top priority,” said Councilmember Farah N. Louis. “We cannot continue this two-tier system that creates a loophole for eateries, endangers public health, while depriving paying customers of critical safety information to protect themselves.”
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View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.