The Full Pink Moon, the largest full moon of 2020, rises above the White House | April 7, 2020
As of yesterday, the Federal Small Business Administration has processed more than $70 billion in guaranteed loans for qualifying small businesses. More loans are being approved every hour. President Trump called on CEOs from America’s largest financial institutions to join him for a conference call yesterday. His message: Keep doing everything you can to support our nation’s small businesses during this pandemic.
To honor those we have lost to COVID-19, Governor Cuomo is directing all flags on state government buildings to be flown at half-staff. Every single New Yorker we have lost to this vicious virus is in our hearts. The flags will remain lowered while New York remains on PAUSE.
The Governor will issue an Executive Order to ensure New Yorkers can vote by absentee ballot in the June 23rd elections. The Governor previously issued an Executive Order to move the presidential primary election from April 28 to June 23rd, aligning it with the congressional and legislative primaries in New York.
The State Department of Labor will immediately make $600 in additional weekly unemployment benefits available to all New Yorkers. New York is also extending the period covered by unemployment benefits for another 13 weeks, for a total of 39 weeks. A reminder for those who have difficulty enrolling for UI: any claim you file will be backdated to the date you became unemployed. If you are eligible, you will be paid all benefits due.
Delta, JetBlue, Southwest and United are offering free travel to New York for COVID-19 medical workers. To date, more than 90,000 health professionals, including more than 25,000 out-of-state individuals, have signed up to serve as part of the state’s surge healthcare force during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We are grateful to these airlines for supporting our front line workers.
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The Dominican Sisters of Nashville, TN have an interesting description to explain what faith is, and are praying for everyone.