WHEREAS, during the pandemic, the Department of Transportation was authorized by Emergency Executive Order No. WHEREAS, the Open Restaurants program saved 100,000 jobs and kept many food establishments viable during the pandemic, and continues to aid restaurants as they recover from the deleterious economic effects of the COVID-19 restrictions on social gatherings and WHEREAS, according to the Comptroller’s June 2023 Economic and Fiscal Outlook, more jobs in the accommodation and food services, construction, arts and entertainment, and retail industries were eliminated by the COVID-19 pandemic than in other industries, and employment in those industries has been slower to recover than in other industries and has not returned to pre-pandemic levels and WHEREAS, 53% of New York residents are rent burdened, meaning they pay more than 30% of their monthly income on rent and utilities, and 32% are severely rent burdened, meaning they pay more than 50% of their monthly income on rent and utilities and WHEREAS, the City’s office occupancy rate is approximately 48% of the pre-pandemic rate, and the City’s subway ridership is at 70% of pre-pandemic levels and WHEREAS, as of June 2023, the City’s unemployment rate is 5.4%, higher than the national rate of 3.7%, and higher than City’s unemployment rate of 4.3% in February 2020 and WHEREAS, although the City, state, and federal governments have rescinded various public health-related measures responding to COVID-19, the City has yet to fully recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and 25, dated Februand the “Key to NYC” program, which was ended in accordance with Emergency Executive Order No. WHEREAS, the City has ended public health-related measures that had been ordered to address the COVID-19 emergency, including the requirement for prospective City employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, which was rescinded by Executive Order No. WHEREAS, the federal COVID-19 public health emergency declaration ended on May 11, 2023, and the New York state disaster emergency for COVID-19 ended on Septemand ![]() 411, dated May 20, 2023, and expired on Jand 98, dated March 12, 2020, and extended most recently by Emergency Executive Order No. ![]() WHEREAS, a state of emergency to address the economic and health threats and impacts of COVID-19 in the City of New York was first declared in Emergency Executive Order No.
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