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rinselberg
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APR 28, 03:47 PM
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Cuomo pointed to a number (46,000) for Construction and Manufacturing jobs in or close to New York City. I guess that was BV? Before Virus?
Whatever.
It's probably more important that, just the other day, Cuomo included a line from Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in his daily briefing. He rendered the quotation, if memory serves me, thusly:
| quote | | When the freedom they wanted the most was freedom from responsibility, they ceased to be free. |
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I thought that was a reference to the Romans, but I just checked it out. It was the Athenians.
Probably.
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maryjane
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APR 28, 04:16 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
Cuomo pointed to a number (46,000) for Construction and Manufacturing jobs in or close to New York City. I guess that was BV? Before Virus?
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Pointed to it in what way?
46,000 jobs total? 46,000 jobs lost?
In what context was he using it?
Where did that number come from?
The BoL stats show that NY State had 437,300 working in manufacturing in Dec '19, 437,900 in January 2020, 438,800 in Feb, 437,600 working in the same sector in Mar 2020. I suspect it did drop in April, but still an insignificant stat without any context associated with it.
Year to year shows only -0.8% change.
No worse for NYC itself:
| quote | | The city’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in March 2020, an increase of 1.0 percent from February and an uptick of 0.1 percent from March 2019. |
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https://www.labor.ny.gov/stats/nyc/[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 04-28-2020).]
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rinselberg
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APR 28, 04:29 PM
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Well... I'd have to review the briefing. I guess it's on YouTube or somewhere online.
Since someone (maryjane) is showing interest, I may just do that. Later today. Not right now.
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rinselberg
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APR 29, 11:18 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
46,000 jobs total? 46,000 jobs lost? In what context was he using it? Where did that number come from? |
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That was from Governor Cuomo's COVID-19 Briefing of Tuesday, April 28, and I found a transcript. This is the moment when he enumerated that number:
| quote | | Today we’re announcing an advisory board that is made up of statewide business leaders, academic leaders, civic leaders who’s advising us on just this, and they have been for weeks, and I want to thank them very much. Manufacturing [and] construction as the first phase businesses, that’s 46,000 jobs in a place like central New York. So, it’s a major employer. And, these are businesses that can adapt to the new normal, in terms of their employees, in terms of the places of business, and in terms of the processes that they put in place. |
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I read him as saying that as New York State proceeds with its Phase One level of reopening the economy, he "sees" 46,000 people going back to work--or in some cases (I guess) landing a job but maybe not returning to the same work that they had before the shutdown. But 46,000 people working in the Manufacturing and Construction sector during Phase One. Whether that's 46,000 total, or 46,000 additional and above some number of people in this sector that are already working now because they are Essential and were not stopped by the shutdown... can't say. I guess it's kind of a moot point, or a distinction without a difference, or a diff...
And "central New York"..? I guess that's New York City and some of the surrounding area.
Is there a "Cuomo Whisperer" in the house?[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 04-29-2020).]
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Hudini
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MAY 04, 11:07 AM
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Where are you MJ? Haven't checked in lately.
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MidEngineManiac
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MAY 04, 11:45 AM
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williegoat
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MAY 04, 12:36 PM
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MidEngineManiac
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MAY 04, 02:45 PM
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williegoat
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MAY 04, 02:51 PM
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I've been to Harbor Freight. Have you seen the tools they make? I ain't afraid of the Chinese military.
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LitebulbwithaFiero
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MAY 04, 03:50 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
I've been to Harbor Freight. Have you seen the tools they make? I ain't afraid of the Chinese military. |
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When is the last time you went? They are getting better....
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