Mayors representing some of the country’s emerging hotspots for the coronavirus are leaning on one another — not the federal government — as they struggle to prevent their cities from becoming the next New York
Mayors representing some of the country’s emerging hot spots for the coronavirus are leaning on one another — not the federal government — as they struggle to prevent their cities from becoming the next New York.
“We have taken a lot of steps not knowing what the federal government would do but assuming we would have to go it alone,” she told POLITICO. “Hopefully all of the things that they claim will be coming to cities and to our communities will come to pass. But my posture has been we’ll assume that nothing is coming and that we will have to do this in the way that’s appropriate for our community.”
“For as many mayors as I’ve reached out to for guidance and assistance, I’ve had as many reach out to me,” she said. “The Covid-19 outbreak has created a tragedy within a tragedy: Compromising the way our residents prepare their deceased love ones to be laid to rest, and share in their grief the way we’re accustomed to. And it won't get any easier,” Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a statement Tuesday.
“It all started with the mayor of Seattle. She was on our first call,” said Tom Cochran, CEO and executive director of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. “The mayor of Seattle is saying, ‘Let me tell you what I did wrong and what I should’ve done, and when this hits you, you should do the following.’ You’ve got this incredible group of people that are living with this, and they just wanna ask how the other mayors are doing it.
At the same time, Trump and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force claim to have marshaled an unprecedented effort to channel medical supplies to the areas that need them most. But some leaders of high-risk cities say they still do not have some of the equipment they need in the event of a surge in cases.
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