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Speaker Corey Johnson, Members of the City Council’s Budget Negotiating Team & Leading Food Providers Propose $50 Million in Emergency State and City Funding to Aid Struggling Food Assistance Programs Amid COVID-19

Roughly 32% of emergency food programs have already closed in NYC due to the COVID-19 crisis – and many more are in danger of shutting Speaker Corey Johnson, Council Member Mark Treyger, Chair of the Council’s Education Committee, and members of the New York City Council’s Budget & Negotiations Team, along with the leaders of…

covid-19, Covid19, NewYork

COVID19: City Corporation encourages people to follow new Government instructions on parks

The City of London Corporation is closing all public facilities on its parks in line with new Government instructions on COVID-19. The organisation is maintaining public access to its green spaces for residents needing exercise and fresh air, benefitting physical and mental wellbeing. But it is warning the public to stop all non-essential use of…

covid-19, Covid19, London

Dublin City Council Partners With Alone To Help Older People

The organisation which supports older people is working with a number of partner organisations to align its support services for older people. Dublin City Council has announced a new partnership with ALONE to provide support and assistance to older people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with Pobal and the Dublin City Age Friendly Alliance, these…

covid-19, Covid19, Dublin

Retail calls on supermarket customers to wear face masks

In the Corona crisis, retailers in Berlin and Brandenburg are calling on supermarket customers to wear face masks when shopping. "The more people wear it voluntarily, the more they protect others," said Nils Busch-Petersen, the association's managing director. "We also appreciate a smile behind the mouthguard." According to him, there are still hamster purchases in…

Berlin, covid-19, Covid19

Municipalities benefit from Smart Waste Collection during Emergencies

In this article, Annmette Haugaard explains to us how Nordsense has improved smart waste management and how can it benefit municipalities. During this Covid-19 pandemic, this technology manages the waste collection system smartly and can help to mitigate the risk of sanitation employee exposure to medical and environmental risk. 1) How does smart waste management…

Covid19, SmartWasteCollection, SmartWasteManagement

Grupo Etra, free recharges to COVID19 heroes with electric vehicles

Through its GIC company, with the taxi drivers, delivery people, health personnel who are contributing their grain of sand against the pandemic GRUPOETRA, market leader in the installation and management of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, has decided, through its company GIC, to offer free recharging of electric vehicles for users who are helping to overcome…

Covid19, smartcities, smartmobility, sustainablecities

TOMI shares Coronavirus prevention measures and disables interactivity

Works as a means of communicating Coronavirus prevention measures, and provides last-minute alerts The interactive smart cities' device TOMI, present in about 100 cities in Portugal, Brazil and Chile has implemented a feature to help raise awareness of the Coronavirus using its DOOH capabilities, in order to deliver updated and reliable information, made available by…