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Bob Gormley, the board’s district manager, told the personnel committee the assistant district manager had been hired about four years earlier at a lower starting salary than comparable Manhattan boards and that the office’s fixed city budget constrained compensation. Gormley said he and the personnel committee proposed raising the assistant district manager’s salary by $4,000 from $48,000 to $52,000 to recognize his sustained work and to reduce a disparity with other Manhattan boards.

During the public discussion, board members praised the staffer’s reliability and the operational support he provided; several members said the amount was modest but appropriate given budget constraints. A motion to increase the assistant district manager’s salary by $4,000 carried on a roll-call vote with a single recorded no vote. Two recusals were recorded on an unrelated omnibus agenda item earlier in the meeting (Village Alliance-related event and an SLA item); those recusals were unrelated to the personnel action.

Why it matters: the assistant district manager performs daily administrative and constituent-support functions for a board that carries a heavy workload. Members cited continuity of operations — especially while the board shifts to remote work — as a reason to recognize staff with a salary adjustment.

The board directed staff to implement the approved salary change in accordance with applicable city payroll rules and to note budget effects in future reports. The personnel committee said it will continue to assess longer-term budget and compensation issues affecting staff across Manhattan boards.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Manhattan CB2 March 19, 2020 - Full Board Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The board approved a salary increase for Assistant District Manager Josh Thompson following a personnel committee recommendation; members cited his sustained performance and the board’s comparatively low starting salary for the role.","taxTitle","Manhattan City, New York County, New York","taxId",3586,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6633548,"Community Board 2 adopts virtual meetings; Manhattan-wide tech support planned",6824,2674000,9498000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2664284-fe69182238dbc7e4eec9e0db33179e57&start=2674&end=9498","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2664284-fe69182238dbc7e4eec9e0db33179e57/thumbnail_2674000.jpg","/articles/6633548/Manhattan-City/New-York-County/New-York/Community-Board-2-adopts-virtual-meetings-Manhattan-wide-tech-support-planned","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6633548-5cc04876c2a59f7d01e64ad98854d7af/orig.mp4?Expires=1771188440&Signature=An-cfDesugW6CeljDnp4nu~~VecNQ8wheCz-7kAIOtMj4XORMsL7E~0FOzDzg5wbF~2us-p669o5Myrt6OQ3Q0vokpnq65eSX323pcEzxmqRtPshqaibb23GorvsCT~lE66NMzz2Yx5~WlFp9kYUlT4YjqNt8dkl1R97w8s-S5rDPA~DxGvk4pheI-IWJzb5TcV5uSwApODrpGOCsUmv-l5rqaTYGqcWsx0NA0eHFwfqIPzjL384VkCSmyhCWEY~AgfO2Oymr51DxjR8bKFbTXKcViwTyJEn0QDgjNwYbxBa0dLFV8kc9WEXjJRr6eNg7hvc4v4sPhuIcSYCssSgcw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Community Board 2 Manhattan conducted its March 2020 full board meeting on video conference and announced a short-term shift in operations to handle COVID-19 conditions.

Carter Booth, chair of Community Board 2, told members the board’s office was closed to the public and that the board would use weekly virtual executive committee meetings to monitor developments and coordinate community outreach. He said the board would pause many regular committee meetings for several weeks but would convene on urgent items and continue to provide advice to city agencies where needed.

Noel and Kate from Beta.nyc, a nonprofit that helps New York City community boards adopt digital tools, praised the board’s move to virtual meetings and said they had secured funds to provide the same technical setup to other Manhattan community boards. \"We're really excited to see how amazing this meeting went,\" Noel said, and Beta.nyc expressed a plan to provide the same baseline tools across Manhattan so each board can continue operations remotely.

Board staff and speakers emphasized the legal basis for virtual gatherings: they were using the governor’s emergency executive order relaxing provisions of New York’s open meetings law — a temporary measure that board members said they will monitor and that state legislators are seeking to codify for future emergencies.

Why it matters: community boards serve as the main touchpoint for local land-use and quality-of-life issues. The board’s adoption of virtual meetings preserves its advisory role while complying with social-distancing rules and allows continued public input and agency engagement in an evolving emergency.

Board members and staff said they would distribute quick-start guidance and a contact list so neighbors and organizations could sign up for notices and volunteer coordination.

Direct quotes in this article come from participants who spoke during the public portion of the meeting.","Community Board 2 moved its March full board to a virtual Zoom meeting and pledged weekly executive check-ins. Beta.nyc said it will help scale the technology platform for Manhattan community boards so others can meet remotely under the governor’s emergency order.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6633553,"Lenox Health Greenwich Village outlines testing capacity, surge plans and PPE shortfalls",1232,2265000,3497000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2664284-fe69182238dbc7e4eec9e0db33179e57&start=2265&end=3497","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2664284-fe69182238dbc7e4eec9e0db33179e57/thumbnail_2265000.jpg","/articles/6633553/Manhattan-City/New-York-County/New-York/Lenox-Health-Greenwich-Village-outlines-testing-capacity-surge-plans-and-PPE-shortfalls","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6633553-199868059062a3928296c5cd61281229/orig.mp4?Expires=1771188440&Signature=Z4sGBTo6XsZdXgkrgp8Bj6NXpcJLTE3fc6p8GuQr7iCnx3vzYH3WFKRgUfuRPa8xpL7gZUciSUW3Zc3M9QsVqguMmpprg6HNhMMmQui6-ArFo5yM7X0c44OTHdsGDyYprxH3Yvd5YX4hN67XIcfB4ZQyTQVpyYZF~A0QoTu1m4-UZ-9n7P-~IpHL4U4V~owNGLQXh8p6LcFijhJIPN7HIrQoHxN36Bep2UBCSX8zXxMkXONtJmniIwsJOLnqem2IxBlofphv1PCuGKlqsU0RUqbjXYXJlSxE34qROrxPaKeVT05VSuMD0tSlq~IuqZk3fruWmbTf-GkHoIwXsOv8IA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Lenox Health Greenwich Village representatives briefed Community Board 2 Manhattan on clinical operations, testing capacity and personal protective equipment (PPE) on the board’s March 2020 virtual meeting.

Alex Hellinger, executive director of Lenox Health Greenwich Village, said the hospital system had been rapidly increasing test processing capacity through regional and private labs. \"They started their their initial ability to do tests was about 70 a day ... yesterday they did over 600, and they're expecting to do over a thousand within the next week or so,\" Hellinger said of Core Lab and partnering labs. He cautioned that reagents and other consumables remained potential bottlenecks.

Dr. Lonnie Levy, assistant director of the emergency department, described current clinical guidance for residents and patients: symptomatic people should seek evaluation when they have breathing difficulty or chest pain; many mild cases are to be managed at home; testing is prioritized for symptomatic patients; and turnaround times were running \"between 5 to 7 days\" for many outpatient tests at that time. Dr. Levy said hospitals were working on contingency staffing plans and surge units across the wider health system.

Both speakers emphasized telemedicine as an important expansion route. Hellinger said the hospital uses telepsychiatry, telestroke and tele-ICU systems and supported loosening regulations to expand remote care. Private urgent-care providers like GoHealth were already offering testing and appointment triage in the community, hospital staff said.

On PPE, Dr. Levy said: \"The toughest part of this from a PPE perspective are the N95 masks. It's really tough.\" They described strategies to extend N95 use — wearing a surgical mask over an N95 to preserve it and controlled re-use if masks are not soiled — but emphasized the supply remained the most pressing operational constraint.

Why it matters: the hospital’s update clarified who will be prioritized for testing, how long results were likely to take, and where community members could seek care other than an emergency department. Hospital leaders said they were identifying overflow sites and ramping surge capacity, and urged residents to keep a contingency plan with their primary care or urgent-care options.

The hospital offered to circulate additional contact information and digital resources to the board for community distribution.","Lenox Health Greenwich Village executives reported rising testing capacity through private and regional labs, described hospital surge planning and said N95 masks were the most critical shortage.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6633558,"Elected officials brief Community Board 2 on federal, state relief and local needs amid COVID-19",946,200000,1146000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2664284-fe69182238dbc7e4eec9e0db33179e57&start=200&end=1146","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2664284-fe69182238dbc7e4eec9e0db33179e57/thumbnail_200000.jpg","/articles/6633558/Manhattan-City/New-York-County/New-York/Elected-officials-brief-Community-Board-2-on-federal-state-relief-and-local-needs-amid-COVID-19","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6633558-1cf073dc4fd57090127939e9b9fa584c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771188440&Signature=W5FcnrA4w67Xrz5OSLOeQcyfTKv6zwbSoRH2zn-nDdFo-Gs3ZlARJt-bI-Lgw8TXu~gBd21yruyMeO9mfvc9I1OotLSxwSpB826ohDPjJahUaMtrnXjMqi60jkcRiJuIwlfTbVePxOvrckGtjVY7eYrYBm8Tbv1uJ79Hl5tDeAwyuiuCTTIEgTLCnkHDk6BXY9Bi76TXDVarOOelhsKCc3807TatKaeFJAITR91ETKneVXpG5epjFcrjOH1p20NyEt-cgyuitl86W5GQEMODtDNy7GXaLO1iltKA2ULbZvBq1o2jC1WSY4H1jLyxEikB1by16sPea71SAn13pihoBQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representatives from several federal, state and city offices updated Community Board 2 Manhattan on relief measures, testing and local needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic during the board’s March 2020 virtual meeting.

The most immediate federal action noted was the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Robert Atterberry of Congressman Jerrold Nadler’s office said the law provides “about $8,000,000,000 in funding to rapidly expand testing capacity and ensure free testing and treatment for everyone who needs it,” and that it expands paid leave, nutrition assistance and unemployment insurance. Atterberry’s office also described ongoing work in Congress on direct payments and additional support for independent contractors and small businesses.

State and city officials on the call described additional measures. State Senator Brad Hoylman said the legislature passed “comprehensive paid sick leave for those subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine,” and urged more support for restaurants, small businesses and gig workers: \"We're really gonna have to step up with both federal and state support to ensure that the people who are hurt most at the bottom of the income ladder are protected.\" Several speakers urged a restaurant rescue plan, small-business relief and funds for mass transit to address steep drops in ridership.

Manhattan Borough President staff and local council and Assembly offices reiterated that their constituent services were fully operating remotely. Gail Brewer’s office described senior outreach and meal delivery partnerships, and Claudia from an Assemblymember’s office described letters requesting at-home testing kits and priority testing for 9/11 responders and survivors. Luke Wolf from Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office said the comptroller had rushed more than $140,000,000 in emergency contracts for devices and services for schools and emergency needs and asked credit bureaus to suspend negative reporting for missed payments.

Speakers highlighted local logistical concerns: the Small Business Administration had approved New York State’s application to provide emergency loans under its economic injury disaster loan program, but those are loans rather than direct grants; officials are also pushing for relief aimed at freelancers and gig workers who lack unemployment coverage. Atterberry noted disparate elements under active negotiation in Washington, including proposals for direct monthly payments and broader small-business grants.

Why it matters: the information gave residents and neighborhood organizations immediate points of contact and clarified where different levels of government are acting. Officials repeatedly urged residents to use official hotlines and local office channels for help with federal and state programs and to verify rapidly changing guidance on testing and benefits.

Officials offered practical next steps for residents: reach out to elected offices for constituent services, sign up for text alerts and official hotlines for state and city COVID-19 information, and consult agency websites for up-to-date details on testing eligibility and business relief. Local staff also said they were coordinating with nonprofits—such as those organizing volunteer outreach to seniors—and with city agencies on food and housing questions.

Quotes in context come from officials who spoke on the record during the meeting. The board and community organizations signaled they will continue coordinating with elected offices and nonprofit partners to connect vulnerable residents to services and to press for additional state and federal relief.","Representatives from federal, state and city offices summarized new relief measures and local needs — Families First Act, SBA disaster loans, testing capacity, support for gig workers and small businesses — and urged residents to use official resources for up-to-date guidance.","actionData","errors"]

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