The Miami Beach Mayor spoke about Florida’s COVID-19 outbreak on CNN Tuesday. Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber says he believes the state is leaning on a strategy to achieve “herd immunity” in handling the state’s COVID-19 outbreak. Gelber made the comments during a Tuesday morning appearance on CNN’s New Day. Gelber was asked to elaborate on his …
Dozens of Miami Beach middle schoolers rushed onto a newly renovated baseball field with fresh, bright orange clay during a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Thursday for Polo Park, adjacent to Nautilus Middle School. The park was the first of 57 project improvements planned under the city’s general obligation bond program. Last November, City of Miami Beach residents approved $439 …
Dan Gelber, the mayor of Miami Beach, said his jurisdiction and other spots in Florida are likely a week or two away from resorting to strict “shelter-in-place” orders if the coronavirus situation does not improve. “If our hospitals are incapable of providing care to the community, that’s a hard stop for everybody,” Mr. Gelber said …
It’s not a political statement, it’s just a statement of caring and health’ — This Florida mayor is urging residents to take proper precautions as COVID-19 cases spike in the state. View the original article and video here.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced he will sign an emergency order to close all beaches in the county for the Fourth of July weekend. CNN’s Laura Coates discusses the move with Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber. View the original article and video here.
Health Care Voter hosted the latest in its extended town hall series “Our Lives on the Line: The Hardest Hit” featuring four mayors from across the country. The discussion focused on some of the cities left behind by the Trump administration’s haphazard response to the coronavirus pandemic. Led by former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, …
Three dozen former federal prosecutors — many Democrats, but some Republicans — issued a statement Thursday denouncing President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning people from the predominantly Muslim countries of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen from entering the United States. “If we were called upon to defend the executive order, could …
