DETROIT (WXYZ) — Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will hold a press conference Wednesday to discuss his budget plan.
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3:25 p.m.
Duggan says "We will bring people back when we know we can do it safely."
3:22 p.m.
Duggan says if we keep doing our social distancing, we're going to be out of this sooner rather than later.
3:07 p.m.
Duggan says that starting next week they will begin talking about which employess they bring back when. "We're starting to think about how we can ramp our workforce back up."
3:03 p.m.
Duggan says the reaction to his proposed budget cuts by employees has been "so professional."
3:02 p.m.
Duggan says they are ramping up nursing home testing and so far 35% of those they have tested in nursing homes have tested positive for COVID-19.
3:00 p.m.
Duggan says that while deaths are high, all of the other numbers are going down. He also says 16 people are being treated at the TCF center.
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Duggan announced the plan Tuesday night to make up for $348 million in lost revenue.
Financial management, including pushing out blight removal and capital projects will cover 80 percent of the shortfall, or about $298 million.
However, he says they will have to lay off 200 part-time, temporary and seasonal employees. He says the city will file unemployment claims for them.
The mayor was clear that tough sacrifices will need to be made in light of this pandemic — an estimated $300 million lost over the next year and a half, as main sources of income for the city like gaming and income tax, have been seriously trimmed in wake of this health crisis.
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