Hey Truth I think alot of the jobs out there are bad jobs with no benefits. Like restaurant jobs with only a little pay and they are supposed to get tips. But not a lot of people are going to restaurants to pay a whole lot of tips. I am not sure what is going on too but I think some of it is the government money they approved has not been paid out yet. It will be sad if people get put out of their homes. That will create a whole new problem too.

The news media keeps reporting there are more jobs out there in America today than there are people to fill those jobs. They’ve even reported that due to the financial loss related to COVID (and now the Delta variant) employers are actually offering employees better wages and benefits, to keep businesses afloat. .

If that’s true, then why are there still so many unemployed (and homeless) people out there?

What am I missing?

The role the U.S. Supreme Court played in this sad story is yet again a reminder of Pres. Obama’s words: “Elections have consequences”

Okay so here’s where I’m really torn. My heart goes out to everyone directly affected by the ending of this moratorium. “There but for the Grace of God go I.” 

And I especially feel for the children!

But everyone knew the moratorium on evictions wasn’t going to last forever. In fact, Pres. Biden had only agreed to extend the freeze on evictions until March 2022. What were people going to do then? 

Last week, the New York legislature voted to extend the state’s moratorium on evictions for residential tenants and small businesses, the New York Times reports. The pandemic eviction freeze, which Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law over the weekend, now runs through the next four-and-a-half months, until January 15.

In this extension, the moratorium legislation has been adjusted slightly with more leeway for landlords, according to the Times, including the addition of a “nuisance standard” that allows landlords to push forward with eviction proceedings for tenants that have heavily damaged their property, for example. NYC Hospitality Alliance executive director Andrew Rigie said in a statement last Thursday that while the moratorium extension is “a positive development” for struggling restaurants and bars, the legislative protections are “weaker and will cover fewer businesses” this time around.