. >> and, first of all, welcome, mayor contrell. i know we communicate regularly via text and i just want to also add that what i also appreciated during this crisis is having a relationship with mayors all over the country. it's really what has been able to help me get through this because we exchange ideas. we collaborate. we push for changes of policies and so that's really why it's also incredible and wonderful to have a mayor serve and in this capacity as secretary of labor as well and you realize that based on how it is and how we have to manage our budgets and how people expect these services to continue. as was mentioned, we are closing a huge budget deficit, but also we're getting dollars for transportation as we begin to face layoffs and there are additional measures we have to put in place to make sure people were getting not only to work, but kids are able to get to school safely. using public transportation and so the public transportation dollars, the dollars for rental assistance to make sure we don't have more people

. >> and, first of all, welcome, mayor contrell.ularly via text and i just want to also add that what i also appreciated during this crisis is having a relationship with mayors all over the country. it's really what has been able to help me get through this because we exchange ideas. we collaborate. we push for changes of policies and so that's really why it's also incredible and wonderful to have a mayor serve and in this capacity as secretary of labor as well and you realize that based on how it is and how we have to manage our budgets and how people expect these services to continue. as was mentioned, we are closing a huge budget deficit, but also we're getting dollars for transportation as we begin to face layoffs and there are additional measures we have to put in place to make sure people were getting not only to work, but kids are able to get to school safely. using public transportation and so the public transportation dollars, the dollars for rental assistance to make sure we don't have more people living on the streets. th