Nassau Creates Task Force To Track Economic Impact Of Coronavirus

NASSAU COUNTY, NY — As businesses all across the state are shut down due to the coronavirus, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced she was creating a task force dedicated to tracking the economic impact here in the county.

Curran announced the plan at a news conference Tuesday morning. The task force will track the lost revenue in every Nassau County industry so that the losses can hopefully be recouped. Hofstra University will be leading the effort by collecting and analyzing the data.

The new task force will provide reports to the county and federal government on the revenue that's lost due to teh virus.

“I sympathize with the thousands of Nassau County businesses and employees and the nearly 1.4 million residents of Nassau County who are adversely impacted economically and I vow to advocate on their behalf,” Curran said. “Our goal is to advocate for the relief that our families and local economy will need.”

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The new task force includes:

• Stu Rabinowitz – Hofstra University (Coordinator of Data for Council)
• John Durso – Long Island Federation of Labor
• Wayne Grosse’ – Bethpage Federal Credit Union
• Kyle Strober – Association for a Better Long Island
• John Cameron – Long Island Regional Planning Council
• Kevin Law– Long Island Association
• Kevin Dahill – Nassau Suffolk Hospital Council & Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York
• Rich Monte – Crest Hollow Country Club
• Phil Andrews- Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce
• Kristen Jarnagin- Discover Long Island
• Dennis Grossman, Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce
• Richard Kessel- Nassau County IDA
• Zeeshan Hamid- New York South Asian Chamber
• Charles Chan- Local Business owner
• Luis Vasquez- Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce