By Jay Warshofsky, includes “… New York State and City pension funds were robust until the business tsunami caused by the COVID-19 pandemic created massive budget disruptions in the most populous, urban-centric states and municipalities.  NYS had among the highest number of COVID-19 cases so why isn’t the US Senate and the President prepared to be as generous with the hardest hit states and localities as it has been with subsidizing large corporate interests with little or no harm from COVID-19?”