BRIDGEPORT — A group of 49 mayors from around the country, including city Mayor Joe Ganim, met virtually with President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on Monday.
Biden and Harris joined a video call with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, an organization of municipal leaders, to discuss how to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, the mayor’s office said in a press release.
Ganim is a member of the organization’s advisory board, according to the conference’s website.
The meeting also discussed “critical issues facing the country, states and cities with the related economic crisis,” the news release said.
Biden and Harris joined the conference from a theater in downtown Wilmington, Del., the Associated Press reported.
“This means a lot to Bridgeport and many other cities in Connecticut that we are seeing such quick engagement with a transition meeting hosted by President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris,” Ganim said in a statement. “Discussions included everything from response to COVID, COVID relief, social and criminal justice, to improving infrastructure in cities across the country.”
The mayor’s office listed expanding testing, preparing to distribute vaccines, reopening schools and economic relief as other key points.
Bridgeport reported 421 new cases over the weekend, according to the state’s data released Monday. Two more deaths were reported, bringing the total to 169.
Biden told the group of mayors the “quality of life falls on your shoulders,” and that working with local officials and getting their input would be “a priority for me as president,” the Associated Press reported.
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