Members of the Building Trades Unions, along with their union contractor partners, have been collecting new, unopened respirators and other vital personal protective equipment (PPE) to aid the city’s frontline health care workforce.

In celebration of Grundfos’ 75th anniversary, the Grundfos Foundation has expanded its budget for donations from planned $18 million to $29 million.

The list identifies those professions deemed essential to continued critical infrastructure viability and advises such workers to continue normal operations, appropriately modified to account for Centers for Disease Control (CDC) workforce and customer protection guidance.

York headed a delegation of key distribution company CEOs in a conference call on March 17 with President Trump and Vice President Pence focusing on the importance of maintaining a strong supply chain for critical supplies in the face of the COVID-19 emergency.