'The donation of tens of thousands of test kits by small Carmel to big NYC showed how Democrats and Republicans can work together — and what the federal government must do to help US cities,' Mayors Bill de Blasio and James Brainard write for CNNOpinion.
Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, is the 109th mayor of New York City. James Brainard, a Republican, is the mayor of Carmel, Indiana. The views expressed in this commentary are their own. View more opinion on CNN.
If you had told us two months ago that Carmel, Indiana, and some of its local businesses would come rushing to the aid of New York City, neither of us would have believed you. But that's exactly what happened this week. The City of Carmel, Aria Diagnostics and other entities jointly donated tens of thousands of locally made test kits for Covid-19 to New York, the epicenter of the epidemic.
New York City Mayor Bill de BlasioJames Brainard, mayor of Carmel, IndianaAll this happened because a Republican mayor from a small city in the heartland, and a new Carmel company, Apex, saw the pain in America's largest city and reached out to a progressive Democratic mayor to offer help. This is the very best of America. And this is what mayors across this country, Democrats and Republicans, need from our federal government right now.
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