“We're all going to be hungry for work by the time September and October arrive,” Godycki said. There's not much that can be done these days with bouncy houses and ponies for kiddie rides, or stacks of rental chairs for graduations and Bar Mitzvahs. Government relief available to those companies and their employees will depend on how they are paid for their work. At Carnival Services in Pomona, California, the company's five Ferris wheels and other carnival rides are crowded inside a warehouse and on the company's lot. Brainard shuttered his operation on March 16, the 48th anniversary of the company his father founded.

Source: International New York Times April 06, 2020 18:22 UTC