GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, Thursday, 4/23 Cuomo: 13.9% Of New Yorkers Immune To COVID-19 Threat ALBANY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced Phase One of the state’s antibody testing survey found 13.9 percent of New Yorkers have COVID-19 antibodies, and are thus immune to the virus. The survey developed a baseline infection rate by testing 3,000 people at grocery stores and other box stores over two days in 19 counties and 40 localities across the state. The governor also announced:…
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SEWARD TO CUOMO: GIVE REGIONS DATA NEEDED TO OPEN AGAIN Senator Calls For ‘Commonsense,’ Balancing Health Needs, Business ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, issued a statement a few minutes ago supporting the Senate GOP caucus in asking Governor Cuomo to, within a week, provide data so the state’s economic regions can work toward meeting CDC’s Phase 1 standards to restart businesses. Already, Seward said, the governor is hearing the caucus’ calls “to begin a responsible, regional re-opening of…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, Tuesday, 4/21 Low-Risk Hospitals Can Again Conduct Elective Surgeries Restriction May Be Lifted At Bassett ALBANY – In daily briefing, Governor Cuomo announced today that elective outpatient treatments can resume in counties and hospitals without significant risk of COVID-19 surge in the near term. Hospitals will be able to resume performing elective outpatient treatments next Monday if the hospital capacity is over 25 percent for the county and if there have been fewer than 10 new hospitalizations of…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, Sunday, 4/19 State Ramps Up Antibody Testing It’s Prelude To Going Back To Work ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced the state Department of Health will begin to conduct a statewide antibody testing survey tomorrow, which he called the most aggressive such program in the U.S. Large-scale antibody testing will help determine the percentage of the population that is now immune to the virus, allowing more individuals to safely return to work.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, WEDNESDAY, 4/15 Governor Sees Phase Out To Crisis For 12-18 Months ALBANY – In today’s briefing, Governor Cuomo said he sees the coronavirus crisis phasing out over the next 12-18 months, with public health as the pacing factor. He didn’t get into the economic impact of such a delay, but said “we have to build a bridge” to a better place. “Well, when is this over? I say, personal opinion, it’s over when we have a vaccine,” he…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, MONDAY, 4/13 6 NE Governors Unite On Getting Us Back To Work ALBANY – Recognizing that their states have one integrated regional economy, Governor Cuomo and five other Northeast governors today announced a multi-state council “to restore the economy and get people back to work.” Cuomo was joined for the announcement by New Jersey’s Phil Murphy, Connecticut’s Ned Lamont, Pennsylvania’s Tom Wolf, Delaware’s John Carney and Rhode Island’s Gina Raimondo. “Everyone is very anxious to get out…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, SATURDAY, 4/11 Cuomo Provides Citizens Free Lawyers During Crisis ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced a partnership with the state Court System to create a pro bono network of volunteer lawyers to provide New Yorkers with free legal assistance. The idea is to handle a surge in legal matters resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic fallout.…
QUOTABLE Governor Cuomo, From His Latest Daily Synopsis “When this crisis began, we engaged experts to model the path of this virus. But there was one thing the statisticians didn’t count on: they didn’t know how unified New Yorkers can be. They couldn’t use their computers to measure New Yorkers’ spirit and love for each other. It was hard to quantify the levels New Yorkers would rise to to stay home, social distance and look out for one another. We…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, THURSDAY, 4/9 Governor Issue Plea For Funeral Directors ALBANY – At today’s briefing, Governor Cuomo said he will issue an executive order to bring in additional funeral directors to help with the high number of deaths in the New York Metropolitan Area.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, WEDNESDAY, 4/8 At Last, Trends Show COVID-19 May Be On Wane To Keep Decline Going, Governor Urges Citizens Not To Back-Slide ALBANY – At last, good news. Despite a record daily death toll. Governor Cuomo told New Yorkers at today’s briefing: “What we are doing is actually working and it’s making a difference … It is flattening the curve and we see that again today so far.” While New Yorkers must continue to be “rigorous” with social-distancing, hand-washing…