GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Wednesday, May 6 NY Will Collaborate With Google Ex-CEO On Better Tech Use ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced that Schmidt Futures will help integrate New York State practices and systems with the best advanced technology tools to build back better. Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO and Executive Chairman and founder of Schmidt Futures, will lead the state’s 15-member Blue Ribbon Commission and use what the state has learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with new technologies, to improve…
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GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Sunday, May 3 Trends ‘Are Good,’ Said Governor, And 6 State Collaborating ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced a multi-state agreement to develop a regional supply chair for PPE (personal protective equipment) and other medical equipment and testing. He joined Governors Phil Murphy, New Jersey; Ned Lamont, Connecticut; Tom Wolf, Pennsylvania; John Carney, Delaware; Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island, and Charlie Baker, Massachusetts.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, Friday, May 1 CUOMO SHUTS SCHOOLS FOR REST OF YEAR Distance Learning Continues ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced all K-12 schools and college facilities statewide will remain closed for the rest of the academic year and will continue to provide distance learning during that time. The schools will also be required to continue meal programs and child care services for essential workers. The state will make a decision about summer school programming by the end of May.…
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:…
CLICK FOR WEDNESDAY, 4/22 BRIEFING Cuomo Dashes Hopes Of Quick End To Crisis Bloomberg Appointed To Lead Regional Ramp-Up Of Testing ALBANY – At today’s briefing, still underway, Governor Cuomo dashed expectations he might outline an end to the State of Emergency lockdown, or that it would happen anytime soon. He did announce Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire and former presidential candidate, will lead a task force that will guide a multi-state reopening, following a ramp-up of coronavirus testing across New…
The End May Be Near! Listen Live To Briefing ALBANY — Governor Cuomo Tuesday said New York will restart the state’s economy on a regional basis, a sharp turn from his earlier statements that implementing that type of plan could lead people to travel in large numbers to locations where businesses have reopened, the Albany Times Union is reporting. The governor’s daily briefing is now underway. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, Monday, 4/20 Coronavirus Deaths Dip To 2-Week Low ALBANY – At today’s briefing, Governor Cuomo said another 478 people had died in New York State, the lowest single-day toll in more than two weeks, The New York Times is reporting. After saying in recent days that the virus appeared to have reached or passed a peak in the state, Mr. Cuomo said the authorities were now trying to ascertain how gradual the decrease in infection might be in…
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, Saturday, 4/18 Cuomo Allows Clerks To Wed Us From Afar ALBANY – At today’s briefing, Governor Cuomo said he will issue an Executive Order allowing town and village clerks to perform wedding ceremonies via video conference, a practice banned under current law. He will also allow engaged couples to obtain marriage licenses remotely.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, Friday, 4/17 On Testing, Cuomo Beefs Up Public-Private Collaboration ALBANY – Seeing testing as the route to the “un-PAUSING NY” and the “new normal,” Governor Cuomo today announce announced he will direct all public and private labs in New York to coordinate with the state Department of Health to prioritize coronavirus diagnostic testing. Executive Order will help ensure the 301 laboratories and hospitals in the state that are licensed to perform virology operate in a coordinated fashion to…