the county executive of nassau have an opinion on nassau. latimer have an opinion in westchester. i want to coordinate all of those opinions and reopen them at the same time. i would also like to ideally coordinate that with connecticut and new jersey. atwhatever we do, we do all the same time. position, mayor's itches he wants to close the -- them until june. we may do that. makes no sense for a locality to make a move that does not coordinate with others. hedidn't close them, and can't open them. it happened on a metropolitan wide basis. we are going to act on a metropolitan basis. coordinated with nassau, suffolk, westchester. ideally i would like to coordinate with new jersey and connecticut, if we can. the new jersey and connecticut coordination is not a legal matter, it is a mutual basis of interest. legally, i want the metropolitan area coordinated. i don't want suffolk doing something that nassau doesn't do, that new york city doesn't do, that westchester doesn't do. parents whoy, for have kids in public schools, should they anticipate them going back to school? gov. cuomo

laura curran, the county executive of nassau, will have an opinion on nassau. steve bellone will have an opinion on the suffolk. george latimer have an opinion in westchester. i want to coordinate all of those opinions and reopen them at the same time. i would also like to, ideally, coordinate that with connecticut and new jersey. so whatever we do, we do all at the same time. i know the mayor's position, which is he wants to close them until june. we may do that. if we do that, we may do it with all localities. it makes no sense for a locality to make a move that does not coordinate with others. >> was that action invalid? gov. cuomo: well, that is his

the county executive of nassau will have an opinion on nassau. sleep alone will have an opinion on the sussex. george latimer have an opinion in westchester. i want to coordinate all of those opinions and reopen them at the same time. i would also like to, ideally, coordinate that with connecticut and new jersey. so whatever we do, we do all at the same time. i know the mayor's position, which is he wants to close them until june. we may do that. if we do that, we may do it with all localities. it makes no sense for a locality to make a move that does not coordinate with others. >> [indiscernible] cuomo: well, that is his opinion. he didn't close them, and he can't open them. it happened on a metropolitan

the county executive of nassau will have an opinion on nassau.leep alone will have an opinion on the sussex. george latimer have an opinion in westchester. i want to coordinate all of those opinions and reopen them at the same time. i would also like to, ideally, coordinate that with connecticut and new jersey. so whatever we do, we do all at the same time. i know the mayor's position, which is he wants to close them until june. we may do that. if we do that, we may do it with all localities. it makes no sense for a locality to make a move that does not coordinate with others. >> [indiscernible] cuomo: well, that is his opinion. he didn't close them, and he can't open them. it happened on a metropolitan wide basis. we are going to act on a metropolitan basis. coordinated with nassau, suffolk, westchester. ideally i would like to coordinate with new jersey and connecticut, if we can. the new jersey and connecticut coordination is not a legal matter, it is a mutual basis of interest. legally, i want the metropolitan area coordinated. i don't want s

laura curran, the county executive of nassau, will have an opinion on nassau. steve bellone will have an opinion on suffolk. george latimer have an opinion in westchester. i want to coordinate all of those opinions and reopen them at the same time. i would also like to, ideally, coordinate that with connecticut and new jersey. so whatever we do, we do all at the same time. i know the mayor's position, which is he wants to close them until june. we may do that. but we are going to do it in a coordinated sense with the other localities. it makes no sense for a locality to take an action that does not coordinate with others. reporter: is the action invalid? gov. cuomo: well, that is his opinion. he didn't close them, and he can't open them. it happened on a metropolitan wide basis. we are going to act on a metropolitan basis. coordinated with nassau, suffolk, westchester. ideally i would like to coordinate with new jersey and connecticut, if we can. the new jersey and connecticut coordination is not a legal matter, it is a mutual basis of interest. legally, i want

what are the trends of the deaths and the new cases there in nassau county?> so, for about six days in a row now, we have seen more hospital discharges, covid patients discharged, than we've seen new patients coming in. so, that tells me we are really in a plateau, which is good news. unfortunately, as you mentioned, you know, the number of fatalities is sort of a lagging indicator. people who have been on ventilators for a couple of weeks who just didn't make it. so, we will see those death numbers continue to go up, unfortunately. but the good news is, the light at the end of the tunnel is we have more being discharged than new patients coming in. and that proves that flattening the curve really is reliant on social distancing. so, you know, i feel like we're in a position here, new york, here in nassau county, to tell the rest of the country that hasn't seen a surge, you can make your curve so much lower if you do right thing now and practice social distancing. and remember, it's about your most vulnerable -- your parents, your grandparents, people who are

to worry aboute nassau, suffolk. he does not have to worry about new jersey. but i do. the homeless problem as it relates to covid-19? i ask because someone said you cannot force homeless people to -- you guys have to enforce social distancing, i feel like it is not likely that -- i have worked with the homeless since i was in my 20's, you're right. a fine for the homeless is not going to be effective. you cannot force a homeless person into a shelter unless they are endangering their own lives or others. but the shelters do have to operate under those guidelines, however. where a facility is operating by the local government, it has to adhere to those guidelines. healtheporter: department said they are running out of tests. have they been in contact with you? gov. cuomo: of the testing swabs? i have not heard that. reporter: part of the executive order -- as part of the executive order, is the state going to be issuing masks for public sector employees? >> if you are an essential worker, you should be protected. you should not have to put yourself in unnecessary danger

the county executive of nassau will have an opinion on nassau. they'll have an opinion in suffolk.ave an opinion. i'd like to reopen them at the same time. i'd like to ideally coordinate with that connecticut and new jersey. so whatever we, do we do all at the same time. so i understand the mayor's position, which is he wants to close them until june. and we may do that. but we're going to do it in a coordinated sense with the other localities. it makes no sense for one locality to take an action that's not coordinated with the others. >> is that action invalid? >> that's his opinion, but he didn't close them and he can't open them. it happened on a metropolitanwide base, i and we're going to either -- we'll act on a metropolitan basis, coordinated with nassau, suffolk, west chester. and ideally, i'd like to coordinate with new jersey and connecticut if we can. the new jersey and connecticut coordination is not a legal matt matter. it's a mutual basis of interest. legally, i want the metropolitan area coordinated. i don't want suffolk doing something that nassau doesn't do that new

he does not have to worry about nassau, suffolk. he does not have to worry about new jersey, connecticut, that i do. i ask because executives said because you cannot force homeless people into a shelter, -- [indiscernible] i feel like it is not likely a fine for a homeless person is going to be effective. gov. cuomo: i worked with the homeless since i was in my 20's. you are right. a fine for the homeless is not going to be effective. you cannot force a homeless person into a shelter unless they are endangering their own lives or endangering others. the shelters do have to operate under those guidelines. whatever facility is operating by the local government has to adhere to those guidelines. >> the new york state health department said they are running out of the stock to do the covid test. had they been in contact with you or does the state have a surplus? gov. cuomo: of the testing swab? i have not heard that. >> we have not received that, but we will check after today. >> will the state be issuing masks for public-sector employe

remember new york city, so much larger than westchester or nassau or suffolk. so those numbers are concerning and we're watching those. you look to see in nassau county, 1,000 new cases, suffolk county, 1,141 new cases, that is roubling news. number of counties, you see the entire state. every county in the state now has reported a coronavirus case. we said it was going to march across the state. i've also made the point to my colleagues on every phone call i do with the other governors, the other officials, i say, "it's going to march across the country." it is false comfort to say, "well, we are a rural community. we don't have the density of new york city." that is a false comfort. ou have counties in new york state where you have more cows than people. new york state, don't think of just new york city. upstate new york is a rural community. and you see that it's not just urban areas, it's suburban areas, that's westchester, nassau, suffolk, comparable to suburban communities all across this country. and we have rural communities that are comparable to rural

nassau and suffolk county 15 straight days of decreases. that's the criteria. maybe manhattan won't. but maybe upstate new york will but maybe west chester won't. as a governor it's easy to leave everything in place. drill down and do the hard work. ask the american people to do what they have been doing. do me a favor if syracuse is open manhattan don't go there. hang out in your area, we will get to you. i think people would adhere to that. steve: well, plus, also, big states are different. for instance, in new york. we don't know when the schools are going to reopen. gavin newsom said yesterday of california it looks like they could actually reopen their schools in july which is unusual happenstance because usually people go back to school? august. how would that work? they don't know. also regarding going back and openings up retail, the simon property group, which is the largest prosecutor of malls in the united states, they're going, to as of friday, open up 50 malls in 10 of the states that are going to start to reopen. this is good news for people who w

remember, new york city is so much larger than nassau and suffolk. those numbers are concerning and we're watching those. you see in nassau county 1,000 new cases, suffolk county, 1,141 new cases. that is troubling news. number of counties, you see the entire state, every county in the state now has reported a coronavirus case. we said it was going to march across the state. i've also made the point to my colleagues on every phone call i do with the other governors, the other officials, i say it's going to march across the country. it is false comfort to say we are a rural community. we don't have the density of new york city. that is a false comfort. you have counties in new york state where you have more cows than people. new york state, don't think of just new york city. upstate new york is a rural community. and you see that it's not just urban areas, it's suburban areas. that's westchester, nassau, suffolk comparable to suburban communities all across this country, and we have rural communities that are comparable to rural communities all across

nassau think -- needs this, suffolk needs this. that is the way we are doing it. by shifting those resources. we will come to a point where that wave well run right to the state. and we are going to have to do that for albany and rochester and syracuse and north country and the hudson valley. that is going to happen. i guarantee the people of the state that as long as i'm governor of this state we won't we can prevent it. we are not going to lose a life because we didn't share resources among ourselves. anything, anyone needs in buffalo to fight this back -- virus will be there. pointcomes from montauk and i have to get in the truck and drive it to buffalo, it will be there. that is the way we have governed the state and that is the way we have operated. that was our mentality post 9/11 . that was how the state operated for the last 10 years. that is how it will be going forward. needs weany community will be there. . understand the fear if i lend hugh my ventilator, what happens when i need the ventilator? that was fdr and the garden hose, right? first of all, sm

the county executive of nassau will have erin opinion on nassau.i mer in westchester but want to coordinate all those opinions and re-open them at the same time. i'd also like to ideally coordinate that with connecticut and new jersey, so whatever we do, we do all at the same time. so i understand the mayor's position, which is he wants to close them until june. and we may do that. but we're going to do it in a coordinated sense with the other localities. it makes no sense for one locality to take an action that's not coordinated with the others. >> is that action invalid? >> that's his opinion, but he didn't close them and he can't open them. it happened on a metropolitanwide basis, and we're going to either -- we'll act on a metropolitan basis, coordinated with nassau, suffolk, westchester and ideally i'd like to coordinate with new jersey and connecticut if we can. the new jersey and connecticut coordination is not a legal matter. it's a mutual basis of interest. legally i want the metropolitan area coordinated. i don't want suffolk doing someth

now we are seeing numbers creep up in rockland, nassau and suffolk. we are watching those areas next. we sent additional equipment last night. and, the overall point is you stay at home and you save a life, period. stay at home and you save a life. and, i know new yorkers. i'm born and bred. the instinct is, well, this is good news, now i can relax because by the way, i have been dying to relax and get out of the house and end this groundhog day reality. yeah, you are not out of the woods. now is not the time to misunderstand what's happening. we have done great things and we have saved lives because we have followed these policies. the moment you stop following the policies, you will go right back and see that number shoot through the roof. and, we are not prepared to indle the highest numbers those projection models. takever we do, you cannot it 50,000 bed system and get it to 136,000 beds. it's an impossibility. no a person who never says and believes new york can do anything if we try. i'm telling you we have to keep that curve flat. have, we can

remember new york city so much larger than westchester, nassau or suffolk. numbers are concerning and we're watching those. you look to see in nassau county, 1,000 new cases, suffolk county, 1,141 new cases. that is troubling news. number of counties, you see the entire state, every county in the state now has reported a coronavirus case. we said it was going to march across the state. i've also made the point to my colleagues, every phone call i do with the other governors and other officials, i say it's going to march across the country. it's false comfort to say, well, we are a rural community, we don't have the density of new york city. that is a false comfort. you have counties in new york state where you have more cows than people. new york state, don't think of just new york city. upstate new york is a rural community. you see it's not just urban areas. it's suburban areas. that's westchester, nassau, suffolk, comparable to suburban communities all across this country. and we have rural communities that are comparable to rural communities all across t

the people of nassau cannot handle it alone. the people of suffolk cannot handle it alone. the people of westchester cannot handle it alone. the people of buffalo cannot handle it alone. people of albany cannot handle it alone. period. that is just a fact. this virus will overwhelm the resources of any single community. it is also true nationwide. our wisdom here in new york, our mental wisdom and our eat those thos is we ea will help one another. surge flex, the every day we sit there allocating among hospitals, shifting downs, shifting masks, shifting patients. nassau needs this, suffolk needs this. westchester needs this. that is the way we are doing it. by shifting those resources. we will come to a point where that wave well run right to the state. and we are going to have to do that for albany and rochester and syracuse and north country and the hudson valley. that is going to happen. i guarantee the people of the state that as long as i'm governor of this state we won't lose a life if we can prevent it. we are not going to lose a life because we didn't share resource

city's efforts coordinated, nassau's effort, westchester's effort. they will be hired independently. new york city employees, westchester employees, city and state employees. but it all has to be coordinated. there is no tracing that can work within one jurisdiction. >> michael bloomberg is leading some coordinating councils? >> let me just finish. can you not trace someone within the boundaries of new york city because once the person goes outwhere side of new york city, now that would be a westchester person. i live in westchester, take me. i lived in westchester. i worked in new york city. new york city's going to trace me? how? i'm in westchester, that's a different county. you can't trace me. well, we'll go trace people in westchester. then westchester will say that's my resident. don't come in here and trace my resident. all right, let's forget the jurisdictional fight and political, local fight. we'll coordinate everyone. this is a monumental undertaking. who's going to do it? we're all going to do it, cities, state, nassau, suffolk, jersey, c

what are you seeing in nassau county?> we're seeing a devastating impact, especially on our small businesses. we did a survey of 1,400 business owner, 90% of which were small business owners, almost all of them expect to do layoffs by the end of the year and more than half are expecting no profits at all this year. this is going to be difficult, so while we're managing the health crisis, we're keeping a very clear eye on what we have to do to begin to recover when life finds its balance again. >> i want to share with our viewers some of the tweets that you've recently sent out, one from the last hour, giving a shout out to two volunteers who have been creating and donating care packages to first responders and you sent this one out yesterday thanking the long island chinese-american association for donating 10,000 masks and delivering lunch to first responders. talk to us a little bit about that as well as whether you're getting the supplies that you need right now in particular about that tweet. obviously right now there

you open a beach in nassau, you don't open beaches anywhere else, they will flood nassau county beaches. if you were to close parts in one area, open parts in another area, people get in the car and drive. it is harder to do that when you operate in a coordinated way. that is why i have said, 187 times to my colleagues in local government, there cannot be any local decisions. they are all interconnected with everyone else. that is also the state of the law which says, this is an emergency. the state is coordinating all decisions. -- if yous that work live in western new york, what is stopping you -- [indiscernible] -- why can't anyone now drive to central new york, if they wanted to go shopping or vacationing? >> that would be a real question. how would you do that? what would you open in one region to not cause people to flood in that region? it has to be highly courted. the way we shut it down was simple. one switch, everything off, right? it was not the most sophisticated approach. it was an emergency. ok, we understand how it works on the closedown. how doyou open it up and you take

you can't do anything in new york city that you don't do in nassau, westchester. you can't do anything and downstate that we don't do in coordination with connecticut and new jersey. coordination does not mean total consistency, but it does mean what a nation. -- coordination. we have to know if we are doing something different. we have had issues where certain activities were open in connecticut and you saw many new york license plates in the connecticut parking lots. we opened beaches in new york city, but new jersey does not opened beaches, you are seeing new jersey people at our beaches. you won't be in lockstep, but before we do anything, i want to make sure we know what we are doing, because you will see people react to different activity levels in different communities. >> you could see manufacturing and construction start to come online inserted upstate regions after may 15? gov. cuomo: with certain precautions after may 15, yes. >> what about retail and schools? gov. cuomo: schools are necessary for a large-scale business we opening. you cannot really get

we are waiting for new york governor andrwe cuomo outside of nassau, long island, you see the setup.s speaking at the center where they are researching plasma and the use of antibodies to fight coronavirus. this is the number of confirmed cases in the u.s. approaches 740,000 so far. almost a quarter of a million cases in new york state alone and nassau county where the governor will be speaking momentarily, well, that county has nearly 30,000 cases and so far coronavirus has claimed 1,109 americans. across the nation the death toll now stands at nearly 40,000 who have died from coronavirus so far. we will bring you the governor's announcements as they come live here in the fox news channel. hello, everyone, welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm eric sean. arthel: and i'm arthel neville. as we wait from the latest from governor cuomo, the white house is promoting its 3-phase plan to reopen the economy, as the president tells us that some states are already making preparations to get the country safely up and running. >> since we released the guidelines to open up america again,

we're watching rockland, nassau and suffolk. the numbers have come down in new york city. but you look at the concentric circles around new york city, the natural spread, natural central circles are towards the suburban communities, westchester, rockland, nassau, suffolk. westchester, we had problems already. one of the first hot spots in the nation was new rochelle in westchester. now we are seeing numbers creep up in rockland, nassau and suffolk. we're watching those areas. we sent additional equipment last night. and the overall point is you stay at home and you save a life period. stay at home, save a life. i know new yorkers who are born and bread, the instinct is this is good news. now i can relax. by the way, i have been dyeing to relax and get out of the house and end this groundhog day reality. yeah, you're not out of the woods. and now is not the time to misunderstood what's happening. we have done great things, and we've saved lives because we have followed these policies. the moment you stop following the policies, you will go right back and see that number sho

michael downing, he's in nassau county which is just east of the city.k you sir for your time today. in the meantime, it tunnel to towers as a foundation you might be quite familiar with and supporting first responders going back to september 11th. now it's helping health care workers battle the pandemic. a tunnel to towers chairman and ceo frank fillers is with me now. frank, we are looking for great americans all week doing great american things, you are one of them. what are you doing now to help others? >> we respond with a $3 million pledge to the frontline health care workers that are risking their lives every day, the president has been saying this is a war that we are in, and we saw the frontline as our nurses and health care workers that are battling it every day. if they die and they leave behind a young family, we are going to be paying their mortgage payments off as long as that money lasts to help them through this difficult. plus, we've bought over a million dollars of ppe to make sure we are getting masks and gallons out to the new york ar

the people of new york city cannot handle this alone, the people of nassau can't handle it alone, the people of suffolk can't handle it alone. the people of westchester can't handle it alone. people of buffalo can't handle it alone. people of albany can't handle it alone. period. that is just a fact. this virus will overwhelm the resources of any single community. it's also true nationwide. our was come wisdom here in new york, our mental wisdom and our ethos is we'll help one another. this surge flex, every day we sit there, allocating among hospitals shifting gowns, shifting masks, shifting patients. nassau needs this, west chester needs this, and that's the only way we're doing it by shifting of those resources. we will come to a point where that wave will run right through the state. and we're going to have to do that for albany, rochester, syracuse, the north country, the hudson valley, that's going to happen. and i guarantee the people of this state that as long as i'm governor of this state, we won't lose a life if we can prevent it, and we're not going to lose a life because w

number remember, new york city so much larger than westchester and nassau or suffolk. those numbers are concerning and we're watching those you look to see in nassau county, 1,000 new cases. >> all right those are the latest confirmed case numbers out of hot spot new york from governor cuomo still to come, the u.s. army on a mission to combat the coronavirus. we'll speak with the secretary of the army ryan mary teccthafr this break stay with us >>> welcome back the s&p up 1.5% let's get to wilfred frost for news and updates regarding bank lending hey, wilf. >> i spoke to a senior executive at a major bank responsible for the paycheck protection program at their bank and the bottom line, it is, quote, beyond optimistic end quote that this will be ready by midnight tonight or any time on friday. this senior executive says while they can't speak for the other banks, been on lots of calls with them and gets the feeling the other banks are in a similar place and been giving feedback to the sba and treasury have been for the last couple days. not suggesting they're falling o

we're all going to do it -- city, state, nassau, suffolk, jersey, connecticut. okay, how do we do it? i don't know. we've never done it before. michael bloomberg will design the program, design the training. he's going to make a financial contribution also. put together an organization that can help hire the people, because we have to expand this number ten-fold. and get this all done like this. this has to happen. you don't have months to plan and do this. you have weeks to get this up and running. super ambitious undertaking. and mayor bloomberg will help coordinate the entire effort. he'll be working with the state. i'm working with the city and the nassau and suffolk and jersey and connecticut. >> how much -- >> i don't know what the financial contribution is. does anybody know? >> it's upwards of $10 million. but what mayor bloomberg is doing is through the program at johns hopkins, which he funds very heavily their public health program, which is preeminent in the country. he's helping us to design the programmatic, operational, and technological component

i want to go to laura kern right now, nassau county, new york executive.w york is number one in cases in this country. county executive kind enough to join us now. how are things going where you are? >> well, we have total positive cases more than the entire state of california here in nassau county. we are just east of new york city, about 1.3 million residents. but for about ten days now, we have seen really good numbers, a real levelling off. we have had more people resolve and leave the hospital, covid patients leave the hospitals than come in for a good ten days now. we have seen a reduction the last couple of days as the number of people who are hospitalized here. so when you hear that good news, for instance, we have more police officers who are cleared and back to work than are in quarantine at this moment, those are really good numbers. those are the numbers we have been watching as we have been managing through this crisis. of course, now we are all turning to okay, great, how do we reopen, how do we restart the economy. on long island, nassau co

and nassau county if you set aside new york city, excluding the city, nassau county has more cases andeaths than any other county in america. take a look at what we saw at the hospital. >> so this is our triage desk. >> reporter: what we saw inside north shore hospital on long island, appears to echo what we've been hearing from new york governor andrew cuomo. >> icu admissions number is also down. significantly for the first time. >> reporter: it's welcome news. some 200 people have died inside of this hospital alone from covid-19. but we were told over the last 72 hours, they've actually discharged more coronavirus patients than they've admitted. >> thank you everybody. >> how does it feel to be wheeled out of here? >> i'm on top of the world right now, yeah. i know i get to live for another day. >> reporter: the andover subacutei rehabilitation center confirms 15 bodies were held and removed from a holding room on monday. the deaths are believed to be related to covid-19. the nursing home says it's been working relentlessly to contain the virus and safeguard our residents and staff.

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we are waiting for new york governor andrwe cuomo outside of nassau, long island, you see the setup. center where they are researching plasma and the use of antibodies to fight coronavirus. this is the number of confirmed cases in the u.s. approaches 740,000 so far. almost a quarter of a million cases in new york state alone and nassau county where the governor will be speaking momentarily, well, that county

nassau, suffolk, westchester, rockland, right? they have had clusters. you say: governor, when you believe the worst is over, are you in effect encouraging the type of behavior you are trying to prevent? this sort of optimism that might bring people out of their homes? governor cuomo: no. that is why i have said the exact opposite 57 times. stay the course. stay the course. it is working. stay the course. stay inside. tapir cautions. that is why i say that 100 times to an annoying repetitive level. but facts are facts. i'm not going to lie to the public. facts are facts and numbers are numbers. to believe inlic the credibility of what we are doing. credibility comes from two elements, in my opinion. are you giving me all of the information or are you spinning me? are you deciding you cannot tell me facts because, become too optimistic? are you manipulating me with information? no. you get all of the facts. i am not worried that you can't handle information. you get all of the facts. second, what i am proposing we do is drawn from those facts. here's some

the county executive of nassau will have an opinion on nassau. steve will have an opinion in suffolk. george latimer will have an opinion in westchester but i want to coordinate all those opinions and reopen them at the same time. i'd also lake to ideally coordinate that with connecticut and new jersey. >> so, basically the deal is this. the governor of new york says that he can open the schools, he'll decide when to do it. he'll decide if they stay closed. the mayor of new york says they should stay closed. the mayor of new york city says the schools should stay closed the rest of the year through summer school, talking about preparing for the next school year, the future of the schools, but the governor saying, actually, not too fast, there, mayor de blasio, i am the one who makes the call on school openings or closings. >> evan is learning about the impact of the first responders. >> reporter: that's right. we've got news today from the fire department that more than 700 members of the fire department have been diagnosed with covid-19, just an

i am working with the city and nassau, and jersey, and connecticut. [indiscernible] gov. cuomo: i don't know what the financial contribution is. does anybody know? >> upwards of $10 million. michael bloomberg helps with john hawkins in helping us to design the operational and technological components of our contact tracing program. they are creating an online curriculum to train the tracers, to perform the background checks, and we will coordinate all of the counties and with new jersey and connecticut. planning one you contact tracing -- [indiscernible] will trace asu many positives as you can, and as the testing number goes up, that number of possible people to be traced is going up. the implication of your question is right. won't you be identifying more positive people then you could possibly ever trace? yes. i believe that is true. i don't care how big of an army put together. people have 250,000 testing positive. how do you start to trace 250,000 people? how many people do you need to trace 250,000 people? what it is an extraordinarily possible task and you do the b

he doesn't have to worry about nassau, suffolk, new jersey, connecticut. but i do. >> the new york city -- >> do you have something for the homeless problem as it relates to covid-19. they said you can't force homeless people into a shelter. but there's a local government saying you have to enforce social distancing, i feel like it's not likely that a fine for a homeless person is going to be effective. >> i worked with the homeless since i was in my 20s. a fine for the homeless is not going to be effective. you can't force a homeless person into a shelter unless -- they are endangering their own lives or others. leaving that aside, the shelters do have to operate under those guidelines. whatever facility is operating by the local government has to adhere to those guidelines. >> the new york city health department yesterday said they are running out of the swabs to do the tests. have they been in contact with you? does the state have a surplus or reserve? >> of the testing swabs? i have not heard that. >> we haven't received that. we will check after today

>> they're attributing it to proximity, nassau county borders new york city. it's a dense suburb as subgo. when you put those two things together and have people going back and forth from nassau and suffolk county commuting, you get the virus spreading. so the fact of the numbers are spiking here, it happened over the past number of days. and again today according to the governor's latest briefing is no surprise to the officials out here. and they, like everyone else, is trying -- are trying to scramble to get as much personal protection equipment to expand hospital capacity and to deal with. this and to give the emts a break as much as possible as well. the county executive for suffolk county said three weeks ago there were no fatalities reported out here. now there are as many as 200. and that's in the county of about a million and a half people. here at this hospital, north shore medical, they have been trying to reconfigure the hospital to accommodate the influx of covid-19 patients. they turned an auditorium, a conference room into hospital wards. behind

i live in nassau county. let's say i lived in westchester county, because i did. you can't tell me to go back to work in new york city if you don't have the transit system operating. i take the train from westchester to new york city. i can't go back to work until, unless you have a train, unless you want everyone to drive, which will be pandemonium in four minutes. you want me to go back to work. who's going to watch my children if the schools are closed? right? for many working people in new york, the education system is who watches their children during the day. that was one of the problems with closing the schools in the first place, where people were very critical of -- very critical -- everybody is a critic. but people didn't want to close the schools because they said then the hospital workers won't be able to show up because the children will be at home. and if hospital workers don't show up, then you have a real problem because our major fear was the collapse of the hospital system. so, all of these things have to be coordinated, and they have to be coord

that's new york city, that's westchester, nassau, suffolk, and surrounding suburbs. multistate coordination is vital there because the new jersey, connecticut, new york city area is basically very intermixed. people are going and coming. they live in one place and work in the other place. that coordination is important. you get upstate, coordination with massachusetts is more important in some areas. some parts of the state, pennsylvania coordination is more important. so coordinating with those states that are neighbors to that region. down state we've said we have to coordinate the main activities. there are gears that intermesh. you can't turn one gear without turning the other gears. that's how you strip gears. keep turning. i keep trying to explain it to my daughters. transportation, parks, schools, beaches. these are all coordinated activities. you turn one and they have to turn. that's true for new york city, nassau, suffolk, westchester. they have to be coordinated. we're working with local businesses and leaders to do that. again, on the phased reopening, do

up to 8669. 92,000 total in the state predominantly in new york city but you see westchester and nassauich by percentage is a troubling number. remember new york city is so much larger than westchester and nassau or -- suffolk county 1,141 new cases. that's troubling news. number of counties you see the entire state -- every county in the state now has reported a coronavirus case. we said it was going to march across the state. i've also made the point to my colleagues on every phone call with the other governors and officials and i say it will march across the country. it is false comfort to say we are a rural community. we don't have the density of new york city. that is a false comfort. you have counties in new york state where you have more cows than people. new york state, don't think of just new york city. upstate new york is a rural community and you see that it's not just urban areas, it is suburban areas, that's westchester, nassau, suffolk. and we have rural communities that are comparable to rural communities all across this country. in many ways new york state is a microcosm

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