we asked new yorkers -- he asked new yorkers to wait for those facts before making any conclusions or their own. this was new york's governor andrew cuomo trying to do damage control. for someone who is falsely are not accused of being a bully, accused as being a tough leader in new york, for him to acknowledge that he was embarrassed by these allegations really showed that he was trying to put them behind him as much as he could, to get on with the rest of the work of the state. russ: help me put this in a national context. i know he is rezai presenting -- representing new york, but he has become a national political figure during the pandemic. >> when new york was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, andrew cuomo wasn't seen -- was seen on television every day, as a foil to donald trump. fast-forward tooday, not only is he he investigated for downplaying the number of nursing home deaths during the pandemic, but many women are coming forward. this one woman, charlotte bennett, former aide said in june, during the coronavirus response, that he had asked her uncomfortable questi

the average new yorker and american want to see people in government find common ground. however possible. i will say there are a number of people in the new york state legislature way to the left who would never be supporting a republican for governor. it's highly unliky. i have no expectations or illusions otherwise. >> john: the governor called for people in the state of new york to wait until the results of the investigation were in. but so many people held up governor andrew cuomo as a paragon and he got an emmy award for daily press conferences on coronavirus. is this one were those cases of be careful how high a pedestal you put people on? they might have a long way to fall. >> yes, absolutely. those first few weeks everyone tuned into the press conferences. the way they were structured. new yorkers and americans were thirsty for facts and information. he wanted to know how the pandemic was hitting the state that was crushed the most earlierest. you got signs when he had his brother on and made a quip about his brother had an hour on tv but this was the cuomo show 2

but i want new yorkers to hear from me directly on this. first, i fully support a woman's right to come forward. and i think that it should be encouraged in every way. i now understand that i acted in a way that made people feel uncomfortable. it was unintentional. and i truly and deeply apologize for it. i feel awful about it, and frankly, i am embarrassed by it. and that's not easy to say. but that's the truth. but this is what i want you to know, and i want you to know this from me directly. i never touched anyone inappropriately. i never touched anyone inappropriately. i never knew at the time that i was making anyone feel uncomfortable. i never knew at the time i was making anyone feel uncomfortable. and i certainly never ever meant to offend anyone or hurt anyone or cause anyone any pain. that is the last thing i would ever want to do. i ask the people of this state to wait for the facts from the attorney general's report before forming an opinion. get the facts, please, before forming an opinion and the attorney general is doing that

new yorkers said look what happened here.kers are demand being focus and justice over new york governor andrew cuomo creating a superspreader disaster in new york nursing homes in the wake of his worsening sexual harrassment scandal. >> he keeps repeating he hasn't touched anyone inappropriately. there is literally a photo of him touching somebody inappropriately. today's press conference was very disturbing. his apology was nothing more than a political move to try to stay in office. i believe for us to move forward into budget negotiations with a governor that has lost credibility at this point, carries with him these looming issues, he needs to resign so that we can get on to the important work of what we need to do in our state capital. ♪. cell phone repair. did you know liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? just get a quote at libertymutual.com. really? i'll check that out. oh yeah. i think i might get a quote. not again! aah, come on rice. do your thing. only pay for what you ne

_ touched anyone, that he wanted new yorkers to _ touched anyone, that he wanted new yorkers to hearorry. he also asked new— and for that he was sorry. he also asked new yorkers to wait until the facts of— asked new yorkers to wait until the facts of the attorney general's investigation were in. those are going _ investigation were in. those are going to — investigation were in. those are going to be made public when that is concluded, _ going to be made public when that is concluded, and so he asked new yorkers— concluded, and so he asked new yorkers to — concluded, and so he asked new yorkers to wait for those facts before — yorkers to wait for those facts before making any conclusions of their— before making any conclusions of their own — before making any conclusions of their own or opinions of their own, so it— their own or opinions of their own, so it really— their own or opinions of their own, so it really was here the governor trying _ so it really was here the governor trying to — so it really was here the governor trying to do— so it really was here the governor trying to d

and i want new yorkers to understand.e -- the facts will come out in the attorney general's review, but i want them to understand the emotion. because it is really, for me, it's as much about the emotion. i never knew at the time that i was making anyone feel uncomfortable. i never, ever meant to offend anyone or hurt anyone or cause anyone pain. i feel terrible that these people felt uncomfortable, felt hurt, felt pain from the interactions. and i'm embarrassed by it and i feel bad from it. i'm not in this business to make people feel uncomfortable. i'm here to make them, to help them is the essence of why i do what i do. the -- i do not believe i have ever done anything in my public career that i am ashamed of. i didn't know i was making her uncomfortable at the time. i feel badly that i did. but -- and i'm going to learn from it. marsha asked me about my usual custom is to kiss and to hug and make that gesture. i understand that sensitivities have changed and behavior has changed. and i get it. i'm going to learn from

in 30 seconds or less why should new yorkers elect you mayor? i can help new york city recover from this historic crisis faster than any other candidate by helping small businesses reopen and firing up the engine of new york's economy. >> let me begin by asking you about part of that, which has to do with getting schools reopened, schools and workplaces are very closely tied. new york city's new schools chancellor takes office tomorrow, actually. she told the "wall street journal" that she sees summer school playing a very big role in getting kids back on track as the pandemic recedes and wants to expand that to as many kids as possible. what do you make of that? and what is your plan for getting kids back in the classroom? >> i think that's exactly what we should be focusing on because i'm a public school parent myself, joshua. and my children have also not been in school all year. and the facts show that online education is 30% to 70% less effective than in-person instruction and that 29% of new yorkers don't have high-speed internet at home.

we're doing in order to continue to further women's agenda and strengthen women's rights for all new yorkersthank you very much. have a good day. covid numbers are good. >> all right. governor andrew cuomo of new york saying i'm not going to resign. of course, he is now facing from three different women allegations of sexual harassment. he dealt with some of that today in a little bit more lengthy way than we'd seen in his written statement. i want to discuss this now with cnn's dana bash and athena jones and david freedlander who is a contributor to "new york magazine." dana, he says he's not going anywhere. he says he never touched anyone inappropriately, which is what one of the women has alleged, actually two of them have alleged. and i just wonder what your takeaway was from this here and if this is going to hold. >> right. i mean,is this going to hold? >> clearly attrition that he is sorry. he said he is sorry in many, many different ways, and what he said he was sorry for was making people feel uncomfortable, that was not his intention, he said. but he was very careful to say explicit

new yorkers are stuck now. >> absolutely.r of us have supported a recall measure in the state of new york. no surprise to any of us the governor is not entertaining calls for his resignation. that's where we as a separately elected separate arm of state government must act. it is time for us to pursue impeachment and it's not just coming from myself and republican colleagues. our democratic colleagues are furious. i speak with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and saying that right now it is impossible for us to do the people's work and do the business we were elected for 19.5 million new yorkers. when we talk about those nursing home fatalities, madison square garden can hold how many new yorkers lost their lives in nursing homes in part to state's government's incompetence with the march 25th order. >> harris: distraction is what you are talking about when you say you can't do your work. what is next? what happens next in the process and what is the number of democrats who would stand with you? what does it look like

new yorkers are saying look what happened here.omo creating a super spreader disaster in new york nursing homes in the wake of his worsening sexual harassment scandal. that story is next. >> there is literally a photo of him touching someone inappropriate way so it's very disturbing. his apology was nothing more thanre a clinical rule to stay n office. i believe for us to move forward into budget negotiations with the governor that he carries with him these looming issues he needs t to resign so we can get onto the important work of what we need to do in our state capitol. we made usaa insurance for members like kate. a former army medic, made of the flexibility to handle whatever monday has in store and tackle four things at once. so when her car got hit, she didn't worry. she simply filed a claim on her usaa app and said... i got this. usaa insurance is made the way kate needs it - easy. she can even pick her payment plan so it's easy on her budget and her life. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa. as doctors, we make

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he is a serial sexual harasser although the investigation what i find remarkable is that 56% of new yorkersay that he should still remain as governor and i say if the people of new york think the sexual harassment charges, killing seniors in homes, killing businesses and the vibe of the beautiful city in the way that governor cuomo has, if this is what new yorkers want, let them have it, everybody wants to leave is leaving the state and i guess that's the beauty of our federalism system where you can see how new york wants to handle their policies and what their philosophies are and what texas is offering and we get to decide for everyone to live it's really hard for me too believe that these new yorkers, 56% satisfied with governor cuomo. carley: so much as come out over the last few weeks. it's enough to make your head spin. i cannot get over what he said who cares when somebody died whether the nursing home or the hospital that they died, what arrogance. he has been accused of passing the buck when it comes to the nursing home scandal and the sexual harassment allegations, here's his exp

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also what's very interesting is he's speaking to new yorkers. t we all went through here in new york during the height of the pandemic in new york city, in new york and how outspoken he was and how out front he was during those times, and many new yorkers do not forget that time. it's very clear that he's trying to hit a certain note with many of those new yorkers, and essentially saying, you need me here. you need me to finish this job. he's talking about finishing the budget, getting vaccines done, saying he's going to continue to do his job. but basically, in essence, what's going on here now is that he's going after members of his own party. >> yeah, and look, he's facing sexual harrassment allegations, he's also facing major questions of his judgment as to how he handled nursing home deaths in his state, and how those were counted or undercounted as his attorney general found it. dana, he mentions counterculture. really? >> that was remarkable. it doesn't really matter where you sit on the political spectrum now if you feel that you are unde

jessica ramos thinks the governor should step down i support the resignation of the governor to many new yorkers haven't received any economic relief for support during this time so many of us have lost loved ones throughout the draft this disaster and now we're learning that he's disrespecting >>some point we have to say enough is enough she is one of more than half a dozen state legislators calling for cuomo's ouster they were joined today at the federal level by congresswoman kathleen rice who tweeted quote the time has come. >>the governor must resign end quote. >>now it seems for reporting state attorney general letitia james is currently set up an investigation into the accusations of miss you misconduct, by 2 women who worked in the governor's administration. >>next today, it is official steph curry will participate in the all-star 3 point contest this sunday right

and now the investigation, cuomo says he will cooperate with that investigation and he asked all new yorkers today to hold judgment until the findings are released. wolf? >> all right, brynn, thank you very much. brynn gingras in new york for us. cnn senior legal analyst, former federal prosecutor laura coates is joining us. what's your reaction, laura, to what we heard today from the governor? >> well, you know, it's very difficult to maintain a presumption of innocence in the court of public opinion. people will have their views about the sincerity of the apology, about the unequivocal statements. and of course it does open him up to the investigation, being able to test the very things he was so adamant that he did not

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a typical reed was recounted in the new yorkers it. on october 16th, 1777. reported last sunday, colonel james delancey with 60 of the west chester light horse went from kings bridge to the white plains. they took for the rebels, 44 barrels a flower, and nearly 100 head of lac cattle, 300 sheep in hogs. really that was what they were most prized for by the regular british army. bringing in these sorts of supplies. delancey and solve described himself as, in his memorial to a royal commission that was set up at the end of the war to evaluate loyalist claims for compensation of the loss and service during the war. this is april of 1783. by the means of the service, the enemies have been constantly kept by a distance in kings bridge, as the writing that post perfectly secure. keep up communication with the country of people, to the supplies of magazines and markets in new york. they have been repelled in every attempt to destroy the people under the more realistic command. and then many engagements in that he has had with, them the memorial list has been so --

one of whom wrote in a competing magazine to "new yorker" that denailed the allegation to eric schneiderman. "new york" magazine. there for everyone to read. thank you for the update. keep your ear to the ground. get back to you. >> sandra: thank you. we're joined by eileen gunther, more than 100 state lawmakers who called for andrew cuomo's resignation. thank you for joining us. i'm sure you heard the governor's words a short time ago. for anyone tuning in he has not resigned. he is saying wait for the review. here are the words from the governor a moment ago. >> i did not do what has been alleged. period. you won't speculate about people's possible motives. but i can tell you as a former attorney general, who has gone through this situation many times. there are often many motivations for making an allegation. that is why you need to know the facts before you make a decision. there are now two reviews underway. no one wants them to happen more quickly and more their thoroughly than i do. >> sandra: seven allegations against him. i'll ask you to respond to what you just heard. him saying t

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the statute of limb sexual relations, so for the former president donald trump he's a lifelong new yorker since january of 2017 he's been in washington or spending time in new jersey or down in florida where he's now permanently relocated, so that could give prosecutors a lot of extra time on the clock if they are able to add those days in. they have been successful when they prosecuted the former movie mogul with sexual assault charges and they were able to charge him with events beyond the statute of limitations pause they showed travel records that showed weinstein was out of new york for a substantial period of time during that period, another tool in the prosecutor's toolbox and something they are discussing. >> cy vance, the maptan d.a., we know he's not seeking re-election later this year, how might that change and affect this widening investigation? >> so, sources familiar with the investigation tell me that, you know, cy vance has known for a while he's not going to run for re-election and he is likely to make a charging decision in this case either way, whether it's to indict or

remarks released a statement saying the governor's press conference was full of falsehoods and new yorkers better. she went on to write the governor said he had no idea that he made anyone uncomfortable. my client, charlotte bennett, reported his sexually harassing behavior immediately to his chief of staff and she counselled. despite 21 state lawmakers now, at least 21 calling on cuomo to resign, today the governor said he will not and he asked new yorkers to be patient. >> i'm not going to resign. i ask the people of this state to wait for the facts from the attorney general's report before forming an opinion. >> the attorney general is overseeing an independent investigation, an independent law firm will release the report. the governor is entitled to receive weekly updates on that investigation and he will be signing checks paying for that investigation. ultimately also important to note here he started off the press conference saying his lawyers told him not to speak today and he did anyway. neil? >> neil: bryan llenas, thanks very much. the former doj prosecutor, where do you think t

dan, this "new yorker" article is detailed.ne of the ane anecdotes, a new one about when lindsey boylan met governor cuomo's dog. "the new yorker" said when the dog jumped up and down near her she reached out to calm him and backed away and cuomo joked said if he were a dog, he would trite try to, quote, mount her as well. a spokesperson declined to comment on that specific story but reiterated cuomo's overall denial of that type of behavior. what was your reaction to that story? >> if that's true, if that's something that a sitting governor or any boss or anybody in the workplace said to a woman or frankly said to anybody else, it is obviously completely inappropriate, and she reports that and other things that she alleges made her feel incredibly uncomfortable. but like you and brynn were talking about, the biggest question right now in "the new yorker" article is whether or not the alleged coverup is going to be as bad and as significant as the alleged crime or at least the alleged inappropriate behavior because doing what t

>> he's going to stay there, a majority of new yorkers don't want him to resign. so shocking. the other thing shocking to me is the need to allegations have gotten so much more attention than the nursing home allegations. if my grandmother died in a nursing home because of governor cuomo, i would be ticked right now because there's a hierarchy of outrage, it makes no sense to anybody but yes, i think he's going to see, you get the governor that you want. new yorkers, i don't feel sorry for him, they voted for him and still wanted him to stay despite all this and it's not just the nursing home or me too, it's mismanagement of the state during the entire pandemic. they built him up, the media did, he built himself up and now he's fallen but apparently not far enough for new yorkers. frankly, if i was one of the dumb people who bought his leadership lessons for covered book, i want my money back right now. >> yes, you said we've interviewed on fox and friends during a weekday, we've interviewed so many families who have lost their loved ones due to the nursing home s

. >> in 30 seconds or less, why should new yorkers elect you mayor? >> i can help new york city recover from the crisis more than any other candidate by helping small businesses reopen and firing up the engine of new york's economy. >> let's ask you about part of that which has to do with getting schools and reopen. schools and workplaces are closely tied. the new chancellor takes action tomorrow. she told the "wall street journal" that she want to expand school to as many kids as possible. what do you make of that? and what is your plan forgetting kids back in the classroom? >> i think that's exactly what we should be focusing on. because i'm a public school parent myself, joshua and my children have also not been in school all year. and facts show that online education is 30-70% less effective an in person instruction and 29% of new yorkers don't have high speed internet at home. so, we are looking at learning losses for hundreds of thousands of kids and we have a lot of time to make up. so, if we can get those kids in to classrooms this summer. we s

, now there was one per 12 white new yorkers. and new yorkers started to think more and more, as did other colonies, now states, that slavery had to end. the complication is you end slavery but still have a large inferior population that you don't particularly respect or want or believe deserve the same rights and opportunities that you do. as you can see from this map, new york is titled with having abolished or ended slavery in 1799. that, in fact, is two years after sojourner truth was born. and that is going to have an effect on her and her family. because what we see here in new york is that they had a substanshm number of slaves as late as 1790. and if you lookality this and see the highlighted area from new york, new york's slave population was fairly substantial until the time that abolition actually, truly existed in new york. because new york passed an abolition law that said if a child was born to a woman, who was enslaved, after july 4th 1799, that child would be free. if it was a male child t would be free. in 28 yea

it's essential that we do these things so that we send the message to new yorkers that when the most powerful person in our state does these things what the allegations accuse him of, sexual harassment and creating the toxic workplace environment that so many people have said is alive and well in the cuomo administration, when the governor is doing these things we have a responsibility as legislators to hold him accountable and to demonstrate to new yorkers that this is not acceptable. >> so clearly the governor is digging in against the allegations. he is saying that everyone should wait for an investigation to end before making judgment. i am curious, though, in your view, is there any response the governor could have given that would have made it acceptable for him to remain in office? >> i don't think that it's about the words that the governor says, statements that he makes after the fact. these allegations are very serious. and even if he had issued an adequate apology, which i don't think that his apology has been adequate -- even if he had it would not have been sufficient. a

i witness, along with so many other new yorkers what he does. you certainly need to have the confidence of your local officials who are moving forward an agenda. your state officials certainly that are doing that, and the people in washington who are bringing back the bacon. to the extent you lose that support based upon these allegations then, of course, there needs to be consideration to, can i do my job? at the end of the day, you need to govern the state, govern it effectively. if you can't do that, it's a political consideration whether to move. on a legal front you should have, of course, the tools necessary to provide everyone with, you know, the allegations absolutely presumably credible but what are the specific findings? for that we need to wait until that process plays itself out. >> errol, it looks like almost every major democratic leader in the state of new york is now coming out against governor cuomo, saying he must step down, he must resign. we put up the new york congressional democrats now calling for his resignation. that's f

the new yorker's sorrow that has been working on her mask series since 2009 she's already made around 100 fanciful face coverings ever since she finished her degree in fashion design in moscow masks have played an important role in her creations by mask i cover my. real face and it gives me a well protection maybe and a feeling of safety and the kind of her future for me because i want to show my real emotions. on the face mark my face but i show my emotions through the textures the technique and the materials. the new yorker saw over designs costumes and props for theatre productions like this one in the russian city of perm in 2020. 3 years before she worked on the fish project at moscow's gorky park. and in 2018 she contributed to the moscow staging of book land. time and again the designer mixes materials that don't seem to go together. her current series fish and flowers is no exception because sorrow is inspired by fairy tales and surrealism fish are recurring symbols in her work ones that are meant to cause people to stop and reflect. this dress with and always thought beautifu

i'm a former -- new yorkers. i'm a former attorney general. they read this, they read this, and then all of a sudden the facts come out, and it's a different situation. so wait for the facts before you formen opinion. and as i said, my behavior here, i never touched anyone inappropriately, i never knew at the time that i was making anyone feel uncomfortable, and if i ever did make people feel uncomfortable which i now understand that i have, i apologize for it. but they're not the attorney general's office. >> yes, thank you. oh, okay. thank you. >> next question, operator? >> governor, your next question comes from jessica of wsyr. jeff, your line is now open, please unmute your microphone. >> hi, governor. i know you apologized several times this afternoon. who were you apologizing to? >> i was apologizing to the young woman who worked here who said that i made her feel uncomfortable and -- in the workplace. >> were you also speaking to new yorkers, governor? >> oh, to new yorkers? i am saying that i'm embarrassed by what happened. my -- i w

refresh, refresh, refresh over and over and over again on the vaccine availability site as lots of new yorkersew york eligibility vaccine opens to everybody age 30 and over as of 8 a.m. tomorrow. i'll see you again tomorrow. see what kind of shape shape i'. "way too early" with kasie hunt is up next. ♪♪ >>> look, as i do my part to accelerate the vaccine distribution of vaccinations, i need the american people to do their part as well. mask up. mask up. it's a patriotic duty. it's the only way we ever get back to normal. >>> president biden and his top medical advisers urge the nation not to let up on efforts against coronavirus. as the cdc warns of a possible fourth wave. the question is, will americans do what it takes to stop it in its tracks? >>> plus, testimony continues today in the t

as lots of -- lots of new yorkers do, as new york -- new york eligibility of the vaccine opens to everybodyomorrow. i'll see you again tomorrow. see what kind of shape i'm in. now, it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, lawrence. >> oh, you will get the vaccine, rachel. it's only a matter of time. especially according to what the president said today. everyone is getting this vaccine -- eligible, for it, certainly, by the middle of may -- of april. april. so -- >> i know.

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this is her headline on the current piece at the new yorker.scoop lays bare with tapes that the fact that the right wing funded groups trying to stop passing bills to protect voting rights and force secret funding out of politics. those right wing groups are flummoxed by the fact they do not have any good public arguments to make against what the democrats are trying to do and can't even convince conservative voters to side with them on this thing. how else are they going to fight it? joining us is the staff writer of the new yorker, the author of "dark money" hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right. thank you so much for making time. >> great to be with you, rachel and thank you so much for playing that tape. just listening to the audio, you don't get to be in the back room behind the curtains that are usually closed like this very often. it was great that you played this for people to hear. >> i am not going to pressure you on the sources or ask you how you got it. it is amazing that you got it. let me just ask

york governor andrew cuomo has been accused of prioritizing testing for family members and wealthy new yorkers storing the earliest days of the pandemic. you may remember this video conference between the governor and his brother, cnn news anchor chris cuomo. chris there in the hat was battling covid at the time. thanks his family and support network. but it turns out chris wasn't just fortunate according to new reporting by the washington post and other papers. he was connected as well. the post reporting that back when covid testing was limited. governor cuomo made it a priority to get testing for famill political allies and wealthy new yorkers. a senior adviser to the governor has denied any wrongdoing and says door to door service was provided for many when testing was rare. now the country is raising concerns over astrazeneca's covid-19 vaccine canada's national advisory on. >> immunization is recommending a pause on astrazeneca vaccines for people under 55 for safety reasons. 3 provinces in canada have already suspended the use of the astrazeneca vaccine for people under the age of 55 fo

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and if it means wearing a mask to tap into that energy once again that's a price new yorkers are willing to pay. now to farnsworth college lecturer has been branded a fascist by students after he questioned usage of the term islamophobia the case has sponsored a new debate about freedom of speech and about the recent trend of so-called council culture which sees people ostracized for voicing unpopular opinions. the grenoble institute of political studies this is where the conflict erupted over a planned conference titled anti semitism racism and islamophobia professor of german klaus kinski took issue with that name saying the term islamophobia shouldn't be used on par with the other 2 terms because. if you make statements that are anti semitic or racist you can be prosecuted but the term islamophobia doesn't exist in criminal law. made further arguments against the term islamophobia and the word was removed from the event title students and instructors responded with outrage on social media they didn't just question consumers arguments they called him a right wing extremist. after anoth

thing follows another we spent many years following state local national politics' i went to the new yorker in 1999 and i was supposed to cover a column about city hall. i did for a while. but i became increasingly interested in the question of climate change which at that time in the early 2000's was still a lot of coverage was wrapped around the question is this a big deal or not. i very naÏvely thought i'm here at the new yorker i have a lot t of space and the luxury to answer that question once and for all and put it to bed. i ended up writing a three-part series on c climate change that appeared in 2005 and that set me on this road of transforming myself from a reporter to a science reporter but in all cases i guess for the study of literature to political reporting to science journalism, allied of the basics techniques are the same you try to take information, it can be complicated or jargon and full of information that insiders are very familiar with to bring it to a broader audience. i don't think there was anything particularly special about being ate science reporte. host: that th

. >> overall positivity rate at 3.5%. 75 statewide deaths after all this time we still have new yorkersying. 75 families are in our thoughts and prayers. hospitalizations are down 46. integrations down 12. this -- intibations down 12. this is great news. we have the holiday season. we talked about it. the thanksgiving holiday season, 37 days, kwanzaa, hanukkah, christmas. more social gatherings. the numbers would go up. the number to go up. january 4, it peaks. holiday season is over. new year's day, new year's eve. it peaks and it has continually dropped. but it has dropped to a level below where it was before it started to peak. ok? christmas, a little after thanksgiving, but before we saw any big increase we were at about 6600. went up to 8000. now we are down to 5400. we have really made tremendous progress. this is really good news. it is not over. we have to continue but this is very good news. percent of hospitalized is down across the state. that is all good news. new york city is the highest that .04%. covid positivity. plus or minus relates to the hospitalization. long island,