if new yorkers had said no, i'm not doing it, and new yorkers are a defiant bunch, i would have beenless. i can't enforce a stay at home order for 19 million people. the ability to have a plan was purely depend ent on new yorkers buying in. and they are smart, and they are cynical. and if they don't believe you or you haven't made your argument and you haven't laid out the facts, they're not going to do it. especially when you're asking them to do something they don't want to do. especially when you are asking them to do something they have never done before. just think about things that new yorkers, everybody must stay home, lock the door. you can't go outside, except to go buy food and then you have to run right back home. no, no, i am a native new yorker. my first instinct is no, i'm not doing that. but i'm not doing it. so they have to believe it. they have to understand it. and i am not in the business of not telling the truth or trying to manipulate or i'm only going to tell you what you can handle because i'm worried about what you can actually absorb. no. i am not there to fi

we asked new yorkers to share with us personal private photos of how they are spending their time at home and let us see into their lives. they were incredible. they show new york tough at its defining moment. there is a one minute short video that cuts them altogether if you want to play that. ♪ say we neede you to talk you say sit down, it's just a talk smile politely back at you you stare politely right on through a window, she goes left and you stay right between the lines you begin to wonder why where did i go wrong? how to save a life ♪ governor cuomo: that is beautiful. they didsticians when their curve did not know how new yorkers would respond and whether or not they would comply. unified not know how new yorkers can be and how responsible they can be. how they rally for one another. that's what they did not know. they could not count the spirit of new yorkers. the love of new yorkers to step up and do the right thing. that is what they could not figure out on their computers. let's take one more. someone who did not ask one. >> [inaudible] governor cuomo: one of the positive

i am proud of how new yorkers advanced on testing. you look at how quickly new york state has moved on testing, and how many tests we have done, we have done a higher percentage of tests in new york state that other countries have done. and new york state far exceeds what this nation as a whole is doing on testing. high-capacity and high-performance on testing, it is still not enough. it is not enough if you want to .eopen on a meaningful scale and reopen quickly. so, the testing front is going to be a challenge for us. why can't new york just develop more tests and do more testing? how do we get the new york state department of health to scale? that is an issue we have been working on. it is harder than it sounds. you need certain reagents so you can do the testing. you need certain materials so you can do the testing. and it is very hard to get these reagents. you are in a situation were countries across the globe are trying to do the same thing. the federal government has something called the defense production act, dpa, which i ha

i trust in new yorkers. you know? i believe if the facts are presented to the people in this state, new yorkers will do the right thing. what is the right thing? there was always arriving. right-- there is always a thing. is what is socially and morally correct, and new yorkers have a right thing quotient. they know the right thing when they hear it, and all i am trying to do is give them the facts and the information to suggesting i am these actions. they decide whether or not to follow them. i can't put a mask on 17 million people. 17 million people will decide whether or not they will do it, but they have done it because they have the facts, they have the information, the understand the risks, the understand the rewards, the understand the consequences, and what they have done has worked, and it has brought this state forward, and it will bring this nation forward. and that is new yorkers at their best. and that is because we are new york tough, and because new york tough is more complex than the word suggests. it

i trust in new yorkers. you know i believe if the facts are presented to the people of this state, new yorkers will do the right thing. what's the right thing? there is always a right thing. it is the appropriate task that's socially and immorally correct and new yorkers have a very strong right thing quotient. they know what the right thing is. all i am trying to do is give them the facts and information to explain why i am suggesting these actions. they decide whether or not to follow them. i can't put a mask on 17 million people. 17 million people will decide whether or not they'll do it. they have done it. because they have the facts and they have the information and they understand the risks and they understand the rewards and they understand the consequences and what they have done worked and it will bring this nation forward. that's new yorkers at their best. that's because we are new york tough. new york tough is more complex than words suggest. it is smart and united and disciplined and loving. new

know that because new yorkers are tough but tough doesn't mean just tough, tough is easy.s tough but smart but disciplined and unified and loving and that's who we are as new yorkers. last point on a personal point. i have my daughter mariah who is with me and she's the third daughter for me and she just came home, if you will, she was quarantined, so now i have all 3 daughters with me and they can't appreciate this, but it's such a comfort to me personally to have them home. you know, when your child is not at home especially at a difficult time like this, you're always wondering where are they are, they okay, are they doing what's right and every instinct is you want to be able to protect them and when you're not there you have a constant hole in your heart as you're going through the day and you're trying to do everything that you have to do but you still have this question on the back of your mind, where is mariah, how is she. so they are now all 3 with them gives me a great sense of comfort and in this crazy situation we are in, but for the craziness, i would never ha

one to fe good about, and one new yorkers will be proud of, which is what new yorkers are about, being tough, unified, smart, and loving. so maybe the life you saved is not your own, but you saved a life. that is not a bad day spending one day or 56 days. questions? >> you mentioned taking a regional approach in new york state to reopening things, but does not not undermined the approach of coordinating with the other states to reopen things when one state in itself could take various approaches. gov. cuomo: good question, and you are right. that is why it has to be balanced with the tri-state approach. has beentate approach expanded to the other states, we have seven states. understanding the individuality of a region within that context. you can look at one region, north country, central, new york , and say on our numbers, we are ok. ok, on your numbers, as a region. but, people have cars and people are mobile, and people have been cooped up, and whatever you do, you could trigger a reaction in that tri-state area. from thatsee people tri-state area come to your --ion because you are

and new yorkers know that because new yorkers are tough. but tough doesn't mean just tough. tough is easy. it's tough but smart, but disciplined, but unified, and but loving. and that is who we are as new yorkers. last point, on a personal point, i have my daughter mariah who is with me, and she is the third daughter for me, and she just came home, if you will. she was quarantined. now i have all three daughters with me. and they can't appreciate this, but it is such a comfort to me personally to have them home. you know, when your child is not at home, especially at a difficult time like this, you are always wondering, where are they, are they ok, are they doing what's right? and every instinct is you want to be able to protect them. and when they are not there, you have this constant hole in your heart, this constant question as you are going through the day. you are trying to do everything you have to do, but you still have this question in the back of your mind, where is mariah? how is she? so that they are now, all three with me, gives me a great sense of comfort. and i

new yorkers are doing that. they're acting responsibly and diligently and we are saving lives by what people are doing today. our expression has been new york tough, because every day is tough on many, many levels. i get it. but every day that we are new york tough, we're actually saving lives. and don't underestimate this virus. i think that is a mistake we made from day one. we as the collective we, we as the global community. this virus is very, very good at what it does. we lost more lives yesterday than we have to date. we understand and all the experts have said -- dr. fauci said from day one to me, you will see the deaths increasing after the hospitalizations because the deaths increase the longer the person is in the hospital, the longer the person is on the ventilator. i understand the scientific concept. i understand the data, but you're talking about 799 lives. the highest number ever. it's gotten to the point, frankly, that we're going to bring in additional funeral directors to deal with the number o

the only thing tremendous is the number of new yorkers who still passed away. everyone is talking about reopening. i get it. you can't sustain being closed. the economy can sustain it. individuals families cannot sustain it. we can't sustain it on a personal level. our children can't sustain it. but when we talk about reopening, this should not be a political discussion. it shouldn't be a philosophical discussion, it shouldn't be because people are protesting or some people want it and some people don't want it. it is a factual discussion on eopening, right? let's demystify it a little bit because in this environment it is becoming rhetorical rather than factual. we want to reopen, but we want to do it without infecting more people or overwhelming the hospital system. we were at upstate medical today. our great fear was the number of people infected would overwhelm the hospital capacity. that is the balance. reopen, but don't increase the number of infected people and don't overwhelm the hospital system. then design that system in reopening. right? you can fact

new yorkers know that because new yorkers are tough. but tough doesn't mean just tough. tough is easy. it's tough but smart but disciplined but unified and loving. that's who we are as new yorkers. last point on a personal point, my daughter mariah is with me. she's the third daughter for me. and she just came home, if you will. she was quarantined. now i have all three daughters with me. and they can't appreciate this but it's such a comfort to me personally to have them home. you're always wondering where are they? are they okay? are they doing what is right? when they're not there, you have a constant hole in your heart. you're trying to do everything you have to do but you still have the question in the back of your mind, where is mariah? they are all three with me gives me a great sense of comfort. in this crazy situation we're in, but for the craziness, i would never have my three daughters with me again. you know, the 25, 25, 22 years old. the last thing they want to do is hang out with pop. right. they have places to go. people to see. you know. they're taking li

what else if new yorkers said we are not doing that. we are not doing that. too much. it is an over reaction. it is political, everything is political nowadays, right? so easy, oh, that's just political. that was a fear. if new yorkers did that, governmentally had no ability to enforce 19 million people staying in their homes. that's why communications was so important. give them the facts, give them the facts so they understand why. second nightmare was what if these essential workers don't know up? you have to have food and transportation and lights have to be on and some have to pick up garbage. what if the essential workers said i am not showing up. you communicated so effectively, the fear of the virus that essential workers say yeah, if everybody is staying home, i am staying home, too. that could have happened. i went through the h.i.v. virus when it started. people were petrified. people knew how it was or how it lived or how long it would transfer. people were petrified. what happens if essential workers he or she says i am not going to show up to run the bus.

they're new yorkers. they're americans and they're going to show up. the police officers, the firefighters. everyone's petrified, you want to be a police officer? you're going to pull people over in a car? you're going to go into a house for a domestic disturbance, wrestle with somebody in the house, you don't know who it is. that's what they do. that's their job. that's why i wanted to thank the health care workers. everybody thanks the health care workers but it's not just the health care workers. it's all of the people who have been out there all this time making sure everyone else could stay home. they have higher infection rates. they're getting paid a minimal amount of money. they have families at home too that are suffering. but they're getting up every day and they're doing their job. so as we talk about reopening, protect and respect the essential workers. pe ne they need testing. they need equipment. they're putting their lives on the line. protect and respect the essential workers. public transportation, we've kept running because they neede

and new yorkers will return the favor. new yorkers will return the favor.is going to affect every place in this country. we are in some ways the first major encounter. we're learning. we'll get the experience and we will return the favor. when your community needs help, new yorkers will be there, and you have my personal word on that. and it's also the new york tradition. when there's been a hurricane or flood or hurricane katrina, new yorkers are the first ones in their cars to go anywhere in this nation that needs help, and i will be the first one in my car to go wherever this nation needs help as soon as we get past this. i'll never forget how people across this country came to the aid of new yorkers when they needed it, and i deeply appreciate it. we have 85,000 volunteers now in total which are being deployed to the hospitals so they can find staff that works for them. supplies are an ongoing challenge. the ppe is an ongoing challenge, the gowns, the gloves and the ventilators. first of all, we have for the first time ever a hospital-by-hospital survey

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 say that we lost many of our brothers and sisters, but we haven't lost anyone because they didn't get the right and best health care that they could. the way i sleep at night is i believe that we didn't lose anyone that we cou

i am american, i'm the new yorker, new york is going ts be fine. >> i'm a new yorker. >> sean: neitherought theor ventilators that their own health task force told them to buy. everything they had, donald trump gave themmhe and en converted the 3,000 hospital beds at the javits center and the comfort to covid-19. what did cuomo do? the health care department do? they dumped covid-19 patients at thee nursing homes were 25% of the deaths occurred. what do you have to say about that as a new yorker? >> i think two things can be true print ian criticize the fat that i believe nursing homes, big nursing homes, should be outlawed, absolutely. once you get over five, six, seven elderly people together, to keep them together is a breeding ground that guarantees they are going to catch everything in the crowded place designed specifically to take advantage of medicare and social security can hold. i think the two things on the other hand can be true. i think the federal government under president trump did an incredible job in new york. the javits center that you referenced. the navalhe ship co

those new yorkers are in our thoughts and prayers. you look at the past few days and the number of lives lost is , at a devastating level of pain and grief. everything else we are seeing, which is basically a flattening at this level. -- statisticians will say number of lives lost is a lagging indicator, which is a nice scientific term, but it does not mean it is not terrible. and nothing we can do about it. although many new yorkers are doing everything they can to save people's lives on a daily basis. at great personal cost to themselves. total number of deaths is 10,834. what we have learned through actionscess is that our determine our destiny. that is good news. we changed the curve. , whiterojection model house, cdc, coronavirus white house task force, columbia, cornell, gates funded group, higherejection had a rate of infection, higher rate of death. the cdc was talking about over .ne million people cdc was talking my projections that would have swamped the nation's hospital system. that did not happen. why didn't it happen? be

and new york, new yorkers have proven that time and time again every day for 46 days. questions? >> governor -- >> governor -- >> how many residents died from covid-19 -- >> will we still learn something new? >> let's not all talk over everyone. i will make sure we answer. i'll get to you, to answer the question. and let's just start with jesse, let's go to you first. >> for new york at least ten nursing home residents died of covid-19. there have been at least 23 cases and 6 deaths at one nursing home. a new windsor living facility. how many and which nursing homes have reported clusters, outbreaks or requested mass testing from the state, and where are they? and is the state advising nursing homes to open covid-only units or transfer elsewhere? >> okay, i will get you -- i don't know. we have hundreds and hundreds of nursing homes in this state so i don't know what has happened in every nursing home in the state. i don't have firsthand knowledge of what happened with the nursing homes in hornle, new york, but we will get you today a list of information by nursing homes to the be

i'm trying to understand what the accusation is, that we as new yorkers are goosing our numbers to whatther than a sociopathic desire to sort of project onto new york city for rejecting him at some level is behind this accusation that as a city we would lie about our death count? >> it's hard to figure out most of what he says during his daily reality show that he is having but it's not really based in reality. you know, the outrageousness is so appalling on so many levels given that we are the epicenter of covid-19 in the country and given the fact that these health care professionals, as you heard from the doctor in the video clip, are working day and night to save people. it is even more outrageous when you consider that those deaths were not included in the first place because of a lack of testing which is the federal government's fault, and when you consider the fact that we changed the reporting requirements based on guidance from the cdc which is a federal agency. it is another example of the president living on another plane which is not planet earth, and even with those 3,000 p

you not believe new yorkers would comply with that? i think we were very effective .ith laying out the facts just stay home, not because i'm saying i will give you a ticket and you will go to jail. just stay home because you say i heard you, and it makes sense to me and i will do it because it makes sense to me. i haven't given anybody a ticket for running a business, for violating anything. it's because they understood the facts. where i am now, i'm saying here are the facts. stopping the spread is everything. how can you not wear a mask when you're going to come close to a person? on what theory would you not do that? now, if they don't accept that and there is widespread noncompliance, then we will go and wevil penalty, it can say you cannot be on a bus or train unless you wear a mask. we are not there yet. i hope new yorkers will do it, because it makes sense. [indiscernible] , if people want to go for of walk or run and they are worried about getting shamed for not wearing a mask. [indiscernible] to know whyi want you are not wear

and you, as yourself, area new yorkers.yorker, how safe do you feel living there? i gather a lot of your friends have left but you have stayed.” a lot of your friends have left but you have stayed. i would not rather be anywhere in the world but new york city today. i feel safe, i feel secure, i am about to go out for a walk, andi am about to go out for a walk, and i love new york. i will never leave. and i love new york. i will never leave . darren and i love new york. i will never leave. darren walker speaking to me a little earlier. europe has so far shouldered the majority of all deaths and infections, though there's now hope the curve could be starting to flatten in some of the hardest—hit countries. freya cole reports. intensive care nurses in france push through the long and exhausting shifts. but with caution, there is a sense of hope. for a second day, the number of new admissions has dropped and the daily death toll appears to be slowing. translation: a very high plateau for this epidemic appears to have been reac

pain began today for many new yorkers. they are in our thoughts and prayers. many across this country. the discordance he, discrepancy number of , thetalizations dropping number of deaths and losses is a lagging indicator to the number of hospitalizations. a person goes into the hospital. if they are treated, most of them are then released, discharged. get put on ame ventilator. the longer you are on a ventilator, the less likely you will ever come off of that ventilator. seeing theyou are number of deaths increase, because these people came in at the peak. they were not successfully longer you are on a ventilator, the less likely you come off. new york is still the most heavily impacted state in the nation. is on the, which curve, a little bit behind new york, is suffering. our thoughts and prayers are with them. i spoke to governor murphy of new jersey today. the situation,gh working on joint strategies, but our heart goes out to all of our neighbors in new jersey. louisiana.alifornia, in terms of how we are operating, managing the situation, the hospital sy

i'm a born and bred new yorker. and i have never seen this. under any circumstance. i mean, you can be in the middle of a tremendous snowstorm, you get more new yorkers out than you get out now. a fact that people forget, one thing for government to say, okay, it's safe to go out, if people don't believe it's safe they're not going to go. the data and the testing works both ways. it can give people a sense of security when they open some of these other places people didn't come out even though the government said you could come out. >> i'm sure you read the front-page piece of "the new york times" some questions about what makes new york city new york city broadway, the density, the subway the restaurants, some of those things may be threatened for a longer period of time, what's your take on when some of those things come back, theaters, restaurants, bars? >> well, look, it's anyone's guess. if you don't have a therapeutic or a vaccine, you'll see a significant lag in those areas because density is what created this issue. new york city's one of the most dense place

it is a strength and new yorkers are that strong. questions? >> governor, i am seeing over 110 staffers tested positive for covid. what more can people do and what about releasing federally elderly medlically people. >> 300 prisoners tested positive from covid and we are quarantining people. there are 1300 people in the prison system who are being quarantined. we have not seen the kind of outbreak, we are monitoring it closely. we have done a number of things including stopping visitation and doing isolation above and beyond but within humanity. so we are not monitoring closely. we'll brief on it every morning. we have taken a number of steps and technical role violations and people over 55 of the 90 days. >> excuse me. mcconnell represents the state of kentucky. when it comes to fairness, new york state puts more money into the federal tide than it takes out. at the end of the year, we put in -- his state, the state of kentucky takes out 138 billion more than they put in. he's a federal legislature. he's distributing the federal pot of money.

toto act quickly to prprevent me peopople from getting sick by granting emergency clemencies to new yorkersn prison who are older, sick, compromised systems. hundreds have tested positive. calls mount to release more prisoners. new york city mayor bill de blasio has said he'll release about 300 people from rikers island and other city jails. rikers currently holds just over 5000 people. many are there for parole violations or are serving less than a year for low-level offenses. many have not gone to trial yet. they simply don't have money for bail. for more, we're joined by someone who is just really saturday morning from rikers. jose diaz is a nyu graduate student in social and cultural analysis with an emphasis on latino studies. he was freed after a campaign calling for his release after he was arrested on a parole violation on march 2. also with us is jose saldana, director o of the group releasig aging people in prison. jose was released from new york state prison in january 2018 after serving 38 years and four parole board denials. his recent column published in usa today is headlined

the american instinct was the farmer who sent me the one mask to help a new yorker who only had five masks and a wife with one lung and underlying illness. he sends one of his five masks to new york. think about the generosity, the charity. the spirit. that's america. why? because we are good neighbors, because we care about one another. america was when i said we need help in our emergency rooms and hospitals and 95,000 nurses and doctors from across the nation said, we will come to new york to help. we will come into the emergency room, we will come into the hospital. i understand it is covid. i will leave my family and come to help yours. that is america. that is who we are. that is who we have shown ourselves to be in the middle of this crisis. the crisis brings out the best and the worst. yes. and the best of america is beautiful. and that's what we have seen. because yes, we are tough, we are smart, we are disciplined. we are loving. americans.are and that's who we are and how we are as americans. i just hope the political leadership of this nation understands how good we are as

it's, also, true of society. >> reporter: new yorkers lean out of their windows every evening in a show of that collective.. they raise their voices and blow their h horns. a symphony for essential workers and themselves. catherine kobayashi, nhk world new york. >> worldwide, data compiled by a u.s. university showed that the number of confirmed infections has topped 2.5 million. johns hopkins university says the death toll has now exceeded 174,000. the united states has the most fatalities, at over 42,000. >>> in japan, prime minister abe shinzo declared a state of emergency for tokyo and six other prefectures, two weeks ago, and expanded the declaration to the entire country last week. since then, the number of p peoe venturing outside has dropped. however, the number of confirmed cases is rising across the country. japanese health authorities said, on tuesday, 20 more people died from the virus. that brings the total death toll to 296, including 13 from the diamond princess cruise ship, which was quarantined near tokyo in february. the total number of confirmed cases in japan has exc

no, i don't see the numbness and i don't believe new yorkers see the numbness. i think the frustration of the individual situation can cause you to do irresponsible things, should,t more than you to disregard social distancing. i think that's an issue and that's what i have been trying to address. >> when people do start getting back to work, will it be a reverse? time orto work 25% at a 12% or something? gov. cuomo: it is a good question. i think they go back -- it is my opinion -- and we are working on a plan with connecticut and new jersey, because when we go back, we go back together. i think we go back with people who have tested that they are negative or people who have tested that they have the antibodies, which means they had the virus and are immune. or we go back with younger people going first, still protecting, isolating the vulnerable. but if it is waves, i think those are the waves. >> can you get reinfected? is there any proof you can't get reinfected if you have the antibodies? >> usually when you have a virus, you develop antibodies, you don't g

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and new yorkers will return the favor. new yorkers will return the favor. this is going to affect every place in this country. e are, in some ways, the first major encounter. we're learning. we'll get the experience and we will return the favor. when your community needs help, new yorkers will be there. and you have my personal word on that. and it's also the new york tradition. when there's been a hurricane or there's been a flood or hurricane katrina, new yorkers are the first ones in their cars o go anywhere in this nation that needs help. and i will be the first one in my car to go wherever this nation needs help as soon as we get past this. i will never forget how people across this country came to the aid of new yorkers when they needed it and i deeply appreciate it. we have 85,000 volunteers now in total, which are being deployed to the hospitals so they can find staff that works for them. supplies are an ongoing challenge. the ppe is an ongoing challenge, the gowns, the gloves, and the ventilators. first of all, we have for the first time ever, a ho

again today for many new yorkers and there are no thoughts and prayers consistently made joins us now from new york kristen the numbers are still going in the wrong direction and or. that's right certainly in terms of the faith talent though in terms of hospitalizations while they're still going up the governor did suggest they may be clad towing and that is a little bit of good news he pointed out that in 1918 spanish flu epidemic took 6 months to reach its apex whereas this would be happening in just over a month here in new york and in the surrounding communities possibly of connecticut and new jersey but he did caution that extreme measures would have to remain in place in order for that to happen and in terms of social distancing and he also pointed out that a resurgence could still be possible if. hospitals weren't able to stay on top of the situation as well there's still concerns about gear for medical workers beds for patients and equipment and protective equipment as well and as well as a number of medical personnel in terms of beds there's been some good news in that the u.

when your community needs help, new yorkers will be there. and you have my personal word on that. and it's also the new york tradition when there's been a hurricane or there's been a flood or hurricane katrina, new yorkers are the first ones in their cars to go anywhere in this nation that needs help. and i will be the first one in my car to go wherever this nation needs help as soon as we get past this. i'll never forget how people across this country came to the aid of new yorkers when they needed it. and i deeply appreciate it. we have 85,000 volunteers now in total, which are being deployed to the hospitals so they can find staff that works for them. supplies are an ongoing challenge. the ppe is an ongoing challenge, the gowns, the gloves, and the ventilators. first of all, we have for the first time ever a hospital-by-hospital survey that will be done on a nightly schedule of exactly what they have. we are coordinating like we've never coordinated before. rather than have all these regional systems, public systems, private systems, et cetera, we have a central stockpile. we ar

i fight for new yorkers. that is my job. i don't have any side jobs. i don't have any other places to go, people to see. that is all i do. and i am telling you, new yorkers need funding for this budget because we cannot do it otherwise. look, washington is saying, we want to find small business. great. you should find small businesses, and they want to fund financial and large corporations, and airlines, and hotels. that is all great. fund all of those businesses, but at the same time, don't forget teachers and police officers and firefighters and transit workers and health care workers in nursing home staff. because of those other people who i find with the state budget. choose shouldn't make us between small businesses and large businesses, and people who are on the work day in and day out. i would even go a step further, and i would propose hazard pay for frontline workers. a all say, boy, they did great job. the health-care workers did a great job, the police, they are heroes. yes, they are, but you know what? thanks is nice but also recognition of

but we are -- the message to new yorkers is we are scrambling. that shouldn't have a negative connotation. we're able to handle many, many different tasks here, we're still fighting, still great work taking place on those that unfortunately still do commit crime. we added a lot of things to our repertoire. we're reaching out more than ever to new yorkers that need help, whether delivering food, calling domestic violence victims to make sure they're safe and still out on patrol. people are surprised how many cops they see on corners, in cars, making people feel safe. we're continuing to do all of that. >> now, the governor of new york warns about just a spike in cases over the next couple of weeks. a spike can affect your force as well. what percentage of folks are you preparing for being out when the worst of this strikes? >> i think it is a little bit of an unknown. when is that top going to be if you watch any news show or expert, if i told you an answer, it would be nothing but a guess. we're planning for the eventuality and it is -- the not y

and that's new yorkers. questions? reporter: schools to reopen reporter: \[inaudible] is there anything the states can help with? governor cuomo: you are talking about medical equipment for hospitals? reporter: yes. governor cuomo: yeah. i'll ask the commissioner and comments specifically. just so you know how this works, on a daley basis -- daily basis, every hospital does an inventory that they send to us that says what they have and what they need. and any hospital that is short in urgent need of anything, we provide them with that material on a daily basis. we do not have any hospital that has said to us, we have an urgent need for x that we have not been able to fulfill. two caveats. you can have employees in a hospital who say, i don't like this protocol, i don't like what the hospital is telling me to do. that's a different set of issues. second caveat, you can have a hospital say, i only have a three-day supply, and that makes me very nervous. i normally have a two-month supply. yes, i know that. nobody has a t

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