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Cuomo Urges Caution on Rush to Reopen N.Y.: Live Updates Cuomo Urges Caution on Rush to Reopen N.Y.: Live Updates
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Weeks after ordering an unprecedented shutdown across the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Saturday said the efforts were beginning to pay off and the curve of new coronavirus cases was continuing to flatten. Weeks after ordering a shutdown across the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Saturday said the efforts were beginning to pay off and the curve of new coronavirus cases was continuing to flatten.
Hospitalizations, including the three-day average of new virus patients being admitted to hospitals, are down, as were intubations, considered a sign of the severity of the health crisis, the governor said. But, as the focus began to turn to reopening the state and New York City, Mr. Cuomo emphasized that it would be premature to look too far ahead.
“The curve of the increase is continuing to flatten,” Mr. Cuomo said. “The number of hospitalizations appeared to have hit an apex, which is what many of the models predicted.” “Reopening is both an economic question and a public health question,” he said. “And I’m unwilling to divorce the two. You can’t ask the people of this state or this country to chose between lives lost and dollars gained.”
He also said that potential hot spots on Long Island and in upstate New York appeared to be under control, as well. A rushed decision, he said, could lead to resurgence of the outbreak.
“We’ve had hot spots, but we attacked them aggressively and we believe that we have stabilized the situation upstate,” he said.
As some of the focus began to turn to reopening the state and New York City, Mr. Cuomo emphasized that it was too soon to give any details.
“We don’t know if there’s going to be a second wave or not,” he said, urging caution in the rush to get the economy back off the ground. He cited places around the world that had reopened too quickly and experienced resurgences in the virus.“We don’t know if there’s going to be a second wave or not,” he said, urging caution in the rush to get the economy back off the ground. He cited places around the world that had reopened too quickly and experienced resurgences in the virus.
“It’s one thing to make a mistake once,” he said, “but this nation should not go through it again.”“It’s one thing to make a mistake once,” he said, “but this nation should not go through it again.”
The divide between Mr. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City widened, as Mr. Cuomo expressed a disagreement with public school policies the mayor had announced just hours prior, saying that “there has been no decision” regarding the closure of New York City schools. Mr. Cuomo also pushed back on an announcement made by Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City just hours earlier about the city’s schools being closed for the rest of the academic year. “There has been no decision” regarding the closure of the schools, Mr. Cuomo said.
“It makes no sense for one locality to take an action that’s not coordinated with the others,” he said, referring to other school districts. Mr. Cuomo added of the mayor: “He didn’t close them and he can’t open them.” “It makes no sense for one locality to take an action that’s not coordinated with the others,” he added, referring to other school districts. Mr. Cuomo added of the mayor: “He didn’t close them and he can’t open them.”
Mr. Cuomo emphasized that the decision to reopen New York schools rested with him, not individual mayors.Mr. Cuomo emphasized that the decision to reopen New York schools rested with him, not individual mayors.
“It is my legal authority in this situation. It was just not New York City that we closed. It was done statewide,” Mr. Cuomo said. “It is my legal authority in this situation,” he said. “It was just not New York City that we closed. It was done statewide.”
New York City’s public schools will remain closed through the end of the academic year, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Saturday, confirming that more than three months of regular schooling for 1.1 million children will be lost because of the coronavirus. Other updates from Mr. Cuomo’s briefing:
“There’s nothing easy about this decision,” Mr. de Blasio said during a news briefing Saturday morning. “Lord knows, having to tell you that we cannot bring our schools back for the remainder of the school year is painful. I can also tell you is the right thing to do. It will clearly help us save lives.” The state death toll rose to more than 8,600, up from 7,844 the day before.
But soon after the mayor ended his news conference on Saturday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at his own press briefing said there had been “no decision” on closing schools in the state or city. He described the mayor’s announcement as Mr. de Blasio’s “opinion.” Hospitalizations, including the three-day average of new virus patients being admitted to hospitals, were down, as were intubations — considered a sign of the severity of the health crisis.
The governor and mayor have been political rivals for years. New York City has the authority to close its own schools. Potential hot spots on Long Island and in upstate New York appeared to be under control. “We’ve had hot spots, but we attacked them aggressively and we believe that we have stabilized the situation upstate,” the governor said.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the state increased to 180,458, from 170,812. There were 18,654 patients in hospitals, up from 18,569 on Friday, and there were 5,009 patients in intensive care, up from 4,908.
New York City’s public schools will remain closed through the end of the academic year, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Saturday, confirming that more than three months of regular schooling for 1.1 million children would be lost because of the coronavirus.
“There’s nothing easy about this decision,” Mr. de Blasio said during a news briefing on Saturday morning. “Lord knows, having to tell you that we cannot bring our schools back for the remainder of the school year is painful. I can also tell you is the right thing to do. It will clearly help us save lives.”
But soon after the mayor ended his news conference, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at his own press briefing said there had been “no decision” on closing schools in the state or city. He described the mayor’s announcement as Mr. de Blasio’s “opinion.”
The governor and mayor have been political rivals for years. New York City typically makes its own decisions about closures, including snow days.
Roughly 1,800 schools across the city’s five boroughs have scrambled to adjust to remote learning since they were initially closed on March 16, a sudden shift that has presented educators with perhaps the largest challenge of their careers.Roughly 1,800 schools across the city’s five boroughs have scrambled to adjust to remote learning since they were initially closed on March 16, a sudden shift that has presented educators with perhaps the largest challenge of their careers.
The first few weeks of online learning have already transformed the relationship between the city’s students, parents, and educators, who have come to rely on each other in ways unfathomable even a month ago.The first few weeks of online learning have already transformed the relationship between the city’s students, parents, and educators, who have come to rely on each other in ways unfathomable even a month ago.
“Our educators were asked to learn an entirely new way of teaching,” Mr. de Blasio said Saturday. “They had a week to quickly retool.” “Our educators were asked to learn an entirely new way of teaching,” Mr. de Blasio said on Saturday. “They had a week to quickly retool.”
Mr. de Blasio, who made the announcement alongside the city’s schools chancellor, Richard A. Carranza, faced enormous pressure from parents and teachers to close the schools as the virus began its spread through New York City in March. After initially resisting, the mayor ultimately shut the system and said, “This is not something in a million years I could have imagined having to do.” Mr. de Blasio, who made the announcement alongside the city’s schools chancellor, Richard A. Carranza, faced enormous pressure from parents and teachers to close the schools as the virus began its spread through New York. After initially resisting, the mayor ultimately shut the system, saying, “This is not something in a million years I could have imagined having to do.”
Though New York City is the epicenter of the nation’s coronavirus outbreak, more than a dozen states, including California and Pennsylvania, and many more local school districts have already announced that their public schools will remain closed through the end of the school year. Though New York City is the epicenter of the nation’s coronavirus outbreak, more than a dozen states, including California and Pennsylvania, and many more local districts have already announced that their public schools will remain closed through the end of the academic year.
Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey on Saturday reported a mix of grim news and hint of optimism as the coronavirus pandemic continued to claim lives in that state.
Mr. Murphy, who arrived at the Saturday briefing wearing a face mask, announced that another 251 people had died, an increase from the number announced on Friday, 233. The statewide total of deaths also increased to 2,183.
“This is a toll in real life that the virus is taking on our state,” he said. “Sadly, however, we continue to lose members of our tremendous New Jersey Family to Covid-19-related complications.”
Among the deceased, Mr. Murphy said, was Viola Richardson, a former police officer who served as Jersey City councilwoman for 12 years. He described her as “tough and outspoken” and a “fighter for her community.”
Mr. Murphy said more than 58,151 people had tested positive for the virus in New Jersey, but he also noted the many New Jersey residents who were winning the fight against the coronavirus.
“There are hundreds of people, literally, each day leaving the hospital, people who have beaten, to one degree or another, who have gotten to a much better place,” he said. “This should give us hope.”
Mr. Murphy also signed an executive order Saturday directing public and private transit providers to limit capacity to 50 percent. He also asked transit providers to provide their workers with masks and gloves to stem the spread of the virus.
Other numbers from Mr. Murphy’s briefing on Saturday:
Coronavirus-related hospitalizations in New Jersey: 7,618
People in critical intensive care: 1,746
Patients on ventilators: 1,650
Discharged from hospitals: 682
New York City will begin placing hundreds of single adults, regardless of age and health conditions, into hotel rooms instead of dormitory-style shelters where coronavirus has continued to spread.New York City will begin placing hundreds of single adults, regardless of age and health conditions, into hotel rooms instead of dormitory-style shelters where coronavirus has continued to spread.
About 2,500 people, including people 70 and older, people who are symptomatic or have tested positive, and people in crowded shelters, will be moved out of shelters an into hotel rooms by April 20th. About 2,500 people, including those 70 and older, those who are symptomatic or have tested positive for the virus, and those in crowded shelters, will be moved out of shelters and into hotel rooms by April 20.
“It’s tough enough to not have a place to live. We want to make sure people are safe and healthy,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Saturday at a news conference. “It’s tough enough to not have a place to live,” Mr. de Blasio said while making the announcement on Saturday. “We want to make sure people are safe and healthy.”
The mayor’s announcement followed a surge in deaths among people living in shelters, especially men who live in dormitory-style shelters for single adults. On Friday, the Department of Social Services reported that five more men, including three who lived in shelters for single adults, had died in the city. The mayor’s statements followed a surge in deaths among people living in shelters, especially men who live in dormitory-style shelters for single adults. On Friday, the city’s Department of Social Services reported that five more men, including three who lived in shelters for single adults, had died.
A coalition of advocacy groups, including the Urban Justice Center and VOCAL-NY, has called on Mr. de Blasio to use 30,000 empty hotel rooms to house not only people living in shelters but people living on the street and in other congregate settings. The Urban Justice Center began a GoFundMe campaign to begin moving people into hotels independently. A coalition of advocacy groups, including the Urban Justice Center and VOCAL-NY, has called on Mr. de Blasio to use 30,000 empty hotel rooms to house not only people living in shelters, but people living on the street and in other congregate settings. The Urban Justice Center began a GoFundMe campaign to begin moving people into hotels independently.
There have been a total of 20 deaths among the homeless, including 12 men and one woman from shelters for single adults. About 100 out of the city’s 450 traditional shelters and private apartment buildings and hotels used as shelters are designated for single adults. There have been at least 20 deaths among the homeless, including 12 men and one woman from shelters for single adults. About 100 out of the city’s 450 traditional shelters and private apartment buildings and hotels used as shelters are designated for single adults.
An estimated 79,000 people are homeless in the city, and about 5 percent normally live on the street.An estimated 79,000 people are homeless in the city, and about 5 percent normally live on the street.
On March 24, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo offered the public a dire assessment: To stave off a catastrophe, New York might need up to 140,000 hospital beds and as many as 40,000 intensive care units with ventilators. On March 24, Governor Cuomo offered the public a dire assessment: To stave off a catastrophe, New York might need up to 140,000 hospital beds and as many as 40,000 intensive care units with ventilators.
Two weeks later, however, with an unprecedented lockdown across the state, New York has managed to avoid the apocalyptic vision that some forecasters predicted. Two weeks later, however, with a lockdown across the state, New York has managed to avoid the apocalyptic vision that some forecasters predicted.
The daily death toll has still been staggering: Mr. Cuomo announced on Friday that another 777 people had died of the coronavirus in New York — the national epicenter of the pandemic — pushing the state’s total to 7,844. The daily death toll has still been staggering: Mr. Cuomo announced on Saturday that an additional 783 people had died of the coronavirus in New York on Friday — the national epicenter of the pandemic — pushing the state’s total to 8,627.
But the number of intensive care beds being used in New York — one of the main measures to track the progress of sick patients — declined for the first time in the crisis on Friday, to 4,908. And the total number hospitalized with the virus, 18,569, was far lower than the darkest expectations.But the number of intensive care beds being used in New York — one of the main measures to track the progress of sick patients — declined for the first time in the crisis on Friday, to 4,908. And the total number hospitalized with the virus, 18,569, was far lower than the darkest expectations.
Indeed, as the hospitalization curves in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut all show early signs of potentially flattening, the pandemic’s reach has so far not matched the many statistical models officials have relied on for weeks as they placed millions of Americans under crippling restrictions.Indeed, as the hospitalization curves in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut all show early signs of potentially flattening, the pandemic’s reach has so far not matched the many statistical models officials have relied on for weeks as they placed millions of Americans under crippling restrictions.
Asked on Friday whether he feared losing credibility for trusting some models that offered grim projections that have so far not come to pass, Mr. Cuomo said he did not. Instead, he credited the behavior of New Yorkers themselves for creating the discrepancy between the predictions and the actual statistics. Asked on Friday whether he feared losing credibility for trusting some models that offered grim projections that have so far not come to pass, Mr. Cuomo said he did not. Instead, he credited the behavior of New Yorkers for creating the discrepancy between the predictions and the actual statistics.
“The statisticians, when they did their curve, did not know how New Yorkers would respond and didn’t know whether or not New Yorkers would comply, and they didn’t know how unified New Yorkers can be,” Mr. Cuomo said at his daily briefing on Friday.“The statisticians, when they did their curve, did not know how New Yorkers would respond and didn’t know whether or not New Yorkers would comply, and they didn’t know how unified New Yorkers can be,” Mr. Cuomo said at his daily briefing on Friday.
Still, the virus is not going away anytime soon. The total number of confirmed cases in New York State rose by nearly 11,000 from Thursday to Friday, the largest single-day increase yet, and stood at 170,812. The state’s death toll was 7,844 on Friday, and the total for the tristate region of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut surpassed 10,000. Still, the virus is not going away anytime soon. On Friday, the death toll for the tristate region of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut surpassed 10,000.
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Reporting was contributed by Alan Feuer, Jesse McKinley, Edgar Sandoval, Eliza Shapiro, Matt Stevens and Nikita Stewart. Reporting was contributed by Alan Feuer, Melina Delkic, Jesse McKinley, Edgar Sandoval, Eliza Shapiro, Matt Stevens and Nikita Stewart.