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Mayor and Governor Clash Over N.Y.C. School Shutdown: Live Updates Mayor and Governor Clash Over N.Y.C. School Shutdown: Live Updates
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The tussle between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo over the mayor’s decision to keep New York City’s schools closed for the rest of the academic year dragged into a third day on Monday.The tussle between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo over the mayor’s decision to keep New York City’s schools closed for the rest of the academic year dragged into a third day on Monday.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the closings on Saturday, but Mr. Cuomo insisted that the final decision was his and that it was too soon to make one.Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the closings on Saturday, but Mr. Cuomo insisted that the final decision was his and that it was too soon to make one.
“We won’t open schools one minute sooner than they should be opened,” Mr. Cuomo said on Sunday, “but we won’t open schools one minute later than they should be opened, either.”“We won’t open schools one minute sooner than they should be opened,” Mr. Cuomo said on Sunday, “but we won’t open schools one minute later than they should be opened, either.”
“Nobody knows what we will be doing in June,” he added, in a seeming rebuke to the mayor.“Nobody knows what we will be doing in June,” he added, in a seeming rebuke to the mayor.
Mr. de Blasio reiterated on Monday morning that he and the city schools chancellor, Richard A. Carranza, had the authority to make the decision to keep schools closed for the city’s 1.1 million schoolchildren.Mr. de Blasio reiterated on Monday morning that he and the city schools chancellor, Richard A. Carranza, had the authority to make the decision to keep schools closed for the city’s 1.1 million schoolchildren.
“We’re not reopening schools,” he said on MSNBC. “It won’t be safe for all the people we’re supposed to protect, and our job, our responsibility is to them.”“We’re not reopening schools,” he said on MSNBC. “It won’t be safe for all the people we’re supposed to protect, and our job, our responsibility is to them.”
When asked on WPIX-TV on Monday what confused parents should do, Mr. de Blasio said, “They should simply plan on the fact that they’ll be closed. I’m quite convinced that they will be and that’s the right thing to do.”When asked on WPIX-TV on Monday what confused parents should do, Mr. de Blasio said, “They should simply plan on the fact that they’ll be closed. I’m quite convinced that they will be and that’s the right thing to do.”
And Governor Cuomo also held to his position. In an interview on Monday on “The Howard Stern Show,” the governor repeated that the decision should be coordinated regionally.
“I cant have things happen that are mistakes,” he said, before suggesting that Mr. de Blasio was a ”local official” who had stepped out of line.
Last month, Mr. Cuomo pre-empted Mr. de Blasio on the original decision to close schools, announcing it before Mr. de Blasio had a chance to do so. The two politicians have feuded for years.Last month, Mr. Cuomo pre-empted Mr. de Blasio on the original decision to close schools, announcing it before Mr. de Blasio had a chance to do so. The two politicians have feuded for years.
The number of coronavirus patients admitted to hospitals in New York City dropped by 17 percent from Saturday to Sunday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday morning.
Mr. de Blasio said that 383 people were admitted on Sunday, down from 463 the day before.
In other encouraging news, Mr. de Blasio said that the number of people in intensive-care units in the city’s public hospitals also dropped, though only slightly, to 835 from 857. And the percentage of people tested who are positive for the virus also declined slightly.
Those announcements came as the mayor unveiled a new public effort to track the three measures he has said will have to trend downward consistently and in unison for New York City to reopen.
They are: the number of people suspected to have the virus who are admitted to hospitals; the number of people suspected to have the virus who are admitted to intensive care; and the percentage of people who test positive for the virus.
“I’m pleased to report we do see all the important indicators moving in the right direction,” the mayor said. But he emphasized, as he has for several days, that any change in the city’s restrictions was also contingent on more widespread testing than was currently available.
Here are other highlights from the mayor’s morning briefing:
The suspension of alternate-side parking rules is extended to April 28.
Mr. de Blasio called on the Rent Guidelines Board to enact a rent freeze.
He urged the state to let tenants who have lost income defer the payment of rent and pay it back over a 12-month period. “Let’s acknowledge the extent of this crisis and give tenants a way forward,” he said.
People who see violations of social-distancing rules will soon be able to report them by sending a photograph, along with the location, to 311.
One of the cruelties of the coronavirus is that many patients have just minutes to settle their affairs. With family members for the most part barred from visiting their loved ones, doctors often are left to facilitate such moments, full of emotion and tears.One of the cruelties of the coronavirus is that many patients have just minutes to settle their affairs. With family members for the most part barred from visiting their loved ones, doctors often are left to facilitate such moments, full of emotion and tears.
“I cried multiple times on my shift last night,” Dr. Marissa Nadeau, an emergency medicine physician on the night shift, texted in a WhatsApp group chat where her colleagues trade advice and experiences and try to comfort each other.“I cried multiple times on my shift last night,” Dr. Marissa Nadeau, an emergency medicine physician on the night shift, texted in a WhatsApp group chat where her colleagues trade advice and experiences and try to comfort each other.
She had helped three critically ill patients FaceTime their families in a single night.She had helped three critically ill patients FaceTime their families in a single night.
“You guys are going to see me with red puffy eyes for the next few weeks,” she wrote. “I just feel like I went into this specialty to save lives, and it kills me that we can’t save everybody.”“You guys are going to see me with red puffy eyes for the next few weeks,” she wrote. “I just feel like I went into this specialty to save lives, and it kills me that we can’t save everybody.”
Intensive care units in the city once saw a steady stream of visitors. Nurses and doctors learned about their patients through them: which patient had the spouse who spent every waking hour at the bedside, which patient had the large family.Intensive care units in the city once saw a steady stream of visitors. Nurses and doctors learned about their patients through them: which patient had the spouse who spent every waking hour at the bedside, which patient had the large family.
Now bedside vigils, and visitors generally, are a thing of the past.Now bedside vigils, and visitors generally, are a thing of the past.
Dr. Dylan Wyatt, a resident physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, said one recent image is seared into his memory: a woman who had been summoned to the hospital because her mother, in her 90s, seemed close to death.Dr. Dylan Wyatt, a resident physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, said one recent image is seared into his memory: a woman who had been summoned to the hospital because her mother, in her 90s, seemed close to death.
“She wanted to go in to see her mother, but she couldn’t, so she was standing there crying with her hand on the glass, looking in,” Dr. Wyatt recalled. “What struck me most is just how lonely people are at the critical hour.”“She wanted to go in to see her mother, but she couldn’t, so she was standing there crying with her hand on the glass, looking in,” Dr. Wyatt recalled. “What struck me most is just how lonely people are at the critical hour.”
Mr. Cuomo said on Sunday that 758 more people had died from the coronavirus in New York, bringing the state’s death total to 9,385.Mr. Cuomo said on Sunday that 758 more people had died from the coronavirus in New York, bringing the state’s death total to 9,385.
The virus killed more than 5,200 people in New York State last week alone.The virus killed more than 5,200 people in New York State last week alone.
Other indicators were more positive, the governor said, continuing last week’s pattern during which, even as hundreds of people died daily, rates of hospitalization and other data suggested that the spread of the virus had slowed.Other indicators were more positive, the governor said, continuing last week’s pattern during which, even as hundreds of people died daily, rates of hospitalization and other data suggested that the spread of the virus had slowed.
Mr. Cuomo said 8,236 new people had tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total statewide to 188,694. The number of people newly hospitalized, 53, was “the lowest number since we started doing these charts,” he said.Mr. Cuomo said 8,236 new people had tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total statewide to 188,694. The number of people newly hospitalized, 53, was “the lowest number since we started doing these charts,” he said.
Mr. Cuomo said he would sign an executive order on Sunday that would direct employers at essential businesses to provide their workers with cloth or surgical face masks to wear when interacting with the public.Mr. Cuomo said he would sign an executive order on Sunday that would direct employers at essential businesses to provide their workers with cloth or surgical face masks to wear when interacting with the public.
New York City last week released preliminary data showing that the coronavirus is killing black and Latino New Yorkers at twice the rate that it is killing white New Yorkers.New York City last week released preliminary data showing that the coronavirus is killing black and Latino New Yorkers at twice the rate that it is killing white New Yorkers.
On Sunday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city would open testing centers in an effort to begin addressing those disparities.On Sunday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city would open testing centers in an effort to begin addressing those disparities.
Mr. de Blasio said there continued to be encouraging signs in the city’s fight against the virus. The number of those who needed to be intubated on a daily basis continued to fall, to about 70 patients a day from 200 to 300, he said.Mr. de Blasio said there continued to be encouraging signs in the city’s fight against the virus. The number of those who needed to be intubated on a daily basis continued to fall, to about 70 patients a day from 200 to 300, he said.
The mayor added that the city had a large enough supply of ventilators to get through the week. He said that all city workers who had contact with the public would be required to wear face coverings starting on Monday.The mayor added that the city had a large enough supply of ventilators to get through the week. He said that all city workers who had contact with the public would be required to wear face coverings starting on Monday.
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Reporting was contributed by Jonah Engel Bromwich, Shaina Feinberg, Joseph Goldstein, Andrew Hinderaker, Jan Hoffman, Andy Newman, Azi Paybarah, Julia Rothman, Edgar Sandoval, Eliza Shapiro, Tracey Tully, Katie Van Syckle and Benjamin Weiser.Reporting was contributed by Jonah Engel Bromwich, Shaina Feinberg, Joseph Goldstein, Andrew Hinderaker, Jan Hoffman, Andy Newman, Azi Paybarah, Julia Rothman, Edgar Sandoval, Eliza Shapiro, Tracey Tully, Katie Van Syckle and Benjamin Weiser.