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ARE.
AND WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE ON
THE TRAJECTORY CASES CONTINUES
TO CLIMB, 7681.
A COUPLE OF UPDATES I WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE TO THE LOCAL HEALTH
PROVIDERS.
WE WANT TO ANTICIPATE THIS
SITUATION.
WE TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT
PLANNING FORWARD AND GETTING
BEHIND THIS VIRUS FROM DAY ONE
RATHER THAN BEING REACTIVE, BE
PROACTIVE, GET AHEAD OF IT.
LOCAL HEALTH PROVIDERS SHOULD BE
WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE AND
ANTICIPATING WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A PHENOMENON
OF A ROLLING APEX.
WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE APEX,
THE TOP OF THE CURVE.
BUT THE TOP OF THE CURVE WILL
OCCUR AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN
DIFFERENT PLACES.
RIGHT?
THE CURVE IS A FUNCTION OF THE
RATE OF SPREAD, THE RATE OF
DENSITY AND WHEN IT STARTED.
SO YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT CURVES.
YOU SEE IT ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
IT STARTED IN WASHINGTON, THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
NOW YOU SEE NEW YORK, YOU SEE
CHICAGO, YOU SEE NEW ORLEANS.
YOU SEE PARTS OF CALIFORNIA.
SO, THAT ROLLING APEX IS
HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT ROLLING APEX IS ALSO GOING
TO BE HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.
THE CURRENT PROJECTIONS ALL SAY
NEW YORK CITY WILL FACE THE
FIRST HIGH WATER MARK IF YOU
WILL, HIGH TIDE MARK, THE HIGH
TIDE OF THE CURVE.
BUT THEN YOU'LL SEE WEST
CHESTER, YOU'LL SEE LONG ISLAND
ON A DELAY WITH THEIR CURVE
HITTING A NEW HEIGHT.
MOD PROJECT -- MODEL PROJECTORS
ARE NOT SURE WHETHER IT'S LONG
ISLAND FIRST, SOME SUGGEST WEST
CHESTER YOU REMEMBER THAT
CLUSTERING AT NEW ROCHELLE.
THEN UPSTATE NEW YORK.
WE EXPECT A CURVE IN UPSTATE NEW
YORK ALSO.
IT MAY NOT BE AS HIGH,
OBVIOUSLY, AS NEW YORK CITY,
WEST CHESTER AND LONG ISLAND,
BUT THERE WILL BE A CURVE.
SO IF YOU ARE NOT IN A HIGHLY
AFFECTED HEALTH AREA NOW, THAT
DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE NOT GOING
TO HAVE A REAL SITUATION TO DEAL
WITH.
BECAUSE THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST
GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO UP ALL
ACROSS THE STATE.
SO FOR LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEM, THIS
IS A NEW CHALLENGE.
MOST HEALTH SYSTEM VERSUS PUBLIC
HOSPITALS AND THEN THEY HAVE
PRIVATE HOSPITALS OR VOLUNTEER,
VOLUNTARY HOSPITALS.
AND THEY BASICALLY EXIST ON A
DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AS TWO
DIFFERENT SYSTEMS.
SO YOU WILL HAVE PUBLIC
HOSPITALS AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
PRIVATE HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
AND FOR ALL INTENTS AND
PURPOSES, IN NORMAL OPERATING
PROCEDURES, THEY OPERATE AS TWO
SYSTEMS, THERE'S VERY LITTLE
INTERACTION.
THERE IS ALSO VERY LITTLE
INTERACTION AMONG INDIVIDUAL
HOSPITALS SOMETIMES EVEN WITHIN
THEIR OWN SYSTEM.
SO YOU HAVE PUBLIC HOSPITALS
THAT ARE A PART OF A PUBLIC
HOSPITAL SYSTEM, BUT EACH
HOSPITAL BASICALLY OPERATES ON
ITS OWN.
RIGHT.
HAS ITS OWN IDENTITY.
CERTAINLY TRUE ON THE PRIVATE
SIDE, WHERE YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL
HOSPITALS AND THEY OPERATE ON
THEIR OWN.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT
MENTALITY.
AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT
MENTALITY QUICKLY.
NO HOSPITAL IS AN ISLAND.
NO HOSPITAL IN THIS SITUATION
CAN EXIST UNTO THEMSELVES.
WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A NEW
MENTALITY, A NEW CULTURE OF
HOSPITALS WORKING WITH ONE
ANOTHER BOTH WITHIN THE PUBLIC
SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE PRIVATE
SYSTEM AND WE NEED TO THINK
ABOUT THE PUBLIC SYSTEM WORKING
WITH THE PRIVATE SYSTEM IN A WAY
THEY NEVER HAVE BEFORE.
THERE IS AN ARTIFICIAL WALL
ALMOST BETWEEN THOSE TWO SYSTEMS
NOW.
THAT WALL HAS TO COME DOWN.
THAT THEORY HAS TO COME DOWN.
THIS IS GOING TO BE ALL HANDS ON
DECK.
THIS IS EVERYBODY HELPING
EVERYONE ELSE.
ONE HOSPITAL GETS OVERWHELMED.
THE OTHER HOSPITALS HAVE TO FLEX
TO HELP THAT HOSPITAL AND
VICE-VERSA.
WE HAVE EMHURST -- ELMHURST
HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK UNDER
STRESS.
IT'S HIGH.
WHEN THE NUMBER OF CASES IS
HIGH, THE STRESS ON THE STAFF IS
HIGH.
I WAS JUST TALKING TO THE DOCTOR
ABOUT THIS, YOU DO THIS WITH
TWO, THREE, FOUR WEEKS, THE
LEVEL OF STRESS IS VERY INTENSE.
ELMHURST HOSPITAL IS A PART OF A
PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM OF ABOUT 11
HOSPITALS IN NEW YORK CITY.
THAT SYSTEM HAS TO WORK
TOGETHER.
AND THOSE HOSPITALS HAVE TO WORK
TOGETHER.
THE LEVIN HEALTH AND HOSPITAL IN
NEW YORK CITY, THE PUBLIC
SYSTEM.
I WILL ASK MAYOR De BLASIO AND
CONTROLLER STINGER TO TAKE A --
STRINGER TO LOOK AT THE SYSTEM
AND LOOK AT HOW WE CAN GET THAT
SYSTEM TO WORK BETTER TOGETHER
AS A UNIFIED SYSTEM.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO GET BETTER
SOON.
RIGHT.
SO ELMHURST IS UNDER STRESS NOW.
THAT STRESS DOES NOT ABATE FOR
THIS FORESEEABLE SHORT-TERM
FUTURE.
SO HOW DO WE MAKE THAT SYSTEM
WORK BETTER TOGETHER?
AND WHAT RECOMMENDATION DOS WE
HAVE TO IMPROVE H&H?
WE WILL ALSO BE MEETING WITH THE
PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN NEW YORK
CITY THAT ARE ORGED THROUGH THE
GREATER NEW YORK HEALTH SYSTEM.
WE WILL MEET TO TALK ABOUT
HAVING THOSE HOSPITALS ALSO
ORGANIZED ACT AS ONE, GET OUT OF
THEIR SILOS.
GET OUT OF THEIR IDENTITIES TO
WORK TOGETHER.
AND THEN, OVERALL, HAVE YOU
THESE LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS.
THE STATE'S ROLE, WHICH WE'VE
NEVER REALLY DONE BEFORE, IS
GETTING THOSE HEALTH SYSTEMS TO
WORK WITH ONE ANOTHER SO WE
TALKED ABOUT IF NEW YORK CITY
GETS OVERWHELMED, WHEEL ASK THE
UPSTATE SYSTEMS TO BE A RELIEF
VALVE FOR THE DOWN-STATE HEALTH
SYSTEMS, WHICH HAS NEVER
HAPPENED BEFORE TO ANY SCALE.
AND ALSO, VICE-VERSA.
THERE WILL BE A TIME WHERE THE
UPSTATE HOSPITALS WILL BE
STRUGGLING.
AND WHEN THE UPSTATE HOSPITALS
WILL BE STRUGGLING, THEN WE WANT
THE DOWN-STATE HOSPITALS TO BE
ABLE TO TAKE OVER AND RELIEVE
THOSE HOSPITALS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE ADVANTAGE OF
THE ROLLING CURVE THAT THEY'RE
PROJECTING.
IF IT DOES HAPPEN THAT WAY,
THEORETICALLY, THE -- I ALMOST
THINK OF IT AS A HIGH TIDE MARK.
RIGHT.
HIGH TIDE COMES FIRST IN NEW
YORK CITY.
THEN THE TIDE IS ON THE WAY
DOWN.
THEN IT'S HIGH TIDE IN UPSTATE,
NEW YORK.
OKAY, SO IF THE TIDE IS DROPPING
DOWN STATE, HAVE YOU RELIEF FOR
THE UPSTATE HOSPITALS.
WE PUT IN PLACE THE NEW YORK
PAUSE PROGRAM.
TODAY I AM GOING TO EXTEND IT TO
APRIL 15th.
THE DIRECTIVE THAT NON-ESSENTIAL
STATE WORK FORCE CONTINUE TO
WORK FROM HOME.
WE ARE DOING IT IN TWO-WEEK
INTERVALS, BECAUSE EVERY DAY IS
A NEW DAY AND WE'LL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS DAY-TO-DAY, BUT I THINK
IT'S NOT EVEN QUESTIONABLE
TODAY.
BUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TWO
MORE WEEKS OF NON-ESSENTIAL
WORKERS.
THE GOOD NEWS, ROD'S WORK HAS
DEVELOPED, THE NEW YORK STATE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS
DEVELOPED A LESS INTRUSIVE
SALIVA AND SHORT NASAL SWAB
TEST.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT A
SHORT NASAL SWAB TEST CAN BE.
IT WILL BE ADMINISTERED IN THE
PRESENCE OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS,
REQUIRES LESS PPE.
HEALTHCARE WORKERS CAN ADMIN
STERS.
IT CAN START AS SOON AS NEXT
WEEK.
PEOPLE ASK, WHEN IS THIS OVER?
I THINK THE TESTING.
YOU TELL ME WHEN THEY COME UP
WITH A -- AN INEXPENSIVE HOME
TEST OR POINT OF CARE TEST THAT
CAN BE BROUGHT TO VOLUME, I
THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHEN YOU
SEE A REAL RETURN TO NORMALCY IN
THE WORK FORCE.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE ALL
TALKING ABOUT THIS CURVE,
FLATTEN THE CURVE, WHAT -- AT
WHAT POINT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE CURVE DO YOU GO BACK TO
WORK?
JESSIE ASKED THIS QUESTION THE
OTHER DAY.
THERE IS NO ANSWER.
I THINK THE ANSWER IS GOING TO
BE IN TESTING.
DR. FAUCI, WHO I THINK IS -- WE
ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE HIM HERE
AT THIS TIME -- HE TALKS ABOUT
FASTER, EASIER TESTING.
IF YOU CAN TEST MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE, IF YOU CAN TEST TODAY
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, YOU COULD
SEND THEM TO WORK TOMORROW.
RIGHT.
SO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE
TESTS I THINK ARE VERY IMPORTANT
AND INSTRUCTIVE.
TOMORROW THE U.S. COME FIRST IS
COMING, THAT IS ABOUT 1,000 BED
CAPACITY, IT'S STAFFED BY A
FEDERAL OFFICIALS, FEDERAL,
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
IT IS NOT FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS
BUT IT IS TO TAKE THE BACK-FILL
FROM HOSPITALS.
CURRENT STOCKPILE, WE'RE STILL
WORKING TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT
ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE.
WE HAVE A WHOLE TEAM THAT'S
WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE COMPETING
AGAINST EVERY OTHER STATE IN THE
UNITED STATES FOR THESE SAME
THINGS.
SO, IT'S VERY HARD.
BUT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.
IN TERMS OF FINDING STAFF,
THAT'S GOING VERY WELL.
THE VOLUNTEERISM OF NEW YORKERS,
GOD BLESS THEM.
WE'RE UP TO 76,000 HEALTHCARE
WORKERS WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED.
76,000.
76,000 PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED TO
GO INTO THESE HOSPITALS AT THIS
TIME.
JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.
ON THE TOTAL PEOPLE TESTED, WE
DID 16,000.
LAST NIGHT, TOTAL OF 172,000
TESTED.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE.
THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY, I'M
SORRY.
TOTAL CASES 59,000.
THE VIRUS CONTINUES ITS MARCH
ACROSS THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ONLY TWO COUNTIES NOW THAT DON'T
HAVE CASES.
THESE ARE THE OVERALL NUMBERS,
59,000 PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE.
8,000 CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED.
2,000 ICU PATIENTS.
3500 PATIENTS DISCHARGED.
WE KNOW -- NOBODY REALLY POINTS
TO THESE NUMBERS, BUT THIS IS
GOOD NEWS, 846 PEOPLE CAME OUT
OF HOSPITALS YESTERDAY
DISCHARGED AFTER BEING TREATED
FOR COVID.
RIGHT.
SO, YES, PEOPLE GET IT, 80% HAVE
EITHER SELF RESOLVED OR HAVE
SOME SYMPTOMS AT HOME.
20% GOING TO THE HOSPITAL, THE
MAJORITY OF THOSE GET TREATED
AND LEAVE.
IT'S THE ACUTELY ILL BY AND
LARGE WHO ARE THE VULNERABLE
POPULATION AND THAT'S WHAT WE
ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE.
THE DEATHS WENT FROM 728 TO 965.
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS, AS I
MENTIONED YESTERDAY, PEOPLE ARE
ON THE VENTILATOR LONGER AND
LONGER.
THE LONGER YOU ARE ON A
VENTILATOR, THE LESS YOUR CHANCE
OF EVER GETTING OFF THAT
VENTILATOR, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE
SEEING.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE
NUMBER OF DEATHS INCREASE.
IN TERMS OF MOST IMPACTED
STATES, AGAIN, NEW YORK IS STILL
NUMBER ONE.
TOTAL NEW HOSPITALIZATIONS,
THESE ARE THE CHARTS WE LOOK AT
EVERY NIGHT.
THE NUMBER IS UP, 1,175.
IT WAS A 47 THE NIGHT BEFORE.
THESE BOUNCE NIGHT-TO-NIGHT.
ANY ONE NIGHT'S DATA COULD HAVE
A NUMBER OF VARIABLES IN IT,
WHAT HOSPITALS ACTUALLY
REPORTED, WHEN THEY REPORTED IT,
HOW ACCURATE THEY WERE.
SO THE MORE YOU LOOK FOR A TREND
LINE, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE,
AND THERE ARE TREND LINES.
IF YOU LOOK EARLY ON, THE
HOSPITALIZATION RATE WAS
DOUBLING EVERY TWO DAYS.
THEN IT DOUBLED EVERY THREE
DAYS.
THEN IT DOUBLED EVERY FOUR DAYS.
NOW IT'S DOUBLING EVERY SIX
DAYS.
SO, YOU HAVE ALMOST A DICHOTOMY.
THE DOUBLING RATE IS SLOWING AND
THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
BUT THE NUMBER OF CASES ARE
STILL GOING UP.
SO YOU ARE STILL GOING UP
TOWARDS AN APEX, BUT THE RATE OF
THE DOUBLING IS SLOWING, WHICH
IS GOOD NEWS.
CHANGE IN DAILY ICU ADMISSIONS.
YOU SEE A PICKUP IN THE ICU
ADMISSIONS.
BUT AGAIN YOU SEE THE -- YOU
LOOK FOR THE TREND LINE AMONG
THOSE COLUMNS, MORE THAN THE
INDIVIDUAL COLUMNS.
CHANGE IN DAILY INTUBATIONS.
WE DON'T NORMALLY RUN THIS
CHART.
BUT THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
MOST SERIOUSLY AFFECTED.
AND AGAIN YOU SEE A TREND LINE
IN THAT.
YOU SEE SOME ABERRATIONS.
MARCH 26th THE 290 BUT YOU SEE A
TREND LINE AND THE TREND LINE IS
WHAT WE'RE WATCHING.
YOU ALSO SEE A TREND LINE IN
PEOPLE BEING DISCHARGED.
OKAY.
AND THIS IS A DRAMATIC TREND
LINE.
SO, PEOPLE CAME IN, THEY STARTED
TO GET TREATED.
ONLY MARCH 18th, RIGHT, SO WE'RE
ONLY TALKING ABOUT TEN DAYS.
THEY STARTED TO GET TREATED.
A FEW OF THEM GOT OUT EARLY.
A FEW MORE, A FEW MORE, A FEW
MORE, A FEW MORE.
NOW YOU ARE SEEING THE DISCHARGE
NUMBER TREND WAY UP, BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE
HOSPITAL.
THEY GET TREATED.
THEY LEAVE.
THOSE THAT ARE ACUTELY ILL GET
PUT ON A VENTILATOR AND THEN
IT'S THE INVERSE DYNAMIC.
THE LONGER THEY'RE ON THE
INTUBATOR, THE LONGER THEY ARE
INTUBATED, THE LONGER THEY ARE
ON THE VENTILATOR, THE HIGHER
THE MORTALITY RATE.
AGAIN, PERSPECTIVE.
THESE ARE THE NUMBERS FROM DAY
ONE, SINCE CHINA STARTED.
ALSO, WE SHOULD ALL KEEP IN
MIND, WE LOST THE FIRST
RESPONDERS WHO GO OUT THERE AND
TALK ABOUT 76,000 PEOPLE WHO
VOLUNTEERED TO HELP MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS.
BEING THE FIRST RESPONDER TODAY,
BEING A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIAL,
WORKING IN A HOSPITAL, WORKING
WITH SENIOR CITIZENS.
THIS IS REALLY AN ACT OF LOVE
AND COURAGE.
WE LOST DETECTIVE SAID RICK
NELSON, DIXON 46-YEARS-OLD,
22nd, 33-YEAR VETERAN, COULD
HAVE RETIRED.
SO WE WISH HIM AND HIS FAMILY
PEACE.
WE LOST A NURSE, A COUPLE OTHER
NURSES, KELLY, 46-YEARS-OLD THE
ASSISTANT MANAGER AT MT. SINAI
WEST.
WE WISH HIS FAMILY THE BEST.
THESE PUBLIC.
THESE PUBLIC PEOPLE.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE THE TOWARDS TO
EXPRESS MY ADMIRATION.
COURAGE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF
FEAR BUT RATHER THE ASSESSMENT
THAT SOMETHING ELSE IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN FEAR.
TO ME THAT SAYS IT ALL TODAY.
EVERYONE IS AFRAID.
DO YOU THINK THESE POLICE
OFFICERS ARE FOUGHT AFRAID TO
LEAVE THEIR HOUSE?
DO YOU THINK THESE NURSES ARE
NOT AFRAID TO GO INTO THE
HOSPITAL?
THEY'RE AFRAID.
BUT SOMETHING IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THEIR FEAR, WHICH IS THEIR
PASSION, THEIR COMMITMENT FOR
PUBLIC SERVICE AND HELPING
OTHERS.
THAT'S ALL IT IS, JUST THEIR
PASSION AND BELIEVE IN HELPING
OTHERS.
THAT OVERCOMES THEIR FEAR.
AND THAT MAKES THEM IN MY BOOK
TRULY AMAZING, OUTSTANDING,
HUMAN BEINGS.
I WISH THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES
ALL THE BEST.
THE PRESIDENT AND CDC ORDERED A
TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE OF
NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY,
CONNECTICUT.
THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.
THIS IS NOT A LOCKDOWN.
IT IS A TRAVEL ADVISORY TO BE
IMPLEMENTED BY THE STATES, IN
ESSENCE.
IT'S NOTHING THAT WE HAVEN'T
BEEN DOING.
RIGHT?
NON-ESSENTIAL PEOPLE SHOULD STAY
AT HOME.
SO IT'S TOTALLY CONSISTENT WITH
EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING.
AND I SUPPORT WHAT THE PRESIDENT
DID BECAUSE IT AFFIRMS WHAT WE
HAVE BEEN DOING.
IT ALSO AFFIRMS WHAT NEW JERSEY
AND CONNECTICUT HAVE BEEN DOING.
RHODE ISLAND ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER THAT NEW YORK LICENSE
PLATES WOULD BE THEORETICALLY
STOPPED AT THE BORDER FOR
MANDATORY QUARANTINE OF SOME
PERIOD, THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER HAS
BEEN REPEALED BY THE STATE OF
RHODE ISLAND AND WE THANK THEM
FOR THEIR COOPERATION.
THAT WAS REPEALED LAST NIGHT.
PERSONAL OPINION, NOT FACT.
GRATUITOUS.
THIS IS DISORIENTING.
IT'S FRIGHTENING.
IT'S DISTURBING.
YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS TURNED
UPSIDEDOWN OVERNIGHT.
TO THE BEST YOU CAN, YOU FIND A
WAY TO CREATE SOME JOY.
YOU TRY TO FIND A SILVER LINING
IN ALL OF THIS.
HOW DO YOU BREAK UP THE
MONOTONY.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
HOW DO YOU BRING A SMILE TO
PEOPLE'S FACE?
I GIVE YOU MY IDEA FOR TODAY,
SUNDAY, I COME FROM AN
ITALIAN-AMERICAN FAMILY.
SUNDAY WAS FAMILY DAY.
WE HAD THE BIG FAMILY DINNER.
IF WE COULD HAVE LIKE IN THE
AFTERNOON, SO IT WAS LIKE
CONFUSING, BUT IT WAS LIKE A
LUNCH, LATE LUNCH.
THEY CALLED DINNER.
AND IT WAS SPAGHETTI AND
MEATBALLS AND SAUSAGES AND MY
FAMILY WOULD ALL GET TOGETHER.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL TIME.
I DIDN'T APPRECIATE IT AS A KID.
IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL.
THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER.
THE GRANDPARENTS WERE THERE.
THEY WOULD START TO EAT IT.
2:00.
IT WAS LIKE A MARATHON SESSION.
THE FOOD WAS REALLY JUST THE
ATTRACTION TO GET PEOPLE
TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT
HOW DO YOU ITALIANS LOVE THE
FOOD?
THAT'S TRUE.
BUT REALLY THEY LOVE BRINGING
THE FAMILY TOGETHER AND THE FOOD
WAS THE WAY THAT PEOPLE CAME
TOGETHER AND YOU SAT AT THE
TABLE AND IT WAS JUST A TWO,
THREE-HOUR AFFAIR.
MY MOTHER AND FATHER DID IT
ALSO.
NOT THAT MY GRANDPARENTS DID IT.
BUT WE HAD THAT SAME SUNDAY
DINNER AROUND THE TABLE.
I TRIED TO CONTINUE AT THIS TIME
AS A FATHER WITH MY KIDS.
I WAS DIVORCED.
AND SO I'M NOT REALLY THE BEST
COOK TO SAY THE LEAST.
BUT WE WOULD HAVE ON SUNDAYS, I
WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO THE ITALIAN
SPECIALTY STORE AND BUY THEM
MEATBALLS AND SAUSAGES.
I WOULD PUT IT ON THE STOVE AND
PART OF IT WOULD SIT ON THE
STOVE ALL DAY AND SIMMER AND
YOU'D SMELL IT ALL THROUGH THE
HOUSE.
THEN I'D MAKE THEM SIT DOWN AND
WE WOULD HAVE SPA GETTY AND
MEATBALLS AND SAUSAGE ON SUNDAYS
AND MY DAUGHTER KARA IS IN THE
BACK.
THEY WOULD NEVER EAT THE SAUSAGE
AND THE MEATBALLS.
THEY WOULD PICK AT THE PASTA,
BECAUSE THEY KNEW I DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO COOK.
SO THEY KNEW THAT MEATBALL AND
SAUSAGE WAS INHERENTLY SUSPECT.
I NEVER SAID I BOUGHT IT IN THE
SPECIALTY STORE, BECAUSE THAT
WOULD HAVE RUINED THE WHOLE
TRADITION ANYWAYS.
SO THEY WOULDN'T EAT IT AND WE'D
GO FOR CHINESE FOOD AFTERWARDS.
BUT THAT CONVENING WAS SOMETHING
SPECIAL.
AND TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
OUR FAMILY DINNER.
WE'RE MISSING ONE DAUGHTER,
MARIAH, WE'RE GOING TO GET
MARIAH ON SKYPE AND GRANDMA WILL
BE ON THE TELEPHONE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SIT AROUND
THE TABLE AND WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE THAT KIND OF COMING
TOGETHER.
A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SKYPE TELEPHONES, BUT, YOU KNOW
WHAT, WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON,
FAMILY, WE'RE HERE, WE'RE
TOGETHER, WE'RE HEALTHY.
THAT'S 98% OF IT.
SO FIND WAYS TO MAKE A LITTLE
JOY.
ALSO FOR NEW YORKERS, I HAD A
LOT OF PHONE CALLS YESTERDAY
WHEN THE PRESIDENT FIRST
SUGGESTED SOME FORM OF
QUARANTINE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN QUARANTINE?
AM I GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO
LEAVE THE HOUSE?
ARE MY PARENTS WHO ARE SUPPOSED
TO BE COMING BACK AND THIS ONE'S
HERE, THIS ONE'S HERE.
I KNOW WE FEEL UNDER ATTACK.
THE RHODE ISLAND, YOU CAN'T
DRIVE INTO RHODE ISLAND.
WE'LL PULL YOU OVER WITH THE
POLICE.
YES, NEW YORK IS THE EPICENTER.
AND THESE ARE DIFFERENT TIMES
AND MANY PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED.
SOME OF THE REACTIONS YOU GET
FROM INDIVIDUALS, EVEN FROM
GOVERNMENTS, ARE FRIGHTENING AND
SUGGESTING THAT THEY'LL TAKE
ABRUPT ACTIONS AGAINST NEW YORK.
BUT LOOK.
THIS IS NEW YORK.
AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT
THROUGH THIS.
WE HAVE MADE IT THROUGH FAR
GREATER THINGS.
WE ARE GOING TO BE OKAY.
WE SPECIALIZE IN STAMINA AND
STRENGTH AND INSTABILITY AND
THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING
NOW.
WE ARE STRONG.
WE HAVE ENDURANCE.
AND WE HAVE STABILITY.
AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE HAVE A PLAN.
WE'RE EXECUTING THE PLAN.
ANYTHING, ANY OBSTACLE THAT WE
COME ACROSS WE WILL MANAGE THAT
OBSTACLE AND WE HAVE.
I CAN'T SIT HERE AND SAY TO
ANYONE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE
PEOPLE PASS AWAY.
YOU WILL.
THAT IS THE NATURE OF WHAT WE
ARE DEALING WITH.
AND THAT'S BEYOND ANY OF OUR
CONTROL.
BUT NEW YORKER IS GOING TO HAVE
WHAT IT NEEDS AND NO ONE IS
GOING TO ATTACK NEW YORK
UNFAIRLY AND NO ONE IS GOING TO
DEPRIVE OF WHAT IT NEEDS.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A STATE
NUMBER OF VERY TALENTED
PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE.
SO, A DEEP THREAT ON ALL OF
THAT.
AND WE ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE
NEED TO DO.
THERE IS NO STATE IN THE NATION
THAT IS BETTER PREPARED OR
BETTER MOBILIZED THAN WHAT WE
ARE DOING.
SAND I FEEL THAT DEEPLY AND
HAVING STUDIED EVERYTHING THAT
EVERY OTHER STATE HAS DONE,
FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE EVEN
REMARKED TO ME, THAT THEY'RE
SURPRISED HOW QUICKLY A STATE AS
BIG AND COMPLICATED AS NEW YORK
HAS ACTUALLY MOBILIZED.
SO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE TWO GREAT NEW YORK
EXPRESSIONS THAT I USE ALL THE
TIME.
ANYTHING I BUILD IN NEW YORK
OWES US TWO EXPRESSIONS ON IT.
ONE, EXCELSIOR SAYS IT MORE,
EVER UPWARDS, ASPIRATIONAL.
WE CAN BE BETTER.
WE WILL BE BETTER.
WE WILL AIM HIGHER.
WE WILL IMPROVE OURSELVES,
EXCELSIOR, STATE MODEL ON THE
SEAL BEHIND ME, EXCELSIOR.
AND THE OTHER EPLURIBUS YOU NUM.
OUT OF EVERYONE.
UNITY.
UNITY, YOU PUT THOSE TWO THINGS
TOGETHER IT SAYS IT ALL, AIM
HIGH, DO BETTER.
BELIEVE ARE YOU DO BETTER.
BE OPTIMISTIC AND THE WAY YOU
GET THERE IS THROUGH UNITY.
AND TOGETHERNESS AND
COOPERATION.
AND THROUGH A MUCH WEIGHT AND
COMMUNITY.
THOSE TWO EXPRESSIONS I SAY TO
MY DAUGHTERS, IF YOU REMEMBER
NOTHING ELSE WHEN I'M GONE, IF
YOU WALK UP TO THE BOX AND HAVE
NOTHING ELSE TO REMEMBER
EXCELSIOR, YOU CAN BE BETTER.
IT WILL BE BETTER.
WE CAN MAKE YOU BETTER.
WE MAKE IT BETTER TOGETHER.
THAT'S IT P. QUESTIONS.
>> SAY AGAIN.
>> WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START
FUNNELING PATIENTS INTO JAVITS?
AND WHEN IS THAT PROCESS GOING
TO WORK?
>> WHEN WILL WE FUNNEL PATIENTS
INTO JAVITS?
JAVITS WILL BE COMING ONLINE
THIS WEEK.
ALSO REMEMBER, A LOT OF WHAT WE
ARE DOING IS WE ARE BUILDING
CAPACITY AND ASSEMBLING SUPPLIES
FOR THE APEX.
YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE SAY YOU DON'T
NEED THIS TODAY.
YEAH, I KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON
THIS TRAJECTORY.
I HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THE APEX,
FOR THE CURVE.
THAT'S WHERE I NEED THE BEDS,
THAT'S WHERE I NEED THE
SUPPLIES, ET CETERA.
THAT'S WHEN I SAY, GET AHEAD OF
THIS THING, RIGHT?
THE VIRUS IS AHEAD OF US.
I WANT TO GET TO THAT APEX
BEFORE THE VIRUS GETS TO THE
APEX.
THE JAVITS IS A PART OF THAT
SUPPLY.
BUT IT WILL BE COMING ONLINE
THIS WEEK WHEN WE ACTUALLY
UTILIZE SIT WHEN WE NEED IT.
KAREN.
>> FAMILY DINNERS A MOMENT AGO.
OBVIOUSLY, THE STAY AT HOME
ORDERS AFFECT EASTER AND
PASSOVER SO THAT MEANS THAT
PEOPLE CAN'T GO TO CHURCH, CAN'T
HAVE SADERS.
WHAT ADVICE DO YOU GIVE THEM?
>> IT'S HARD.
IT'S HARD.
BUT ON THE FLIPSIDE, I SAY, LOOK
AT WHAT HAPPENED IN NEW
ROCHELLE.
THOSE GATHERINGS THAT BROUGHT
PEOPLE TOGETHER WERE RELIGIOUS
GATHERINGS.
AND BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
TOGETHER, WHICH WAS BEAUTIFUL.
BUT IT MADE MANY, MANY PEOPLE
ILL.
AND DENSITY IS THE ENEMY HERE.
FOR THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
SO, YOU WORSHIP, WORSHIP THE WAY
YOU CAN BUT THE GATHERINGS ARE
NOT A GOOD IDEA.
BY THE WAY.
THE PATIENT VIEW IN WEST CHESTER
NEW ROCHELLE WHO WAS VERY SICK
FOR A VERY LONG TIME, HE HAS
ACTUALLY GONE HOME.
AM I CORRECT ON THAT?
>> HE'S OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
>> HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO --
[ INAUDIBLE ]
SO HOW DO YOU TAKE BACK THE
TRAVEL ISSUE?
>> I SPOKE TO THE GOVERNOR OF
RHODE ISLAND YESTERDAY AND WE
HAD A CONVERSATION.
I DON'T THINK THE ORDER WAS
CALLED FOR.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS LEGAL.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS
NEIGHBORLY.
I UNDERSTOOD THE POINT.
BUT I THOUGHT THERE WERE
DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT AND THE
GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND WAS
VERY RECEPTIVE AND I THANKED HER
VERY MUCH FOR RECONSIDERING HER
POSITION.
>> 237 DEATHS IN THE LAST 24
HOURS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
222 IT SEEMS IN NEW YORK CITY.
WHAT ARE YOUR PROJECTIONS
SHOWING IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS
APEX MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF
FATALITIES?
ARE WE TALKING HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE?
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE?
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING INSIDE?
JUNE, HOWARD, DO YOU KNOW?
>> SURE.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT
PROJECTIONS THAT WE ARE LOOKING
AT AND IT DOES SEE THAT WILL BE
ALREADY WE'RE AT 965.
SO YOU DO SEE IN THE THOUSANDS.
BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE MODELS AND
WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR WHAT THE
MODEL MAY SHOW.
HOPEFULLY, IT WILL BE LESS.
>> HOW DO WE PREPARE NEW
YORKERS?
ARE WE TALKING HUNDREDS A DAY,
THOUSANDS A DAY?
>> IT GOES BACK TO THE NUMBERS.
WE ALWAYS SAID 80% OF THE
INDIVIDUALS GET BETTER.
THE OTHER 20%, SOME END UP IN
THE HOSPITAL.
IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT END
UP, UNFORTUNATELY, DYING.
THAT PERCENTAGE AS WE LOOK AT
THE NUMBERS IS ACTUALLY HOVERING
AROUND ONE OR EVEN LESS THAN 1%.
SO AGAIN IT'S DETERMINED BY HOW
MANY PEOPLE.
>> OPINION, JESSIE, NOT DATA
DRIVEN?
>> I DON'T SEE HOW YOU LOOK AT
THOSE NUMBERS AND CONCLUDE
ANYTHING LESS THAN THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE WILL PASS AWAY.
>> BECAUSE REMEMBER WHO IT'S
ATTACKING.
IT'S ATTACKING THE VULNERABLE,
UNDERLYING ILLNESS, ET CETERA.
AND I DON'T SEE HOW YOU GET PAST
THAT CURVE WITHOUT SEEING
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PASS AWAY?
I HOPE IT'S WRONG, BUT --
>> AS OF FRIDAY, NEW YORK HOME
RESIDENTS WERE ABOUT A FOURTH OF
THE CORONAVIRUS DEATHS IN NEW
YORK CITY.
WHAT MORE CAN THE STATE DO TO
PASS THAT RATIO?
>> NURSING HOMES ARE ABOUT A
FOURTH OF THE CORONAVIRUS
DEATHS.
FRANKLY, I'M -- WE ARE LUCKY
IT'S ONLY ONE-QUARTER.
CORONAVIRUS AND A NURSING HOME
IS A TOXIC MIX.
WE'VE SAID THAT FROM DAY ONE.
WE SAW THAT IN WASHINGTON STATE.
THIS VIRUS PREYS ON THE
VULNERABLE.
IT PREYS ON SENIORS.
IT PREYS ON PEOPLE WITH
COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND
UNDERLYING ILLNESSES AND
CORONAVIRUS IN A NURSING HOME
CAN BE LIKE FIRE THROUGH DRY
GRASS.
THE STATE HAS PUT IN DIFFERENT
PRECAUTIONS.
WE'RE NOT EVEN ALLOWING VISITORS
INTO NURSING HOMES NOW, WHICH IS
REALLY HARSH, FRANKLY, UNLESS
WHAT WE CALL THERE ARE EXIGENT
CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE PERSON
IS IN A DESPERATE SITUATION AND
THEN THE FAMILY COMES IN TO SEE
THEM.
THE STAFF IS BEING TESTED BEFORE
THEY GO IN.
SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN.
BUT THIS IS TRULY A TERRIBLE
VIRUS TO STOP AND THAT
COMBINATION IS LETHAL.
CORONAVIRUS IN A NURSING HOME IS
LETHAL.
THE ONLY QUESTION IS HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE DYING.
I'M SORRY, JIMMY.
>> YOUR ORDE -- YOU'RE
EXTENDING THAT CALL ORDER TO ALL
ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND ALL THOSE
GATHERING THROUGH?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
THEN TO GO BACK TO THE POINT THE
DOCTOR IS MAKING, OBVIOUSLY,
WE'RE TESTING AT A VERY LARGE
RATE.
WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF POSITIVES
MAYBE COMPARED TO OTHER
JURISDICTIONS, TO WHAT NUMBER
ARE YOU ACTUALLY LOOKING AT?
DO YOU LOOK AT THE RATE OF
HOSPITALIZATION, ICU INTUBATION?
THE DATA SEEMS TO BE SAYING
DIFFERENT THINGS.
>> YOU LOOK AT ALL THE NUMBERS.
WE LOOK AT ALL DEATHS.
WE LOOK AT THE TRENDS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
THE GOVERNOR MENTIONS IT IS A
TREND WE NEED TO FOLLOW, WHETHER
IT'S INTUBATIONS, ICU CARE AND
OBVIOUSLY THE CASE MORTALITY
RATE, WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE DIE, WHICH IS THE LARGE
NUMBER TESTED.
NEW YORK HAS TESTED MANY PEOPLE,
MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE.
>> JIMMY, IF I CAN ON THAT, THE
QUESTION WAS BASICALLY WHAT
NUMBERS DO YOU LOOK AT TO MAKE A
PROJECTION?
AS THE DOCTOR SAID, YOU LOOK AT
ALL OF THEM.
BUT I WOULD NOT LOOK AT THE
TESTING NUMBERS.
I WOULDN'T OVERWEIGHT THE
TESTING NUMBERS, BECAUSE THE
TESTING NUMBERS ARE NOT RANDOM.
THE TESTING NUMBERS ARE ALL SELF
SELECTIVE.
RIGHT?
THESE ARE PEOPLE YOU ARE TESTING
BECAUSE THEY'RE SUSPECT OF BEING
POSITIVE.
AND WE DON'T DO THE PROJECTION
OURSELVES.
WE HAVE COLOMBIA WIRE MEDICAL
CENTER THAT DOES PROJECTIONS.
THE CDC DOES PROJECTIONS.
WE HAVE MacKINZY COMPANY THAT WE
HIRE TO DO PROJECTIONS.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FIRMS
THAT DO THESE PROJECTION MODELS
AND THEY GO BACK TO STUDYING
CHINA, SOUTH KOREA, EVERYTHING
ELSE.
AND THEY HAVE MODEL ITSELF.
THE MODELS, SOME OF THE MODELS
ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE, RIGHT?
SO WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO PICK
A REASONABLE MODEL, NOT THE
HIGHEST, NOT THE LOWEST, A
REASONABLE MODEL, PLANS WITH NA
MODEL -- PLANS WITH THAT MODEL,
PLANS WITH THAT APEX.
THAT'S WHERE WE GOT FROM DAY
ONE, 40,000 ICU BEDS AT THE
MODEL AT THE APEX, WHAT YOU
DON'T NEED 140,000 HOSPITAL BEDS
TODAY.
OF COURSE NOT.
WE NEED THEM AT THE APEX.
BUT THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THE
ORIGINAL PROJECTION.
THEN HAVE YOU ACTUALITY.
RIGHT?
WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE POINTING
TO.
YOU CAN SEE THE DAY-TO-DAY, HOW
MANY COME IN, HOW MANY GO OUT,
THE DISCHARGE RATE, THE DEATH
RATE.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PLOTTING.
THEN THEY TAKE EVERY DAY AND
THEY PUT IT AGAINST THEIR
PROJECTION.
BUT YOU STILL ONLY HAVE A
PROJECTION.
THEY STILL CAN'T TELL YOU
THEY'RE WATCHING FOR THE SLOWING
OF THE NUMBER OF CASES.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBER OF
CASES, THE INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF CASES SLOWING, THEN
YOU ARE THEORETICALLY REACHING
THE APEX.
AND OTHERWISE YOU JUST WATCH IT
DAY-TO-DAY.
>> YOU KNOW ABOUT SORT OF
STOPPING NEW YORK AT THE BORDER,
WHAT ABOUT IN FLORIDA?
WE'RE HEAR THEY'RE STOPPINGEN ON
I-95?
>> I DID NOT KNOW THAT.
>> I HEAR THERE ARE STRICT
RESTRICTIONS ON NEW YORKERS
COMING FROM NEW YORK.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT FLORIDA
DID.
I WILL LOOK INTO IT.
>> I HAVE A THREE-PART QUESTION.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE A THREE-PART
QUESTION.
HAVE YOU TWO PARTS.
TAKE FIRST AND SECOND PART, PUT
THEM TOGETHER IN ONE PART.
>> WE'LL DO THAT.
>> MOVING FORWARD, WHAT IS YOUR
PLAN FOR TO APPEND WHAT MIGHT BE
CONSIDERED BY THE MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS ENDING?
AND AS PEOPLE ARE COUPED UP
TOGETHER, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS
EXPECTED TO RISE AND THEN YOU
GET CRIME REPORTS AND CRIME
RATES DOWN?
>> ALL GOOD QUESTIONS.
DOCTOR, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT?
JIMMY YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT
THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM?
>> THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
WE HAVE NEARLY 12,000 MEDICAL
EXPERTS WHO SIGNED UP TO OFFER
SERVICES TO NEW YORKERS, EITHER
VIA TELEPHONE OR SKYPE OR OTHER
THINGS SO THAT PROGRAM IS GOING
QUITE WELL OF PSYCHOLOGISTS AND
PSYCHIATRISTS THAT ARE MENTAL
HEALTH EXPERTS TO HELP WITH
THAT.
WE ARE TRACKING --
>> ARE YOU EXPECTING TO DO
SOMETHING THAT NEW YORK STATE --
AS OPPOSED TO THIS NATIONAL
PRICES OF PEOPLE, MENTAL HEALTH
EXPERTS MORE AROUND THE COUNTRY
THAT OFFER SKYPE?
>> MANY OF THE PEOPLE.
WELL, PEOPLE ARE SKYPEING
BECAUSE WE WANT TO DISTANCE.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO DISTANCE FROM
ONE ANOTHER NOW.
SO MANY OF THE VOLUNTEERS I
MENTIONED ARE ACTUALLY NEW
YORKERS, WHO ARE GIVING THEIR
TIME TO HELP NEW YORKERS IN NEED
RIGHT NOW, THAT ARE NEW YORK
CENTRIC?
>> YEP.
THAT'S RIGHT.
>> DOMESTIC VIOLENCE QUESTION --
>> JIM, HOWARD, YOU WANT TO TAKE
THAT?
>> TRACKING.
>> SOME OF THAT DATA, IT'S TOUGH
TO TELL HOW IT'S EMERGING.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME ANECDOTAL
INSTANCES OF INCREASE OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES AND
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND OTHER
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WILL BE
MONITORING AND TRYING TO PROVIDE
SERVICES WHERE POSSIBLE.
BUT I DEFER TO THE DOCTORS.
>> AS JIM SAID, WE ARE WORKING
WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES
ACROSS THE STATE ON THIS ISSUE
AND MENTAL HEALTH AND THE OTHER
AGENCIES.
AND I HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO
OUGHTS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO
ASK THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY MAY
HAVE.
>> SIR.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO IS
THERE AN AMPLE WARNING BEFORE
THE CORONAVIRUS TOUCHED ON NEW
YORK SHORE THAT THERE SHOULD BE
LARGE DATA AND ALL GATHERINGS
SHOULD BE BANNED, THERE SHOULD
BE LARGE WORKPLACE RESTRICTIONS.
WHY DIDN'T YOU SHUT DOWN THE
STATE SOONER?
>> I THINK WE SHUT IT DOWN, I
THINK WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST
TO SHUT IT DOWN.
YOU KNOW SHUTTING IT DOWN IS NOT
WITHOUT CRITICISM, EITHER.
RIGHT?
YOU ARE TRYING TO BALANCE THIS.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE CONVERSATION
OF WHEN DO YOU BRING THE ECONOMY
BACK?
WHEN DO YOU OPEN IT UP?
SHUTTING IT DOWN IS A VERY
DRASTIC MEASURE, BUT I THINK WE
WERE ONE OF THE FIRST.
ALSO, YOU WANT TO DO IT IN A WAY
THAT DOESN'T CREATE MORE FEAR
AND MORE PANIC.
YOU ARE FIGHTING TWO THINGS.
WE'RE STILL FIGHTING TWO THINGS.
LAST NIGHT WE WERE FIGHTING TWO
THINGS.
YOU ARE FIGHTING THE VIRUS AND
YOU ARE FIGHTING THE FEAR.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE
QUALIFIED ALL FIGHT LONG ABOUT
-- CALLED ALL NIGHT LONG ABOUT
THE MANDATORY QUARANTINE COMMENT
THAT THE PRESIDENT MADE AS HE
WAS GETTING INTO A HOCK, WHICH
WAS INCONCLUSIVE BY THE WAY.
EVEN IF YOU HEARD THE COMMENT.
PEOPLE ARE SO ON EDGE IT REALLY
PANICKED PEOPLE.
THEY WERE GOING TO LEAVE THE
CITY LAST NIGHT.
SO YOU NEED TO MANAGE THAT FEAR
AND THE PANIC AND YOU ALSO NEED
TO DO THE VIRUS.
WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST.
I NEVER USED THE TERMÑi SHELTERN
PLACE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WAS
AN INFLAMMATORY TERM AND
INCORRECT, BY THE WAY, THEY
STILL USE IT.
NOBODY HAS A SHELTER IN PLACE
POLICY.
SHELTER IN PLACE WAS FROM THE
NUCLEAR WAR THREAT GO TO A
WINDOW IN YOUR ROOM AND STAY
THERE UNTIL THEY GIVE YOU THE
ALL CLEAR SIDE.
BUT MODERN TIMES, IT WAS FOR AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER CONCEPT OR IN
SCHOOLS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS WAS.
BUT YOU SAY THAT.
NUCLEAR WAR ACTIVE SHOOTER, YOU
KNOW, SO IT'S A HOW YOU DO IT.
BUT WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST TO
DO IT.
>> IT'S SUCH A QUICK FLIP, DO
YOU REGRET NOT CLOSING SCHOOLS
SOON 'ER.
>> I THINK WE WERE THE MOST
DRAMATIC AT BASICALLY THE FIRST
POINT.
>> YOU CAN TELL ME HOW MANY OR
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS IN NEW YORK OR
FRONT LINE FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE
THE VIRUS AND TESTED POSITIVE?
ARE YOU HEARING FROM HOSPITALS
AND OTHER FOLKS?
>> I DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE A
STATISTIC ON HOW MANY FIRST
RESPONDERS SPECIFICALLY PROVED
POSITIVE.
>> SENATOR SCHUMER'S OFFICE SAYS
ARE YOU REJECTING AND THROWING
MEDICAID FUNDING FOR NEW YORKERS
BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO
DELAY THE MEDICAID REFORM UNTIL
THE FEDERAL FUNDING RUNS OUT AND
THEY CAN'T HURT GOVERNMENTS
ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME?
>> SENATOR SCHUMER, IT WOULD BE
NICE IF HE PASSED A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT ACTUALLY HELPED
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION HE
PASSED STOPPED THE STATE FROM A
PROCESS THAT WAS HAPPENING FOR
SIX MONTHS, WHICH WAS
REDESIGNING THE MEDICAID PROGRAM
TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT AND
MORE EFFECTIVE.
IT WAS CALLED THE MEDICAID
REDESIGN TEAM.
I ANNOUNCED IT BACK IN JANUARY.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE DID
IT AND IT TAKES WASTE AND FRAUD
AND INEFFICIENCY OUT OF THE
SYSTEM AND THAT WAS GOING ON THE
R ON SINCE JANUARY.
THE LEGISLATION HE PASSED SAID
YOU CAN'T REDESIGN MEDICAID FOR
WHAT REASON, I HAVE NO IDEA.
SO IT DISQUALIFIED THIS STATE
FROM FUNDING.
AND HE KNEW THAT WHEN HE PASSED
IT.
BECAUSE --
>> YOU HAVE A CHOICE.
YOU COULD EITHER TAKE THE
ADDITIONAL 6 BILLION AND CAUSE
THE MRT WHICH IS WORTH 2.5
BILLION.
YOU ARE NOT MAKING THE 6 BILLION
YOU WILL PUSH AHEAD --
>> I HAVE NO CHOICE.
BECAUSE ON THE -- LET ME -- I'LL
TELL YOU.
2.5 BILLION PER YEAR RECURRING
IS WORTH MORE THAN 6 BILLION ONE
SHOT.
I'D RATHER HAVE 2.5, 2.5, 2.5
THAN 6 BILLION TODAY.
AND I CALLED EVERY CONGRESSIONAL
REPRESENTATIVE AND TOLD THEM WHY
WOULD YOU WANT TO STOP A
MEDICAID REDESIGN THAT'S BEEN
GOING ON SINCE JANUARY?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR
POLITICAL YOU CAN LUS WAS.
-- CALCULUS WAS.
THERE IS NO GOOD GOVERNMENT
REASON TO SAY WHY YOU WOULD WANT
TO STEP, MEDICAID REDESIGN
HEADED BY DENNIS RIVERA, MICHAEL
DOWING.
TOP PROFESSIONAL IN THE STATE
PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY AND THE
SENATE.
A STATE PAST MEDICAID REDESIGN
EFFORT.
WHY WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO STOP
THAT?
I DON'T KNOW WHOSE POLITICS
THEY'RE PLAYING.
BUT THEY DIDN'T EXHIBIT THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE.
>> MAYBE YOU CAN DO THAT NEXT
YEAR.
WHY NOT TAKE THE MONEY THEY ARE
OFFERING BECAUSE YOU NEED IT?
>> YOU WANT TO INTERRUPT?
>> SO ONE OF THE NUMBERS HERE,
THE $6 BILLION WE CAN'T GET IT,
NO MATTER HOW YOU ESTIMATE THOSE
NUMBERS.
IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO $4
BILLION.
THAT ASSUMES THE EMERGENCY IS IN
PLACE FOR A FULL-YEAR-OLD.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THAT BILL
THAT SAYS IT WILL LAST FOR A
YEAR.
IN FACT, IT WILL END AS SOON AS
THE PRESIDENT DECLARES IT'S
OVER.
SO THAT CAN HAPPEN ANY TIME.
THAT $4 BILLION IS REDUCED.
IF IT'S HALF A YEAR, IT'S TWO.
THEN A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF
THAT MONEY DOESN'T COME TO THE
STATE.
IT WENT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
SO YOU ARE LEFT WITH A NUMBER
THAT'S UNDER $2 BILLION
POSSIBLY, IF AT MOST.
WHICH THEN YOU ARE BASICALLY
SAYING TAKE ONE SHOT AT THESE
FUNDS, DON'T REFORM THE MEDICAID
SYSTEM.
SPEND THAT MONEY INEFFICIENTLY
ON A SYSTEM THAT UNANIMOUSLY
EVERYONE ON THERE UNDERSTOOD WAS
NOT WORKING PROPERLY OR WASTES
THE MONEY.
THE CHOICE IS TO DO IT OR REDUCE
THE BILL AND FUNDING TO NEW YORK
STATE.
THAT DOESN'T GIVE US A FRACTION
OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE NEED.
>> CAN YOU UPDATE --
>> THAT'S NOT THE STICKING POINT
FOR THE BUDGET.
BUT JUST TO SO YOU HAVE THE
FACT.
IT'S $2 BILLION.
TAKE $2 BILLION FOR SURE.
RIGHT.
DOOR A, DOOR B.
FOR SURE OR DOOR B FOR $2.6
BILLION.
I PICK THE DOOR WITH $2.6
BILLION.
I LIKE TO LET IT BE.
I PICKED 2.6 BILLION.
THE REAL QUESTION WITH ME,
JIMMY, WHY WOULD DO YOU THAT TO
THE STATE OF NEW YORK?
WHY WOULD YOU SAY STOP A
MEDICATE REDESIGN THAT SAVES
TAXPAYERS MONEY THAT HAS TO BE
PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY AND BY
THE SENATE?
WHY WOULD A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SAY I'M GOING TO TRAMPLE THE
STATE'S RIGHT TO REDESIGN ITS
MEDICATE PROGRAM THAT IT RUNS?
THAT SAVES MONEY?
WHAT IS -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THE POLITICAL INTEREST IS
THEY'RE TRYING TO PROTECT.
BUT 2 BILLION FURS 2.6.
I PICK 2.6.
SECOND THE PROBLEM IN THE BUDGET
IS THE NUMBERS.
WHY?
BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WHAT WE THINK ABOUT IS IN THE
PREVIOUS BILL.
>> TWO BILL ACE GO.
>> THE BILL THAT JUST PASSED, WE
GET 1.19% OF OUR STATE BUDGET,
ABOUT $5 BILLION.
WHICH IS 1.9% OF OUR BUDGET.
ONLY TO USE FOR CORONAVIRUS
EXPENSES.
OKAY.
5 BILLION, 1. % ONLY TO
CORONAVIRUS EXPENSES.
THE FIRST POINT YOU HAVE STATES
THAT GOT 10 PERCENT OF THEIR
BUDGET, 20% OF THEIR BUDGET IN
CORONAVIRUS EXPENSES THAT DON'T
EVEN HAVE CORONAVIRUS CASES.
WE HAVE MORE CASES THAN ANYONE
ELSE.
WE GOT THE LOWEST LEVEL OF
REIMBURSEMENT IN THE BILL.
WHAT HAPPENED TO FUNDING NEED?
SECOND, THE FEDERAL BILL HAD NO
FUNDING FOR THE FACT THAT STATES
HAVE LOST REVENUE.
AND SPEAKER PELOSI, GOD BLESS
HER, WAS ASKED TODAY HOW ABOUT
GOVERNOR CUOMO'S POINT IT DIDN'T
DO ANYTHING WITH THE STATES.
THE SPEAKER SAID WE HAVE TO COME
BACK AND PASS ANOTHER BILL SO WE
HAVE A $10 BILLION, $15 BILLION
REVENUE HOLE THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DID NOTHING TO HELP
ON.
NOW I HAVE TO DO A STATE BUDGET
SO NOW I SAY THE STATE SENATE,
BY THE WAY, WE HAVE A 10 OR 15
BILLION HOLD.
THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR US.
NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR IT.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT.
HOW DO YOU DO A BUDGET WITH THAT
BIG OF A HOLE?
AND REMEMBER THE GREAT HEART
BREAK WAS WE WERE ALL WAITING
FOR THIS LAST FEDERAL PIECE OF
LEGISLATION, BECAUSE WE ALL
BELIEVED IT WAS GOING TO HAVE
MONEY TO HELP US OUR REVENUE
SHORTFALL.
AND THEN IT DIDN'T.
SO, LIKE THAT SHOCK WAS JUST TWO
OR THREE DAYS AGO.
NOW WE HAVE TO DO THE BUDGET
NEXT WEEK.
THE HELP WE WERE WAITING FOR
FROM WASHINGTON NEVER CAME.
NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE DRASTIC CUTS
TO THE BUDGET, LIKE YOU HAVE
NEVER SEEN.
>> LET ME Q ASK YOU WITH THE
TRAVEL ADVISORY, HOW DO YOU
ENVISION NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL?
I MEAN, BUSINESS TRAVEL FOR MANY
IS CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL.
YOU, YOURSELF, SAID THE
FINANCIAL SECTOR IS IMPORTANT.
HOW DO YOU IMAGINE THAT?
ARE YOU ASKING PEOPLE NOT TO
COME TO NEW YORK TO DO BUSINESS?
>> THE SAME DEFINITIONS WE HAVE,
JESSIE.
NON-ESSENTIAL, IF YOU ARE
NON-ESSENTIAL WORKER, YOU
SHOULDN'T BE LEAVING YOUR HOME.
IF YOU ARE AN ESSENTIAL WORKER,
THEN YOU CAN TAKE A BUS, A
TRAIN, A CAR, A PLANE?
>> SPECIFIC TO THE TRAVEL
ADVISER?
>> SAME.
>> SO SHOULD PEOPLE BE TRAVELING
TO NEW YORK?
>> SIMILAR.
IF THEY ARE ESSENTIAL BUSINESS
TRAVELERS.
YES.
>> IF YOU DID IT, WOULD YOU BE
ALLOWED UNDER THE BILL?
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN FIND
SAVINGS WITHOUT SHIFTING COSTS
TO COUNTY?
AND WHAT WOULD THE ACROSS THE
BOARD CUTS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING
AT THAT ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OF
A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS?
>> WELL, WE DO HAVE FUNDING.
THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE FUND
THE HEALTHCARE COSTS?
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DID
PROVIDE HEALTHCARE FUNDING.
I HAVE $5 BILLION IN THE BILL
FOR CORONAVIRUS FUNDING.
BUT YOU KNOW EVERY HOSPITAL NOW
HAS CORONAVIRUS EXPENSES.
SO WE HAVE $5 BILLION FOR
HEALTHCARE IN HOSPITALS.
IRONICALLY, OUR LAST PROBLEM IN
SOME WAYS IS THE HEALTHCARE
BUDGET.
BSE W RECEIVED $5 BILLION
AND THE HOSPITAL VERSUS RECEIVED
A LOT OF MONEY.
THE BIG PROBLEM IS HOW DO YOU
FUND THE SCHOOLS?
BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS ARE THE
SECOND BIGGEST EXPENSES FOR THE
STATE AFTER HEALTHCARE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE ZERO
DOLLARS.
>> [ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
>> COULDN'T WE DO SHORT-TERM --
THERE THE ISSUE, IS, RIGHT, WE
WILL NOT HAVE REVENUE IN THE
FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR IN A
RESULT OF THE DELAY OF THE APRIL
TO JULY 15th, SO WITH NO REVENUE
COMING IN, PER THE FEDERAL
DECISION.
R, WE HAVE TO BORROW RESOURCES
TO BRIDGE THAT GAP TEMPORARILY.
THOSE REVENUES SHOULD COME IN.
THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE
REVENUE SHORTFALL WHICH IS A
RESULT OF HAVING ONLY ESSENTIAL
BUSINESSES OPENED AND THAT
REVENUE NOT COMING IN.
BUT TO BRIDGE THAT GAP, WE'LL DO
SHORT-TERM BORROWING AND HAVE A
REVENUE SHORTFALL.
>> THE ESSENTIAL PROBLEM SO
WE'RE CLEAR WHEN YOU HAVE THAT
BIG A HOLE THAT HAS TO BE
CLOSED, THERE'S TWO THINGS YOU
CAN DO.
YOU CAN SORT OF PAPER OVER IT,
AND COME UP WITH EXPECTATIONS.
WELL, WE BELIEVE THE NEXT
FEDERAL BILL WILL ACTUALLY
DELIVER MONEY TO THE STATE OF
NEW YORK P. YES.
YOU COULD SAY THAT.
AND YOU COULD SAY THAT I BELIEVE
THAT SANTA CLAUS IS REAL.
YOU KNOW, BUT I'M NOT
COMFORTABLE DOING THAT.
ESPECIALLY SINCE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT JUST PASSED THE BILL
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE JUST
HOPING FOR AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT JUST DID THE EXACT
OPPOSITE AND HANDED US A GOOSE
EGG.
WELL, WE EXPECT THE ECONOMY IS
GOING TO REBOUND IN NINE MONTHS.
AND THAT IT'S GOING TO BE WITH
THE V-CURVE.
IT WAS A QUICK DOWN, IT WILL BE
A QUICK UP AND IN NINE MONTHS,
ALL THOSE REVENUES WILL KEEP
COME FLOODING BACK.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE.
THAT'S ANOTHER WAY OF PAPERING
OVER THE HOLE.
I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT HERE.
BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE IS
GOING TO BELIEVE IT.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE CREDIT
AGENCIES ARE GOING TO BELIEVE
IT.
AND I BELIEVE POSTPONING A
PROBLEM IN GOVERNMENT, IN LIFE,
YOU JUST MAKE IT WORSE.
YOU JUST MAKE IT WORSE.
LET'S NOT DECEIVE OURSELVES.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET SAVED
BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IF
THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT, THEY
WOULD HAVE DONE IT.
THEY PLAYED THEIR OWN POLITICS.
SHOCKER.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A QUICK
DOWN, QUICK UP.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT WEEKS OR
MONTHS.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICK THE
RECOVERY AND THE RECOVERY IS
GOING TO BE COMPLICATED AND
EVERYBODY SAYS IT.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY TO THE
PEOPLE OF THIS STATE, THERE IS A
THEORY OF ECONOMICS THAT I DON'T
BELIEVE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY
DEAL WITH THE NUMBERS THAT ARE
PRESENTED, BY THE WAY, LIKE
EVERY FAMILY IN THIS STATE HAS
TO DEAL WITH THE NUMBERS.
EVERYBODY'S INCOME IS DOWN AND
THEY DON'T GET TO MAKE UP
NUMBERS OR MAKE UP A RATIONAL.
I'M GOING TO GO BUY A NEW CAR
BECAUSE I THINK I'M GOING TO GET
REHIRED AT A JOB THAT PAYS MORE.
SO I'M GOING TO GO BUY A NEW
CONSIDER.
I'M NOT DOING IT.
THEY CAN'T DO IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE HONEST.
I KNOW IT'S POLITICALLY HARD FOR
THE LEGISLATURE.
I KNOW LEGISLATIVE BODIES THEY
WANT TO MAKE FRIENDS BY GIVING
OUT A LOT OF MONEY.
WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN BEING
VERY PRUDENT ECONOMICALLY, OUR
SPENDING RATE HAS GONE UP LESS
THAN ANY ADMINISTRATION IN
MODERN HISTORY.
OUR BUDGETS HAVE PASSED AND THEY
HAVE BEEN RIGHT.
I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT
NOW.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO PAPER OVER
THE ECONOMIC REALITY AND I KNOW
IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM.
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT
OTHERWISE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT FINANCIAL TO PASS OR
SIGN PHONY BUDGET.
>> [ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
>> THE SAME POLICY ISSUES WE
HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING ALL ALONG,
THE MAIN POLICY OBJECTIONS, THEY
OBJECT TO A POLICY PROPOSAL THAT
I PUT IN, WHICH WOULD BE A BILL
THAT IS MEANT TO FIGHT AGAINST
ANTI-SEMITISM.
ANTI-SEMITISM HAS BEEN A MAJOR
PROBLEM IN THIS STATE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CORONAVIRUS
AND THAT SORT OF ECLIPSES
EVERYTHING.
WE TEND TO BE MYOPIC.
WE'VE HAD DOZENS AND DOZENS OF
ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS ALL ACROSS
THIS STATE.
I HAVE BEEN THERE WITH FAMILIES
WHO HAVE BEEN ATTACKED.
I WAS THERE THE MORNING AFTER
THE FIRST NIGHT OF HASN'T KA
--
HANUKKAH, WHEN A RABBI'S HOME
WAS ATTACKED.
IT'S NOT ANTI-SEMITISM.
IT'S WHAT I CALL ANTI-TERRORISM.
IT'S REPUGNANT IN NEW YORK AND
AMERICA TO ATTACK SOMEONE BASED
ON THEIR RACE, COLOR OR CREED.
IF YOU TRY I TO KILL SOMEONE, IF
YOU KILL SOMEONE IN AN ATTEMPT
TO KILL SEVERAL PEOPLE, BASED ON
THEIR RACE, COLOR OR CREED, HOW
IS THAT NOT A TERRORIST ACT?
YOU KILLED SOMEONE AND YOU WERE
ATTEMPTING TO KILL MULTIPLE
PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR RACE,
COLOR, CREED.
THEY DON'T WANT TO PASS THAT
BILL AND THERE IS OKAYS TO THE
CELIBACY BILL, WHICH WOULD
ALLOW, WHICH WOULD HELP
INFERTILE WOMEN WHO CAN'T HAVE A
CHILD, CAN'T CARRY A CHILD,
BIOLOGICALLY, FROM HAVING A
SURROGATE SO THEY CAN HAVE A
CHILD, IT WAS STOP LBGTQ COUPLES
FROM HAVING A CHILD, WHICH IS
WHOLLY IRONIC TO ME, WHICH THIS
IS THE STATE THAT FIRST PASSED
MARNL EQUALITY.
NOW YOU SAID TO THAT COUPLE, YOU
CAN GET MARRIED, BUT YOU CAN'T
HAVE A FAMILY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T
HAVE A CHILD.
IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.
BUT THOSE ARE THE MANE
DISCUSSIONS.
LET'S GO TO WORK, GUYS.
I HAVE TO GO.