“We don’t need protests to convince anyone to reopen” says Gov. Cuomo

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo held a press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in New York state, which has the most positive cases in the United States.

Launches New Partnership with Ready Responders to Expand Health Care Services and Testing to NYCHA Residents   State Will Deliver More Than 500,000 Cloth Masks and 10,000 Gallons of Hand Sanitizer to Public Housing Communities   Announces Creation of Reimagine NY Task Force to Improve Systems in Downstate New York Once the State is No Longer on Pause   Announces SUNY is Distributing Over 8,800 Laptops and Chromebooks to Students in Need to Complete Their Spring Semester Coursework   Confirms 4,726 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State – Bringing Statewide Total to 247,512; New Cases in 40 Counties   Governor Cuomo: “I would propose hazard pay for front-line workers. We all say, “boy, they did a great job. The health care workers did a great job. The police, they’re heroes.” Yes, they are, but you know what, thanks is nice but also recognition of their efforts and their sacrifice is also appropriate. They are the ones that are carrying us through this crisis. This crisis is not over. If you look at who they are and the equity and fairness of what has happened, I think any reasonable person would say, “We should right this wrong.”

Video by Karla Ann Cote (FNTV Freedomnews.tv)

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