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limited time. >>> NEW YORK STATE AS WE HAVE
ESTABLISHED HERE TONIGHT HAS THE
MOST CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS IN
OUR COUNTRY.
OUR COUNTRY. THE TOWN OF NEW ROCHELLE, ABOUT
25 MILES NORTH OF WHERE WE ARE
IN NEW YORK CITY, WAS THE
EPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK.
FIVE DAYS AGO IT BECAME THE
FIRST COMMUNITY IN OUR COUNTRY
TO SET UP A ONE-MILE SO-CALLED
CONTAINMENT ZONE TO TRY TO SLOW
THE SPREAD OF THE INFECTION.
THE NATIONAL GUARD WERE BROUGHT
IN, PART OF THAT EFFORT, TO HELP
WITH DEEP CLEANING OF PUBLIC
BUILDINGS AMONG OTHER THINGS,
AND WITH MEAL DELIVERIES.
FRIDAY, NEW ROW TELL ALSO OPENED
NEW YORK’S FIRST DRIVE-THRU
FACILITY TO TEST PEOPLE FOR THE
VIRUS WHICH WAS ALSO THE FIRST
OF ITS KIND ON THE EAST COAST.
THE MAYOR OF NEW ROCHELLE LIVES,
ODDLY, WITHIN THE CONTAINMENT
ZONE, AND IS WITH US TONIGHT.
HEY, MR. MAYOR, FOR PEOPLE IN A
NATIONAL AUDIENCE WHO MAY NOT
KNOW FROM NEW ROCHELLE THE WAY
WE KNOW IT FROM LOCAL NEWS HERE
ON WNBC-TV IN NEW YORK, ARE
THESE CASES STILL STEMMING FROM
THE ONE GUY, THE ONE NNLTINNOCEN
MAN, THE LAWYER AND COMMUTER WHO
BROUGHT, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THE
FIRST CASE TO YOUR TOWN?
>> IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW.
THE INITIAL BURST OF CASES WAS
CLEARLY CONNECTED TO THAT FIRST
INDEX PATIENT.
INDEX PATIENT. AS THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN RISEN,
IT’S HARDER TO TRACE IT BACK TO
CERTAINTY BECAUSE THE NUMBERS
ARE TOO TANGENTIAL.
YOU MENTION THE CONTAINMENT
ZONE.
ZONE. WHAT’S INTERESTING ABOUT NEW
ROCHELLE’S EXPERIENCE AND WHAT
IT ILLUSTRATES IS JUST HOW
QUICKLY THIS IS MOVING.
WHEN THE CONTAINMENT ZONE WAS
ESTABLISHED, IT WAS RIGHTLY SEEN
AS A FORCEFUL AND NECESSARY
MEASURE TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF
THE VIRUS IN AN AREA WITH A HIGH
CONCENTRATION.
CONCENTRATION. AND NOW HERE WE ARE ONE WEEK
LATER AND EVERY RESTRICTION
WITHIN THE CONTAINMENT ZONE HAS
BEEN OVERTAKEN AND EXCEEDED BY
NEW STATEWIDE RESTRICTIONS.
IN A SENSE ALL OF NEW YORK IS A
CONTAINMENT ZONE.
CONTAINMENT ZONE. WE CAN EXPECT BEFORE LONG ALL OF
AMERICA WILL BE A CONTAINMENT
ZONE.
ZONE. >> WE’VE BEEN SAYING, IT’S
BECOME POPULAR IN THE MEDIA TO
SAY OUR COUNTRY IS RUNNING ABOUT
TWO WEEKS BEHIND THE EXPERIENCE
IN ITALY.
IN ITALY. YOU BEING AN EARLY CONTAINMENT
ZONE AND YOUR TOWN HAVING DEALT
WITH A CLUSTER OF CASES KIND OF
PUTS YOU SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND ITALY IN
PRESENT TIME.
PRESENT TIME. >> THAT’S CORRECT.
AND NO COMMUNITY WOULD WANT THAT
KIND OF CHALLENGE.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
>> WE’RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE
FACT WE’VE GONE FIRST, BUT IT IS
TRUE THAT OUR EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN EARLIER.
BEEN EARLIER. AND AS A CONSEQUENCE, THERE MAY
BE LESSONS THAT WILL BE RELEVANT
TO CITIES LIKE NEW ROCHELLE.
AND THE THING I’D SAY IS
ALTHOUGH, OF COURSE, IT’S BEEN
ENORMOUSLY DIFFICULT FOR US
CONCERNING ON EVERY LEVEL,
CONCERN FOR ONE’S HEALTH,
CONCERNS FOR THE DISRUPTION OF
DAILY LIFE.
DAILY LIFE. IF THERE IS ANY GOOD NEWS, IT IS
THAT OUR SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
HAS HELD FIRM IN THE FACE OF
ENORMOUS AND UNPRECEDENTED
PRESSURE.
PRESSURE. WE’VE HAD NOT FOR PROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE REALLY
STEPPED UP? IN A REMARKABLE WAY.
THE CITY HAS ADJUSTED TO AN
ALTERED WORK ENVIRONMENT,
DELIVERING BASIC SERVICES, THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS MOBILIZE
TODAY PROVIDE MEALS TO CHILDREN
WHO NEED FREE AND REDUCED COST
BREAKFASTS AND LUNCHES.
THE PEOPLE OF NEW ROCHELLE HAVE
ADVISE ENTO THE OCCASION IN A
REMARKABLE WAY.
REMARKABLE WAY. NEIGHBOR SUPPORTING NEIGHBOR, A
REAL ORGANIC OUTBURST OF
VOLUNTEERISM.
VOLUNTEERISM. SO THAT SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US
AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
IN A WAY, WE BENEFITED FROM
HAVING UNIQUE STATE FOCUS ON
WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE FROM
HAVING A MOBILE TESTING CENTER
THAT WAS INTRODUCED, FROM HAVING
THE NATIONAL GUARD TO ASSIST US
WITH LOGISTICAL AND OPERATIONAL
CHALLENGES.
CHALLENGES. BUT AS NEW ROCHELLE MOVES FROM
BEING UNIQUE TO BEING TYPICAL,
INCREASINGLY WE’LL BE ON OUR OWN
AND THAT’S WHY THOSE INTERNAL
PARTNERSHIPS, MOBILIZING THOSE
INTERNAL RESOURCES WILL BE
REALLY ESSENTIAL IN MAKING SURE