let me introduce who we have here today
starting at the far left James
militarists who everybody knows budget
director Robert mihika secretary to the
governor Melissa De Rosa
Commissioner Howard Circle from the
health department and general Patrick
Murphy hold on general Patrick Murphy
general Patrick Murphy was in charge of
our National Guard for many years did
not standing job I've been with him in
many emergency situations over the years
he's a man who leads from the front so
he's my type of leader he had so much
fun that he retired and then he came and
joined us as Commission of homeland
security this team and the team we have
working on this new yorker should have
total confidence they because they have
done it before they've been in this
situation not this exact situation but
they've handled emergencies and they've
handled them all very well so they are
proven let's go through this for an
update on where we are today overview of
the system everybody knows what we're
dealing with it's it's preventing an
overload of the healthcare system so the
number of acute cases that are coming in
to the healthcare system the growth in
the number of acute cases must match the
capacity of the healthcare system and
that's what we've been working on we
watch the rate of hospitalizations we
watch the rate of ICU hospitalizations
even more closely it's the difference
between how many beds you need versus
how many ICU beds and the real focal
point the rate of ventilated patients
because that goes to the number of
ventilators as we've been discussing so
those are the three most critical points
we need more beds we've been saying that
we know that we've been working on it
there was a discussion with all the
hospitals across the state of New York
today there's about a 50,000 bed
capacity that has to be increased it has
to be increased in the existing
hospitals we're planning to cancel all
non-critical elective surgeries
by definition elective surgeries that
are non-critical can be done at a
different time and now is the time not
to do them we informed the hospitals of
that we're going to set a date probably
next week for that that will free up
between 25 to 35 percent of the existing
hospital beds we are also instructed all
the hospitals to maximize capacity we
want to know from each hospital how many
beds can you get in your hospital we're
waiving the Department of Health and DFS
regulations about space etc this would
be for a short-term emergency basis but
we want to plan from every hospital if
you use every available space how many
beds can you get in the hospital and we
started that a few weeks ago but that is
now coming to a critical point with the
more beds you need more staff so we're
going to nursing schools medical schools
asking retired doctors and nurses to
come back into service supplies are a
major issue PPE gloves gowns masks
suppliers I am now asking all product
providers all companies who are in this
business we will pay a premium for these
products if you are a business that
doesn't manufacture these exact items
but if you have equipment and personnel
and you believe that you could
manufacture these items they're not
complicated a mask is not a complicated
item to make a PPE gown is not a
complicated item gloves nitrile gloves
are not a complicated item if you can
make them we will give you funding to do
it and we will give you funding to get
the right equipment to get the personnel
etcetera I'm asking businesses to be
creative I'm even looking on the state
side as you know we went into the hand
sanitizer business which we're now
increasing by the way we
opened additional hand sanitizer
manufacturing areas but I've also spoken
to the state facilities that make
uniforms if you can make a uniform why
can't you make a mask and we're
researching that but it's that kind of
creativity we need from businesses I
can't mandate that businesses make
something but I can offer financial
incentives and that's what we're doing
any business that's interested should
contact Empire State Development
Corporation they will get on it right
away
Eric Gertler is the head of that any
company that wants the sell product
should contact my office the executive
chamber Semin etirsa boudic at that
number there were also a number of
companies that have masks Goldman Sachs
donated 100,000 masks to the state of
New York and I want to thank them but if
you have masks offices that are
non-essential right now
there were dentists offices that are
closed there are clinics that are closed
we need those masks those gowns gloves
and we need them now in terms of
building more beds as I said we've had
the Army Corps of Engineers here and
we're working with them there's
Lieutenant General Todd Seminole who is
is really top professional ironically I
worked with him when I was Department of
Housing and Urban Development building
housing on Native American reservations
at the Pine Ridge Reservation
so he's been with the Corps a long time
he's top-shelf we're looking at a
possible number of locations for large
temporary facilities Javits Center
number of CUNY sites number of Sunni
sites Saint John's University wants to
be helpful Fordham University so we're
looking at all these sites and they were
all under analysis where do we have the
space where could we get up it can
facility how quickly it's ventilators
ventilators ventilators that is the
greatest need we're notifying any Health
Department in the state if you have a
ventilator and you are not using it at
this time or it is non-essential to your
use we want it if you are a regulated
health facility we are asking you by
order of the Department of Health to
make that ventilator available we will
purchase it from you you could lend it
to us but we need ventilators and anyone
who has them now please call the New
York State Department of Health at that
number again there are a lot of medical
offices that have ventilators that are
not operational now and they're just in
the corner of the office we need those
ventilators the ventilators are to this
war
what missiles were to world war two
right Rosie the Riveter
we need ventilators that is the key
piece of equipment we can get the beds
we'll get the supplies by hook or by
crook but a ventilator is a specific
piece of equipment these are people with
a respiratory illness we need the
ventilators the number one opportunity
to make a difference here is to flatten
the curve flatten the increase in the
number of cases as we've talked about
flatten the increase of the number of
cases coming into the hospital system
and the best way to do that is by
reducing density density control density
control valve right and that's what we
have been doing all along and we're
going to take it to the ultimate step
which is we're going to close the valve
all right because the rate of in
in the number of cases portends a total
overwhelming of our hospital system so
we're going to put out an executive
order today New York State on paws
policies that assure uniform safety for
everyone
uniform safety for everyone why because
what I do will affect you and what you
do will affect me talk about community
and interconnection and interdependence
this is the very realistic embodiment of
that we need everyone to be safe
otherwise no one can be safe we've
studied all the other countries we've
talked to people all across the globe
about what they did what they've done
what worked what doesn't work and that
has all informed this policy two basic
rules only essential businesses will be
functioning people can work at home god
bless you but only essential businesses
can have workers commuting to the job or
on the job
second rule remain indoors to the
greatest extent to protect physical and
mental health on the businesses on the
valve we reduced it to 50% of the
workforce we then reduced it to 75% of
the workforce must stay home and today
we're bringing it to 100 percent of the
workforce must stay home
these are non-essential services
essential services have to continue to
function
grocery stores need food pharmacies need
drugs your internet has to continue to
work the water has to turn on when you
turn the faucet
so there are essential services that
will continue to function but 100% of
the workforce and when I talk about the
most drastic action we can take this is
the most drastic action we can take
we also have specific rules for people's
conduct first is for the what we call
the quote unquote vulnerable population
and remember many people will get this
disease different countries estimate 70
80 percent of the population people will
get it people will recover that's what's
going to happen for the vast majority
that's what's happening in this state
for the vast majority who are we worried
about seniors compromised immune system
people with underlying illnesses where
are the places we're really worried
about nursing homes senior congregate
facilities
we need real diligence with vulnerable
populations and there's been a lot of
confusion and a lot of different
theories and a lot of mixed information
I've gone through it myself with my own
family as I said we have my mother who
lives alone everybody wants to help and
we've gone back and forth who should go
visit mom should mom go to my sister's
house should mom go to this house nobody
knows for sure
I asked Commissioner Zurcher speak to
every health official get the best rules
you can to protect our senior citizens
and people with vulnerable populations
and that's what these rules are remain
indoors go outside for solitary exercise
pre-screen all visitors and aides don't
visit households with multiple people
don't go to your daughter's house mom
doesn't want to be alone
I understand but you bring her into your
house and you have ten people there and
they're coming in and out and your
daughter's have friends that is a
mistake that is a mistake well we're
going to go visit mom I'm going to bring
the whole family to see mom no not now
vulnerable person should wear a mask
when in the company of others to the
greatest extent everyone in the presence
of a vulnerable person should wear a
mask they shouldn't be on public
transportation unless it is urgent and
absolutely necessary well what does that
mean it means urgent and absolutely
necessary it means what the words say I
call it Matilda's law my mother's name
is Matilda everybody's mother father
sister friend in a vulnerable population
this is about protecting them it's about
protecting them what you do what you do
is highly highly affects their health
and well-being the instinct to love I
want to be with them I want my kids mom
wants to see the kids
be smart my mother and your mother for
non vulnerable populations these are the
rules
no non-essential gatherings any
concentration of individuals is because
you're an essential work of essential
business and an essential workforce when
in public social distancing at lists at
least six feet outdoor recreation is a
solitary recreational exercise its
running its hiking it's not playing
basketball with five other people that's
not what it is it's not laying in a park
with ten other people and sharing a beer
that's not what this is there are people
and places in New York City where it
looks like life as usual no this is not
life as usual and accept it and realize
it and deal with
that sick individual should not leave
their home to us unless they receive
medical care etc young people need to
practice social distancing avoid contact
with vulnerable populations precaution
alcohol wipes we talk a lot about hand
sanitizer since I went into the hand
sanitizer business I'm a semi expert on
hand sanitizer hand sanitizer is alcohol
that's what it is
you can kid get hand sanitizer get a
bottle of alcohol pour it on wipes paper
towels that's an alcohol wipe
hand sanitizer now according to the CDC
has to be over 60% alcohol to be
effective these provisions will be
enforced these are not helpful hints
this is not if you really want to be a
great citizen these are legal provisions
they will be enforced there will be a
civil fine and mandatory closure for any
business that is not in compliance again
your actions can affect my health that's
where we are
so there is a a social compact that we
have government makes your society is
safe for everyone what you do can affect
my health there's some bad information
especially among young people you look
at some of these videos that are going
around and some of these newscasts on
what young people are saying I can't get
it yeah
that's wrong that is wrong what young
people can't get it that is wrong it's
just not a factual statement 20% of
coronavirus cases cases according to CDC
ages 20 to 44 ok France more than 50% of
the coronavirus patients in ICU under 60
years old you can get it well I can't
transmit it if I'm not symptomatic
no you can transmit it if you're not
symptomatic and even if you are young
and strong and everybody's Superman
superwoman I can deal with it oh yeah
you can give it to your grandparent you
can give it to your parent and you can
put somebody else's life in danger
so just factually a lot of these
premises are wrong these are nothing
that people don't know it's nothing that
we haven't been talking about but we
have to do it and we have to be serious
and again it is a government
responsibility
everyone has personal freedom everyone
has personal liberty and we respect that
and I'll always protect that but
everybody also has a responsibility to
everyone else and this is a specific
case of that I believe in regional
actions
none of these policies work unless the
geographic area is an area that works I
have spoken to the governor of New
Jersey governor of Connecticut about the
actions that we're taking today I'm
going to speak with him later this
afternoon I would we have been
coordinating to the greatest extent
possible and they're going to be
considering these policies which again
are very dramatic and I said I'd like to
do it in coordination I understand we
have somewhat of a different
circumstance in New York but they are
considering it we've added Pennsylvania
and Delaware to these states we're
working with and again you can have
businesses in New Jersey if they don't
close then their workers are driving
into New York businesses in Connecticut
stay open you need New Yorkers to drive
up to those businesses so regional
action is the best we're talking I'll
speak with them later today the number
of cases and you can see why we've taken
these dramatic actions total positive up
to seven thousand 2,900
new positive cases now I've told you in
the past that the number of cases is
relative to the number of tests I've
also said that New York has been very
aggressive about increasing our number
of tests we went to the federal
government we asked for authority to
allow the state to run the tests as
opposed to waiting for the federal
government the president granted us that
ability I ramped up all the labs in our
state we opened drive throughs all
across the state we have the testing so
high in New York right now that we're
testing per capita more than China or
South Korea okay and China and South
Korea obviously had a much longer time
to ramp up so we have done a great job
at ramping up the number of tests but
when you ramp up the number of tests
you're going to get more positive cases
well now we're more worried and know
because it was the reality the tests are
just demonstrating what was and again if
we could do more tests you would find
more positives and finding positives is
a good thing because then we can isolate
and we can track back the number of
counties continues to increase and it
will until that entire state is blue
blue is not a political statement by the
way it's just blue versus yellow New
York now has 7,000 cases that compares
to state of Washington that has 1,000
California that has 1,000 and change so
you can see that New York is in a
dramatically different position and you
can see why we're taking these actions
now again New York may very well be
testing at a multiple of
the other states so does New York
necessarily have seven thousand seven
times more people who are infected than
California you don't know you know that
we are doing more tests per capita but
you don't know what the actual infection
rate is in total we have tested 32,000
people we did 10,000 tests last night
I had said last week that we would hope
to get to 6000 tests we've gotten to
10,000 tests which again are very proud
of the operation but again that's why
you see the number going up the rate of
hospitalization watch this number it's
18% 1,200 out of 70 100 again overall
perspective look at the Johns Hopkins
numbers people will get sick people will
resolve you look at our cases the first
case we had the first healthcare worker
that case she was never hospitalized she
stayed home and she now tests negative
that's what's going to happen with 80%
of the people so why is New York taking
these dramatic actions we know from past
history that what a locality does
matters the 1918 Spanish flu which also
reminds us that this has happened before
in society right this tendency to think
oh this is something new it's a science
fiction movie yeah one 1918 they had a
flu epidemic but st. Louis took one
course of action
Philadelphia took another course of
action and it made a dramatic difference
in the number of people that died what
government did at that moment made a
dramatic difference and not nationally
locally yes New York
has the tightest controls in the country
you look at those numbers and you
understand why look at the increase in
the number of cases 16 days ago we were
at 0 today we are at 2900 those numbers
are why we're taking these actions just
increase that curve and you will see it
more than doubles our health care system
capacity it more than triples the number
of ICU beds with ventilators that we
could possibly arrange that's why we're
taking these actions these actions will
cause disruption they will cause
businesses to close they'll cause
employees to stay at home I understand
that they will cause much unhappiness I
understand that also I've spoken to my
colleagues around the state the elected
officials I've spoken to business
leaders there is a divergence of opinion
there's a spectrum of opinion some
people say that we don't need to do this
it's going to hurt the economy I
understand that some people want to make
it clear that they are disassociated
from these actions I understand that and
just so we're all clear this is a
statewide order it's not what your
county executive is doing it's not what
your mayor is doing it's not what anyone
else but me is doing and I accept full
responsibility if someone is unhappy
somebody wants to blame someone or
complain about someone blame me there is
no one else who is responsible for this
decision
I've been in public service for many
years on every level of public service
I've managed dozens of emergencies the
philosophy that always worked for me is
prepare for the worst and hope for the
best that's what we're doing here when
we look back at this situation ten years
from now I want to be able to say I can
say to the people of the state of New
York I did everything we could do I did
everything we could do and this is about
saving lives and if everything we do
saves just one life I'll be happy last
point I'd also like people to think
about and I don't have an answer for
this and it's not what I do
but the isolation that people are
feeling and the mental health
consequences of what we're doing when we
quarantined people you know we
quarantined about 10,000 people 14 days
you had to stay at home and I spoke to
many of them and what they would say is
physically operationally it was
difficult but most of all they would all
talk about the sense of isolation and
the feeling of isolation and not having
human contact and how difficult that was
I as you know have my daughter who was
in isolation and I was very aware of
what she was dealing with him what she
was feeling and I'll tell you the truth
I had some of the best conversations
with her that I have ever had she was
alone for two weeks with her own
thoughts not talking to anyone else no
noise no activity and we talked about
things in that
that we didn't have time to talk about
in the past or we didn't have the
courage of the strength to talk about in
the past feelings that I had about
mistakes that I had made along the way
that I wanted to express my regret and
talk through with her people are in a in
a in a small apartment they're in a
house they're they're worried they're
anxious just be mindful of that
you know those three sentence three word
sentences can make all the difference I
miss you you know I love you I'm
thinking about you I wish I was there
with you I'm sorry you're going through
this I'm sorry we're going through this
that's going to be a situation that is
going to develop because we're all in
quarantine now I mean think about it
we're all in various levels of
quarantine and it's hard it's hard
economic way it's hard everywhere but
it's going to be hard here it's going to
be hard here and it takes each of us to
try to help with that last the last
announcement with all that's going on I
want to protect the people of the state
of New York as much as I can I'm going
to stop any evictions of any residential
or commercial tenants for 90 days
there will be no there'll be a
moratorium on evictions residential or
commercial for 90 days
I understand that may affect businesses
negatively and I've spoken to a number
of them I don't know who you think
you're going to rent an apartment to now
anyway
if you kick someone out by my mandate
you couldn't even have your real estate
agent out showing the apartment
same with the commercial penance but I
know that we're gonna put people out of
work with what I did I want to make sure
I don't put them out of their house
questions comments club to the change
I'm thinking in terms of what seems to
be a shelter-in-place order of the
church it's not a shelter-in-place order
effectively the same idea no it is not
first of all words matter California
does not have a shelter-in-place order
right they put in a new policy it was
they don't it is not shelter-in-place
right what is the because and this is
why words matter Jesse because people
are scared and people panicked
shelter-in-place is used currently for
an active shooter or a school shooting
it was during a nuclear event isolate
yourself in the interior room no windows
stay there until you get the all-clear
sign the quote-unquote shelter in place
policy was never shelter in place
it said shelter in place accept us
accept this acceptance acceptance accept
this and it scared a lot of people and a
panicked people and even California
doesn't call it that anymore so why am i
increasing the mandates because the
numbers are increasing and I said from
day one this is science and math watch
the number watch the trajectory you have
the density control valve the number
starts to go up tighten the valve if the
number doesn't slow down tighten the
valve more if the number doesn't slow
down tighten the valve more if the
number doesn't slow down
close the valve we're closing the valve
take effect Sunday evening I'm sorry
delivery services of food are an
essential service mass transit obviously
you've got you master it is operational
because we have to get people to
hospitals best transit is operational
because we have to get the essential
workers to work we can schedule or
something we are not doing any of that
right now remember this all comes down
to the healthcare system and we're
scrambling to increase the capacity of
the healthcare system we have to get
nurses doctors health care workers
childcare and we need to get them to
work so the public transit system would
be operational there is anyone
monitoring or policing these businesses
to make sure they're abiding by this
100% rule we said for the first time
this is not voluntary it's not helpful
hints we are going to monitor it there
will be civil fines and there can be
mandatory closures for businesses that
don't comply I am not kidding about this
the numbers are going up at such a rate
that as I said it's more than double the
capacity of the hospital system it's
more than triple the capacity of the ICU
system we can't get more ventilators
I can't increase that side of the
equation I can't create more ICU beds
with ventilators the only option
available to us is to reduce the spread
and reduce the rate of the spread so
close the valve step to make sure people
follow the regulations and the guidance
and that's enforcement so if a business
that's not supposed to be open as open
yes we will enforce it and they will be
penalized it's also by the way ruled
disrespectful of basic social
obligations
you please speak to what individuals and
penalties or fines individuals might
face if they break these rules you know
cluster of young people at a park can
you speak to what we don't have any
individual fines at this point I hope
they get the information I think with
young people and we talked about this
yesterday part of it is they're just
wrong they have the wrong information
and that's what I'm trying to say today
they're just wrong I mean I can't tell
you how many young people are out there
saying why can't get it doesn't affect
young people oh you're just wrong
I can't transfer it you're just wrong
and this is lunacy what they're doing in
some parks in some areas hanging out on
a park bench they're playing basketball
you know when you're young you think
you're invincible yeah you're wrong and
social distancing means social
distancing it means no more than six
feet you can't play basketball and stay
six feet from each other well you can
but you'd lose yeah
but as at this point so note no civil
fines or penalty you have no civil fines
on individuals at this time what the
president cheese the defense Protection
Act to look I am I am if I had a New
York State defense production act I
would use it Jesse I don't have it so
what I'm saying is I'll pay business is
more I'll I'll start a new fund a new
business if you can make these products
I'm trying to make these products if you
were in this this line of work you know
we need masks if you are making clothing
figure out if you can make masks I'll
fund it so I'm doing everything I can to
increase the production that's assault
and that's besides having people all
over the globe trying to buy product
right we talked about Empire State
Development people literally running
around China trying to buy product
so if I had it I would use it you've
mentioned stockpiles there's three
stockpiles around the state of mass
loves things like that have those been
dipped into or are you shipping those to
hospitals around the state what we have
dipped into those and we are providing
those to the hospitals that are across
the state and we're also working to
resupply them I have to look to give you
exactly the deadline is the federal
deadline and Robert mihika the man of
many facial communications will explain
it let's try to file it we're tied to
the federal deadline so our deadline
will also then move with the federal
deadline to the end of July on the sales
tax deadline we're going to forgive
interest in penalties related to the
sales tax is the same but there's no
interest or penalties for those who
can't pay correct or penalty or pay no
interest tax penalties is worse than you
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sure we're making hand sanitizer by the
way I know a lot of people got annoyed
that we use Coar craft which is the
prison company to making sanitizer the
core craft company was already making
chemicals the detergents automobile
lubricants hand soap so it was in their
line of work but the hints on sanitizer
is distributed to prisons public
transport public transportation
facilities state government local
governments etc and we're increasing the
production of hand sanitizer through
core craft because we need it the
shortage has only gotten worse the 35
people do you know I'm sorry
people in the Capital Region is there a
place they can go to get tested doctor
sorry sorry I was looking at the side
I'm sorry it's okay
we've heard that Albany Medical Center
and st. Peter's Hospital have stopped
performing tests at nellis Hospital has
apparently run out of them so people in
the Capital Region who might need to be
tested we're at the Albany Medical
Center there's still testing we can look
at we can look at other places if there
if we feel that there aren't enough
places to provide but the test for
people sorry
we have worked that out we're working
with bio reference who's our lab that
came online earlier this week and
they're gonna be processing tests for
all
some other state obviously Albany had
this announcement that the only people
who are gonna get tested our
quote-unquote frontline doctors nurses
first responders etc and that if you're
sick you think you might have thrown a
virus the advice is gonna be stay home
don't go out get yourself well so are
you still doing community testing
statewide and what are the what's the
thinking about if or when we need to
shift that protocol so what we are doing
is that as I mentioned originally is to
work with your health health
professional about them if you need the
test and it's clinically relevant based
on their assessment we will get the test
done for you and we have and we have
sites all across the state and you can
see by the numbers of how many cases we
have tested Jimmy we're testing more
than anyway the it was never just health
care professionals right it's all these
drive throughs etc they're just testing
people but you have a protocol that you
have to have a fever or happy you have a
symptom or have been in contact with a
positive person so can't just be you
know I want to test because I'm a little
because I'm a lot nervous but that's for
everyone that protocol on this for a
second so for a New Yorker at this point
they can go buy groceries as of Sunday
they can go walk their dog they can go
get medicine but beyond those sorts of
activities basically you're telling
people to stay off still you know they
stay home physical health mental health
yeah you need to get out to take a walk
and get some fresh air yes
you know these a practicality to this
you can't say to someone you must be
locked in your apartment 24 hours a day
for the foreseeable future by the way
look at what you're saying to people
this could be going on for months
stay in your apartment for two three
four months that's frightening you know
okay.thank it was very very nice as your
job yeah there was no provision I hadn't
heard that but we we will look at it and
I'm sure we can find internet ways we
must have do we know it's been overrun
to the point of near collapse but we've
been working every day to continue to
restore it and build it back up there's
obviously massive al volume right now
but we are working on that mr. Campbell
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good question the number one challenge
we need 30,000 ventilators everything is
second to that after that we need beds
we need staff mobility in truth John
will move people you know we're looking
at these temporary facilities remember
how this disease progresses you don't
come in and need an ICU unit in 15
minutes you come in with fever
respiratory symptoms etc if we didn't
have a hospital if you come in and and
you live in Suffolk and we don't have a
hospital bed in Suffolk and the and the
hospital betters and queens then we're
going to put you in Queens it's you're
right it's not convenient but that's the
least of our worries right now frankly
so wherever we have beds and equipment
that's where we would put people I'm
even I'm even working on coordinating
between upstate and downstate you know
we have lower numbers in upstate so
we're coordinating the downstate need
with upstate hospital beds so it could
be a person comes in and from New York
City but we have a hospital bed in all
the
and if that's what it gets to that's
what it gets to if we have a hospital
bed with a ventilator anywhere in the
state I would be happy I mean that's I'd
be happy if the only thing we were
dealing with was complaints that you
came in in Suffolk and you had to go to
Queens I would take that in a heartbeat
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there is a Medical Reserve Corps that
this state and the city have and they
have been activated to help out as well
that's a good question right now no but
maybe in the future but right now just
don't get yourself sick and don't get
anyone else sick right don't get
yourself sick and don't get anyone else
sick by your actions
look we're doing more tests than anyone
knock Formica who delivery counts I
don't know we're working through the
list of essential services now essential
services our look Society has to
function you have to be able to go to
the ATM and take out money and who's
ever on the other side of that ATM which
I don't know has to be there to make
sure you've got money so it's just going
through those services that need to
function but not like luxury services
you know I want to get a massage that's
not an essential service that's an
essential service we've also asked the
Internet service providers to increase
data capacity and to do it at no charge
and we're working through that in other
words now you have all these people
working from home they all had data
usage plans they might exceed their data
usage plan or you may overwhelm that
home service capacity so it is essential
that they work on that and as a matter
of fact I've asked them to increase the
data available regardless of your plan
and not charge customers for that the
Geek Squad the Geek Squad I'm gonna go
back and check you got me on now what
about you know what's your latest
thinking on the economy is the budget if
you're kind of getting less revenue in
are we as a stake in to get into a cash
crunch at some point yes so when all of
the federal government just move the
filing deadline for taxes out there like
June July we normally had tax payments
in April
now when you move the filing deadline it
means the state you won't pay your state
taxes until June July which means we get
no money between April and June July
that could be seven eight billion
dollars to the state of New York in
terms of cash flow the only way I sleep
at night on that one is look it's not
just this state it's every state and
this is going to be federal action
because the the economy is devastating
for every state and also for individuals
you know it's every individual for the
guy who's home today saying how am I
going to pay the rent
first of all moratorium you can't be
evicted for three months anyway but how
am I going to pay the bills I'm laid off
the unemployment insurance doesn't cover
it everybody is in that cabin every
buddy and it's going to have to be a
situation that this country addresses
and this nation addresses this nation
and the state addresses and we will and
we will but today one crisis at a time
deal with what is in front of you and
let's save as many lives as possible and
that's what these policies do if people
want to say to me Jimmy three months
down the road you know what you
shouldn't close little businesses you
you add it to the economic damage I
plead guilty I plead guilty
I believe these policies will save lives
and I'm not willing to put a price on a
human life is the state gonna halt
paying out tax refunds or paying out
other things that you are normally
scheduled to pay out and do you have a
message to New Yorkers particularly
employed New Yorkers about you know
whether they should be paying their
taxes at a certain time right you have
any appeals we're going to follow with
the we're going to follow the federal
guidelines you know we have economic
pressure but they have far more economic
pressures than we do anyone who's trying
to get through this in their daily lives
I don't want to add to their pressure
we'll deal with what we have to deal
one other point there was a person in
our press office who was exhibiting
signs of
coronavirus they're going to be tested
but we as a precaution quarantined
employees of the press office in the
meantime I'm going to go to work thank
you very much