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WPCNR CORONAVIRUS REPORT. From Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. April 11, 2020:

Doctors to be part of a  medical advisory committee to review temperature taking proposal…report anonymous tips social distancing violations to police…in memory of a great human being lost during this crisis:  Dr. Lawrence Glassberg who served the Hartsdale community for many years.
CALLING ON DOCTORS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO PARTICIPATE IN A MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW TEMPERATURE TAKING PROPOSAL:Earlier this week I announced plans to issue emergency orders imposing specific health and safety requirements on all grocery stores and pharmacies. I also announced my intent to issue a subsequent emergency order that would require these businesses to take temperature of employees and possibly customers.I am pleased that since the order was announced New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets announced excellent guidelines for supermarkets that will enhance the safety and health of customers and employees –making my original order not necessary AS TO SUPERMARKETS.Regarding the taking of temperature initiative – I would like to work with a  small group of Doctors and medical professionals who can review proposals and provide input to ME about implementation.  If you are interested please advise BY EMAILING ME AT [email protected].
DR. MAURA D. FRANK OF HARTSDALE , ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL PEDIATRICS AT WEILL CORNELL TO CHAIR COMMITTEEI have asked Dr. Maura D. Frank, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell to chair the committee. Dr. Frank is a resident of Hartsdale.  She has served as Medical Director of the resident pediatric practice, responsible for training pediatric residents and medical students in general pediatric care and running the general pediatric clinic. She was also the director of Health for Life, a weight management program at NYP-Weill Cornell and administered a program for children with medical complexity. She retired from those duties in July, 2019.

 PLEASE REPORT  TIPS -VIOLATIONS OF SOCIAL DISTANCING OR COVID-19 ORDERS TO POLICE IF THEY OCCUR IN UNINCORPORATED GREENBURGH  (a way to do so anonymously)

  We plan to enforce (with summons) violations of social distancing or COVID-19 health and safety orders. They can be anonymous

We can accept anonymous tips via our “Tips411”

Residents can submit information 2 ways:

1)    Text message from their phone.   Text  GPDTIP and their text message to  847411

IN MEMORY OF A GREAT HUMAN BEING  DR. LAWRENCE GLASSBERG 

Lawrence Glassberg served the residents of Hartsdale as a family physician for over 50 years, with a dedication and a humble selflessness that is seldom found amongst today�s medical community.� While the news was quite unexpected to say the very least, upon reflection it is not surprising that he was lost caring for his patients while knowingly placing his personal safety at risk. Sympathies to his wife, Irene and children Linda, Pam and Michael. Our heart goes out to you during this difficult time.

PAUL FEINER

The Governor confirmed in a news release just in, that 10,575 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 170,512 confirmed cases in New York State. The day to day rate of increase for the entire state was was 6.7%. Of the 170,512 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows (local counties highlighted in BOLD):

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	426	47
Allegany	26	4
Broome	112	7
Cattaraugus	18	1
Cayuga	27	11
Chautauqua	20	2
Chemung	59	0
Chenango	60	5
Clinton	43	3
Columbia	74	4
Cortland	17	1
Delaware	39	2
Dutchess	1,598	105
Erie	1,409	47
Essex	10	2
Franklin	11	0
Fulton	18	3
Genesee	65	9
Greene	34	6
Hamilton	3	0
Herkimer	36	4
Jefferson	43	1
Lewis	6	0
Livingston	29	3
Madison	99	8
Monroe	742	44
Montgomery	29	1
Nassau	21,512	1,372
Niagara	156	10
NYC	92,384	5,356
Oneida	172	14
Onondaga	369	11
Ontario	51	8
Orange	4,532	442
Orleans	24	2
Oswego	36	0
Otsego	41	2
Putnam	487	49
Rensselaer	91	12
Rockland	7,122	457
Saratoga	182	10
Schenectady	191	24
Schoharie	12	0
Schuyler	5	1
Seneca	15	0
St. Lawrence	78	2
Steuben	117	28
Suffolk	18,692	1,279
Sullivan	318	24
Tioga	18	1
Tompkins	105	0
Ulster	530	70
Warren	43	3
Washington	26	1
Wayne	41	2
Westchester	18,077	1,073
Wyoming	30	1
Yates	2	1

WPCNR CORONAVIRUS REPORT. By John F. Bailey. April 10, 2020 (UPDATED 3:15 PM EDT)::

Governor Andrew Cuomo reported today the number of coronaviruses has dropped in the metropolitan area for the first time since the coronavirus epidemic began March 1 in the area. The governor said new hospitalizations had gone negative for the first time. He noted the curve had begun to drop.

He attributed that to New Yorkers observation of the stay at home, SOCIAL distancing restrictions that has , apparently prevented the exponential spread of the disease predicted by various organizations, whom, the governor said had always made their predictions with the suggestion that safe distancing and staying at home would reduce the amount of infections.

The Governor announced he would be seeking a three state constortium (New York, Connecticut and New Jersey) with the federal government to organize rapid manufacture of millions of testing kits with corporations with the capacity to manufacture the new rapid tests created by New York and other companies to enable an effective return to work and businesses, without reigniting the coronavirus spread.

He called for massive testing of at least 10 Million in the New York area to assure persons returning to work did not have the corona virus. He estimated every state needed to do this and estimated the tests (rapid, easy to administer, accurate) were needed as soon as possible.

He said he was working with the New York congressional delegation to organize an essential workers relief fund similar to that created after 9/11.

The governor is also expanding the food program SNAP for 700,000 rolled in the program, the new release from the Governor’s press office just out, reports details: “Governor Cuomo also announced an additional $200 million in emergency food assistance will be available for more than 700,000 low-income households enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 

“Those enrolled in SNAP and not yet receiving the maximum benefit will receive an additional payment to bring them up to this amount in March and April. The supplemental benefits will be issued in April and delivered directly to recipients’ existing Electronic Benefit Transfer accounts.

“Households eligible for the supplement that live in counties outside of New York City will begin receiving the supplemental emergency benefit starting on April 13, and all eligible households will have received it by April 24. In New York City, the emergency benefits will be issued starting on April 14, and the issuance completed on April 25.

He said the death toll yesterday was slightly lower, and emphasized this was expected, but unacceptable.