THE WORLD READS WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER — 8,324,077 VISITS IN ONE YEAR | 2,905,611 VISITORS VISIT 8,324,077 TIMES 3 TIMES EVERY DAY IN ONE YEAR. HIGHEST ACTIVITY IN WPCNR HISTORY.White PlainsCitizeNetReporter lifted its worldwide visits from unique visitors to wpcnr.com to 8,324,077,a 1,306,419 increase in visits in one year from 7,017,658 visits to the site last year which covers White Plains and Westchester County. The 8,324,077 visits were made by 2,005,611 unique visitors who visited wpcnr an average of 3 visits a day. ON JULY 20- -2026 visitors have accessed wpcnr and made 3,072 visits an average of 1.6 visits. In the last week 33,495 individual vistors made 54,458 visits, averaging 1.6 visits. In the last month, 152,940 visitors recorded 229,338 visits (1.5 visits)

FRIDAY GOVERNOR CUOMO BRIEFING:CORONA VIRUS NY CASES RISING 11.2% RATE. STATE POLICE: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS RISE 15-20%. GOVERNOR PLEDGES NY HELP TO COMMUNITIES WEST AS WAVES OF CORONAVIRUS SPREAD. DETAILS ASSET SHARING IN EFFECT. SCHOOL BUDGET VOTES MOVED TO JUNE 1 OR BEYOND.

Posted on April 3, 2020 by John Bailey

**NEW YORK STATE CORONAVIRUS CONDITIONS FRIDAY 11 AM E.D.T.**

WPCNR CORONAVIRUS REPORT. By John F. Bailey. April 3, 2020 updated 2;30 PM EDT

New York State Positive Cases grew by 11.2% overnight according to the numbers announced by Governor Cuomo.

In the local metropolitan area Westchester County (population 1 million) cases rose 6.7% overnight to 12,351, up from 11,567 yesterday, but the rate of increase slowed slightly from 8.2% yesterday to 6.7% today.

New York City total of positives is 57,159, up 11.2% over Thursday’s 47,439. Yesterday NYC rose at 8.2%.

Elsewhere, numbers are driving up in Nassau County (with 1.3 Million people) growing by 10.8% Rate overnight at 10,587 cases, up from 9,554 Thursday. Suffolk County with 1.4 Million is growing by a 16% rate at 10,154 cases up from 8,746 Thursday.

Up north of Westchester, Rockland County is getting hit with new cases at a 15.4% rate of increase per day, up from 12.9% in one day Thursday ; Orange is seeing new cases at a 20% rate and Dutchess County, 21%.

RISE IN DOMESTIC ABUSE REPORTED

Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa responding a Q. & A. question in the media segment of this morning’s news conference on sharp rise in domestic abuse throughout state since start of the Stay Home regulations. Says state will find shelter for abused women.

For the hotline number of your local domestic violence program, call the New York State Domestic and Sexual Violence Hotline at 1-800-942-6906, English & español/Multi-language Accessibility. Deaf or Hard of Hearing: 711 In NYC: 1-800-621-HOPE (4673) or dial 311 TDD: 1-800-810-7444.

PERSONS STRESSED OVER THE CORONAVIRUS SITUATION INVOLVING HOME, WORRY, UNEMPLOYMENT MAY TALK TO A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSION ON 1-844-863-9314. YOU CALL LEAVE YOUR NUMBER AND A MENTAL PROFESSIONAL WILL CALL YOU BACK. IN WHITE PLAINS, NEED RESPITE FROM A DANGEROUS HOME SITUATION, CALL MY SISTER’S PLACE, 1-800-298-7233

GOVERNOR WRAPS UP WITH A STRATEGY TO STAGE MEDICAL RELIEF IN ORGANIZED OPERATION TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY

The Governor said he would be getting in touch with the Secretary of the Navy to find out why the government does not want the USNS Comfort hospital ship to take in corona virus patients.

The head of the New York State Department of Health explained what masks protect your face properly, but agreed that any face covering such as a bandana could be of help, but supplies of masks were being distributed only to medical personnel.

SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET VOTES ACROSS STATE NOW IN LIMBO

Yesterday the White Plains City School Board announced the website, the state has postponed the statewide school district budget and board elections from May 20 to June or Beyond (the notice was not mentioned in any briefings):

REVISED APRIL 1, 2020, PER EXECUTIVE ORDER 202.11 DATED 3/27/2020:

“Any school board, library board, or village election scheduled to take place in April or May of 2020 is hereby postponed until at least June 1, 2020, and subject to further directive as to the timing, location or manner of voting for such elections.”

BULLETIN: JAVITS CENTER WILL NOW TREAT CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS. PRESIDENT TRUMP AWARE OF GROWTH IN NYC CASES APPROVES IT.

Posted on April 2, 2020 by John Bailey

WPCNR CORONAVIRUS REPORT. From Governor Andrew Cuomo. April 2, 2020. 8:30 P.M.:

Tens of thousands of selfless healthcare workers have answered our urgent call to join New York’s active healthcare force, including 21,000 people who live out of state. It’s inspiring, and I personally promise that when the time comes, New York will repay the favor. We will never forget how the people of our country came to the aid of New York when we needed it, and we deeply appreciate it. Are you a qualified healthcare professional? Enlist here.

The temporary hospital facility at the Javits Center will now treat COVID-19 patients, Governor Andrew announced this evening.

The growing number of Coronavirus cases are threatening the capacity of our hospital system. The original plan for the Javits Center was to use it for non-COVID patients in order to free up beds at other hospitals.

However, the number of COVID patients has increased to the point that it is prudent for Javits to support and care for COVID patients. I asked President Trump this morning to consider this request and stressed the urgent need and he agreed to it.

MAYOR ROACH’S NIGHTLY WHITE PLAINS CORONAVIRUS REPORT

Posted on April 2, 2020 by John Bailey

The state now has over 92,000 cases; there are 884 new cases in Westchester for a current total of 11,567 out of 39,000 people tested in the county.

268 people with confirmed White Plains addresses have tested positive for the virus up from 248 yesterday ( Editor’s note: Increase 8%, below Westchester County rate).

As we have said, the local municipal numbers lag behind the broader county numbers due to the delay in the county receiving the necessary data from the state. Over time the lag has only gotten worse.

Despite this we have determined that we will continue to provide you with the numbers that we receive each day.

When and if the county provided municipal numbers have “caught up” to the overall numbers we will let you know, until then that you should not come to conclusions, positive or negative based on one day’s report.

The crime rate in White Plains has been very low for several years and it is even lower now.

We continue to patrol and enforce our laws and respond to resident complaints. Sanitation is picking up trash on a normal schedule; the streets and garages are being cleaned, building codes and city laws and ordinances continue to be enforced. The city remains at work.

One area of concern is domestic violence.

Although we haven’t seen a spike in these cases, current living conditions may make it difficult for people to seek help.

We want to make it clear that if you or someone you know, is in a dangerous situation you should contact the police, the investigative and victim support services remain in place and we are here to help. No one should live in fear in their home. Alternatively, My Sister’s Place operates a 24 hour hotline- that number is 1-800-298-7233.

Tomorrow at 7 we are paying tribute to all our essential workers with a focus, of course on our medical personnel. Come to your door window balcony or driveway and make some noise to show how much what they are doing matters to us.

Remember we are standing together by staying apart

Helpful links:

Westchester County Coronavirus information

NY State Coronavirus Information

White Plains Hospital Coronavirus Information

If you are experiencing symptoms associated with coronavirus, please call either the White Plains Hospital Hotline at (914) 681-2900 or the NYS Dept of Health Hotline at 1-888-364-3065. Professional staff will screen you over the phone by asking you a series of questions and assess your need for testing

STATE PASSES $177 Billion 2021 BUDGET. CUTS $10 BILLION. SCHOOL AID REMAINS SAME. REDUCTIONS IN SPENDING IF REVENUES CONTINUE TO FALL

Posted on April 2, 2020 by John Bailey

WPCNR ALBANY ROUNDS. From the Governor’s Press Office. April 2, 2020:

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its unprecedented negative impact on the global economy, the Enacted Budget maintains vital services and programs, while ensuring sustainability to weather this downtown, authorizes a reduction in spending by $10 billion and empowers the State Budget Director to develop a plan for across the board reductions and implement that plan as necessary over the course of the year.

The budget also puts in place mechanisms to control spending through the year if revenues fall even further, and raise spending if either revenues come in higher than expected or the federal government delivers support that offsets the state’s revenue losses.

All funds spending is estimated to total approximately $177 billion and state operating spending is authorized up to $105.8 billion,

However in the absence of additional federal assistance or a faster than anticipated economic recovery, spending will initially total $95.8 billion.

Realigning School Aid

Due to the extraordinary challenges from our COVID-19 health crisis, creating a $10 billion loss in revenue to the State, support for schools will remain nearly flat for a total of $27.9 billion in school aid.

Redesigning Medicaid and Health Care

The FY 2021 Enacted Budget advances reforms to the Medicaid program that will ensure it remains financially viable for the future so it can continue to provide high-quality care to more than six million New Yorkers.

Medicaid spending will increase by 3%, or about $500 million ensuring continuing high-quality care for the 30 percent of New Yorkers who rely on Medicaid for health care. Spending growth is now back in line with targets established by the Governor in 2012 that kept New York State’s Medicaid spending growth to less than half the national average, saving taxpayers more than $19 billion.

Many of these reforms were developed and unanimously endorsed by the Medicaid Redesign Team II, a cross section of health care providers, labor, local government and other industry stakeholders. They were tasked with reforming the system, and their recommendations stuck to the Governor’s guidelines that they must have zero impact on local government and zero impact on beneficiaries.

The reforms included in the FY 2021 Enacted Budget include a transformation of the hospital reimbursement structure to better support services to the uninsured, increases investments in primary care to avoid more costly hospitalizations, and new requirements that enhance oversight of managed care and transportation.

The reforms also address managed long-term care, by far the fastest growing sector of Medicaid. These include aligning New York State’s eligibility requirements with those of other states for new applicants for Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program and Personal Care Services and enhancing reporting requirements for both programs; capping statewide enrollment in managed long-term care to incentivize plans to assist in ensuring appropriate enrollment; and creating a statewide independent assessor to achieve efficiencies by removing duplicative efforts to determining eligibility and enrollment in the managed long-term care program.