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New York State now has over 340,661 positive cases. The total number tested in Westchester is 115,572; the number of people who have tested positive in the county is 31,611. The county currently estimates the number of active cases in the county to be 2,985. There are currently 498 Westchester Residents hospitalized in Westchester County. The cumulative number of positive cases in White Plains is 1671 with 147 of those estimated to be active- 4 of which are new cases today (Wednesday).
Today it was announced that on Friday 4 of the 10 New York State economic development regions will be permitted to enter phase 1 of reopening. The regions impacted are North Country, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley. We are in the Mid Hudson region which is currently meeting 5 of the 7 metrics required to begin the reopening process. The two metrics we are not meeting are moving in the right direction.
As a reminder, individuals with symptoms of COVID-19 which include fever, cough and congestion can walk in to be tested at White Plains Hospital Emergency Department. Testing is also available at urgent care facilities such as City MD at the corner of Maple and Mamaroneck and Forme on Broadway near Main St. or contact your health care provider.
There will be food distributions in White Plains on Friday, one at George Washington Elementary School from 11am until noon,sponsored by the GWPTA, and two city run distributions at Delfino Park and Battle Hill Firehouse both at 2pm. If you are in need of food assistance please email feedingwp@whiteplainsny.gov. If you are in need of a mask please email maskwp@whiteplainsny.gov. If you would like to help please email volunteer@whiteplainsny.gov. Our next call will be Friday until then..
Remember we are standing together by staying apart!
WPCNR QUILL & EYESHADE.From the NYS Comptroller’s Office. May 14, 2020:
Local sales tax collections dropped 24.4 percent in April compared to April 2019, leaving many of New York’s local governments grappling with shortfalls, according to State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Sales tax collections totaled $1.02 billion in April.
Plummeting sales tax collections were widespread, leaving counties, cities and some other local governments short by about $327 million compared to last year. White Plains experienced a 20.1% decline in April.
Although the first quarter of 2020 was relatively strong, March sales tax collections had already begun to show the impact of the COVID-19 shutdown–a decrease of 3.7 percent statewide with the largest declines downstate.
The April figures show shrinking revenues for local governments throughout the state.
Every county in every region of the state saw a large drop in April collections. New York City experienced a 23.1 percent decline, amounting to $141.8 million in lost revenues for a single month. Unknown at this time is how collections are impacted by consumers’ growing reliance on e-commerce shopping for products that are now subject to State and local sales taxes.
The least severe, though still substantial decline in sales tax collections occurred in the Mid-Hudson Region (-21.5 percent).
The Capital District had the most severe decline (-28.8 percent).
Outside of New York City, the state’s 57 counties had a decrease in collections of $159.5 million compared to April 2019.
In addition, 17 cities (not including New York City) impose their own general sales tax. April collections were down $5.7 million in April in aggregate compared to April 2019. Nearly every city saw large losses ranging from a decline of 20.1 percent in White Plains to a decrease of over 37 percent in Gloversville. A few cities tax only specific goods or services. Most cities, towns and villages and some school districts also rely on sales tax revenues to support their operations, through sharing agreements with their counties.
GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO BRINGS MORE FOCUS ON THE INFLAMED BLOOD VESSEL DISEASE BEING INVESTIGATED BY STATE. HE SPEAKS OF NEW INFORMATION ON THE 102 CASES OF INFECTED CHILDREN THE STATE KNOWS ABOUT.
WPCNR WEDNESDAY GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO CORONAVIRUS BRIEFING. By John F. Bailey:
Governor Andrew Cuomo reported Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker briefed Health Commissioners across the country Tuesday night on what New York State has found out about the Inflamed Blood Vessel disease that the state has discovered in 102 children of ages 1 to 18.
Dr. Zucker will also go online in a webinar with healthcare providers to discuss the disease tomorrow.
The Governor said in the video that 60% of the 102 tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and 40% for the COVID anti bodies, and 14% of the 60% were positive for both covid-19 and the antibodies.
Of the 60%, 71% were admitted to ICUs. 19% were put on ventilators, and 43% were still hospitalized as of yesterday, demonstrating the serious nature of how this derivation from coronavirus has been affecting young persons, all of whom have tested positive for the corona virus, and some of whom have been found to have antibodies. As I understand the meaning of this is that the antibodies may or may not make corona virus positive children (who did not contract the COVID virus) immune to getting the new condition , the inflammation of the blood vessels condition.
There is no indication of how many children across the state have tested positive for coronavirus in various locations, though infection rate of children was estimated at 1% on testing results.
The Governor reported 14 other states: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington and Washington, D.C. have reported cases of this new affliction. The Inflammation of Blood Vessels condition has been reported in Spain, France, England, Italy and Switzerland.The Governor said the Department of Health is discussing the new condition with these countries.
The governor said in the video sequence at the top of this page that the new infection may be being contracted by children as a side effect of being corona positive, but not actually coming down with coronavirus (within two weeks or at all). The upshot is that the Governor has directed hospitals to test all children with these systems for corona virus positive condition.
He is having hospitals identify previous corona virus positive children who have not gotten the corona virus (but may get the new infection 5 to 6 weeks after quarantined), to screen for the blood vessel affliction that has infected children of all ages and ethnicity in the first 102 reported cases of the new threat.
The Governor said it was important for parents to have any
child exposed to a COVID-19 positive patient, relative or friend to be tested for
the corona virus., if they are seeing any of the symptoms the governor goes over in the video, to see a
physician as soon as possible.
New York continues steady on the numbers of new cases and
hospitalizations.
The Governor said the new cases of hospitalizations were “a
little bit up” but not so much that they broke the average rate of new infection streak of lowering new cases.
The Governor stated there were 166 deaths from the
Coronavirus Tuesday, 122 in hospitals, 44 in Nursing Homes.
He announced 12 new counties hospitals were cleared to begin
scheduling elective surgery again.
The Governor said antibody testing of all essential workers
had been completed and all transit, police/fire, EMS, medial personnel, and Department
of Corrections employees had been tested and all corona virus cases were virtually half the
infection rate of the general public. Again, the governor held up a mask, and
said “PPE’s work.”
He announced the North Country Region was opening up..
In discussing his call for government reimbursement to
states, he noted that Representative Nita Lowey had introduced a bill to repeat
the State & Local Tax law point out how much revenue New York and
Massachusetts had lost in revenues by
this legislation enacted by the Trump Administration.
In the “Q. & A” with reporters from the North County region at Jefferson College, the governor said he could not put a handle on how many employees would be cut from the prisons, until he saw the Washington “in process” relief bill.
WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER.From NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and NJ Governor Larry Hogan. May 13, 2020:
National Governors Association Chair Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and NGAVice Chair New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo issued the following statement:
“As Congress reconvenes, delivering urgent state fiscal relief must be a top priority. Each day that Congress fails to act, states are being forced to make cuts that will devastate the essential services the American people rely on and destroy the economic recovery before it even gets off the ground.
“With widespread bipartisan agreement on the need for this assistance, we cannot afford a partisan process that turns this urgent relief into another political football. This is not a red state and blue state crisis. This is a red white and blue pandemic. The coronavirus is apolitical. It does not attack Democrats or Republicans. It attacks Americans.
“The nation’s governors are counting on our leaders in Washington to come together, put partisanship aside, and to get this done for the American people. This is why the National Governors Association continues to call for the passage of critical priorities that will help states and territories lead us through this pandemic response and get America moving again: $500 billion in fiscal support for state budgetary shortfalls resulting from the pandemic, enhanced FMAP funding to provide healthcare to our most vulnerable, and 100 percent federal cost share for FEMA response and recovery efforts.”
GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO INVEST $4 BILLION TO CLOSE GROWING EDUCATION GAP AMIDST CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Monday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced legislation to invest $4 billion in educational funding in the next relief package to ensure students have access to technology and broadband in order to continue their education during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Research shows the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the “homework gap” experienced by an estimated 12 million students who lack reliable internet access at home. This problem particularly affects students in rural and urban areas, as well as lower-income students and students of color.
Before the pandemic, roughly 70 percent of educators assigned schoolwork that required internet access but, as schools have closed, remote learning is now required for the majority of students.
The Senate’s Emergency Educational Connections Act of 2020 would provide $4 billion in funding to ensure that all K-12 students have adequate home internet connectivity in order to continue their education during the coronavirus pandemic.
“This funding is critical to closing the learning gap and ensuring that every student can succeed during this crisis,”said Senator Gillibrand.“The coronavirus pandemic has forced students to continue their education from home, yet millions across the country lack reliable internet access and are unable to complete their homework. Far too often these are the students already at risk of falling behind. We must fight to close the pervasive digital gap in our country so that every student – no matter their socioeconomic status or zip code – can receive a quality education. I’m proud to work with my colleagues on this bill and will continue fighting for this critical funding in the next relief package.”
Research shows the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the “homework gap” experienced by the estimated 12 million students who lack reliable internet access at home.
A recent poll from the Education Trust of New York found that about 40 percent of families in New York State do not have access to an internet connected device or do not have access to reliable high speed internet at home.
And, at the start of the pandemic in New York City, there were at least 300,000 students in need of an internet-connected device in order to continue learning from home.
With schools expected to remain closed beyond the current school year, the Emergency Educational Connections Act of 2020 would address these inequalities and prevent students from falling further behind by ensuring they are connected.
Provide $4 billion in federal support for elementary and secondary schools and libraries, including tribal schools and libraries, to provide Wi-Fi hotspots, modems, routers, and internet-enabled devices (as well as internet service through such equipment) to students, staff, and patrons;
Allow schools and libraries to continue to use the equipment after the emergency period; and
Ensure schools and libraries prioritize support for those most in need, following the guidelines of the E-Rate program.
Would you like to become a part of the COVID-19 Contact Tracing Initiative? New York State is now searching for volunteers to fill three types of jobs: Contact Tracers, Team Supervisors and Community Support Specialists. Visit this website to apply today.
· Contact Tracers are responsible for reaching out to the contacts of anyone diagnosed with COVID-19 to assess symptoms, ensure quarantine compliance and determine social support needs.
· Team Supervisors lead a team of 20 Contact Tracers, and one Community Support Specialist who are working remotely, using digital tools.
· Community Support Specialists work with the team and the local health departments to address the physical/mental health, and social/human service needs of each family, especially for those who are in isolation or under quarantine.
New York State plans to hire a team of 6,400 to 17,000 staff, to support the New York State Department of Health and local health departments in performing contact tracing in communities across the state. The final number of staff will also depend on the projected total number of COVID-19 cases.
GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO REINFORCED AGAIN TODAY THE NEED TO SEE DOCTOR IF YOUR CHILD IS EXPERIENCING THE SYMPTOMS ABOVE AS MORE COVID-POSITIVE CHILDREN COME DOWN WITH THE DISEASE THAT ENFLAMES BLOOD VESSELS.
WPCNR GOVERNOR CUOMO TUESDAY CORONAVIRUS BRIEFING. By John F. Bailey. May 12, 2020 UPDATED 11 PM EDT:
Governor Andrew Cuomo, speaking from Binghampton University today lead off his briefing today, urging parents whose children experience any of the symptoms above, should have their child or children (especially if they have been previously diagnosed as Covid-19 Positive .
All 100 cases of this new disease that inflames the blood vessels have occurred in children who have been diagnosed Covid-19 positive without getting the corona virus disease, but have developed this new condition. The Governor said there were approximately 100 cases. There were 93 yesterday. There have been 3 deaths, including two boys, 5 and 7 years of age, and an 18 year old girl yesterday.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo in a news release late Tuesday afternoon, directed hospitals statewide to prioritize COVID-19 testing for children displaying symptoms similar to an atypical Kawasaki disease and toxic shock-like syndrome. The State is currently investigating approximately 100 reported cases in New York where children – predominantly school-aged – are experiencing these symptoms possibly due to COVID-19.
Health care providers, including hospitals, are required to report to the Department of Health all cases of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome potentially associated with COVID-19 in those under 21 years of age.
Age Range of Victims of inflamation of blood vessel disease.GOVERNOR CUOMO’S MESSAGE ON WHAT COMES NEXT
The Governor said the New York congressional delegation has agreed to sponsor his Americans First Bill calling for massive state aid to avoid states having to fire workers, and not provide “bailouts for greedy businesses.”
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that members of New York’s Congressional Delegation – Representative Nydia Velázquez, Representative Thomas Suozzi, Representative Carolyn Maloney, Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Representative Gregory Meeks, Representative Grace Meng, Representative Eliot Engel, Representative Paul Tonko, Representative José Serrano, Representative Joe Morelle, Representative Adriano Espaillat and Representative Yvette Clarke – will propose the ‘Americans First Law’ to help prevent corporate bailouts following the COVID-19 pandemic. First proposed by the Governor on May 10th, the law states that a corporation cannot be eligible to receive government funding if it doesn’t maintain the same number of employees that the corporation had before the COVID-19 pandemic.
In his talk he said that New York alone needs $61 Billion to fund testing and tracing programs, and avoid cutting education, counties and cities and towns, and Hospitals 20% across the board. The $61 Billion is up from the $35 Million the governor stated Sunday.
Governor Cuomo clarifed in the “Q. & A.” with the press, that it was up to the local health departments in regions that are preparing to reopen after May 15 to enforce social distancing in business settings allowed to reopen, because as that is what the law says.
The Governor declined to answer directly if the hospitalization rate or community infection rate exceeds 1 person infecting more than 1.1 other persons would have to shutdown and retart the opening immediately. He said that was up to the Region Control Boards.
He said if Control Boards were monitoring the numbers correctly they should be able to correct the community spread before it got out of control.
The Governor named the Capitol Region as having met 7 of 7 metrics overnight and could choose to reopen after May 15
The Governor said, “The way you stop a community spread is with community unity.”
WPCNR REALTY REALITY. From Houlihan-Lawrence. May 12, 2020:
NYC buyers, now in their seventh week of working from home in their now too small apartments, are searching for homes north of NYC with an increasing preference for outdoor amenities.
Based on a review of online search terms conducted by Houlihan Lawrence for the month of April, the first full month impacted by the COVID-19 health crisis, buyers are searching for distinctively non-urban lifestyle amenities like “fenced yard” and “garden” to more luxury-driven amenities such as “tennis courts” and “paddocks.”
“As the leading brokerage north of NYC, Houlihan Lawrence has been at the forefront of data and the insights it reveals for decades. Our recent analysis of property search data indicates a shift in buyers’ wants and needs. Online searches for outdoor amenities are a strong trend and an early indicator of the changes we will experience in property preferences as this crisis plays out,” said President and CEO Elizabeth Nunan.
Inquiries from NYC buyers are increasing as the duration of the pandemic may be longer than originally projected. Additionally, the rapid adoption of work from home has allowed buyers to expand their search to locations that have longer commute times and offer larger parcels of land – both appealing choices as buyers’ priorities and preferences shift.
Nunan adds, “The current crisis has been defined by the speed and abruptness of change. It is rare to see trends evolve in real estate this quickly, but one’s home has played an outsized role in this crisis and buyer needs and wants are changing at a similar pace.”
The data also suggest that buyers want amenities previously sourced outside the home on their own property in a post-COVID world. Search terms like “pool,” “basketball court” and “outdoor kitchen” were top trending search terms in April on the Houlihan Lawrence website compared to a year ago. Other trending keyword searches include “mountain view,” “paddock” and “fenced yard.”
“We looked to data in the past to help us navigate changing markets. In 2001 after 9/11 and during the financial crisis of 2008, we were uniquely positioned to help guide our clients through the uncertainty with data-based insights. As we navigate this health crisis, we once again will use our proprietary data to help understand the changes in consumer attitudes and intentions,” says Nunan.
OPENING LEADERS IN ORANGETHE LEADER BOARD: FINGER LAKES, MOHAWK VALLEY, SOUTHERN TIER CLEARED TO OPEN AFTER MAY 15. MID-HUDSON (Westchester-Rockland Dutchess, ULSTER, NYC, LONG ISLAND FAIL ON INFECTION RATES_OPENING STANDINGS
WPCNR GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO MONDAY CORONAVIRUS BRIEFING. By John F. Bailey May 11, 2020 updates in Boldface :
Governmor Andrew Cuomo announced three upstate regions (Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley and Southern Tier) had met all 7 standards to qualify those regions to reopen after the NY Pause moratorium is lifted May 15.
The Governor named the North
Country region and Central NY region as “very close” each of the two
regions needing one more metric to meet to be able to open.
The Governor announced the members of the Regional Control Boards which would be responsible for monitoring the progress as the various counties in regions that chose to reopen, the members of whom would be responsible for monitoring the infection rates, and applying slowdown restrictions should the rate of new infections exceed one person infecting .9 of a person, or in the Control Board judgement infections were rising too fast.
The news release from the Governor’s Press Office elaborated:
“These regional control rooms will monitor the hospitalization rate, death rate, number of new hospitalizations, hospital bed capacity, ICU bed capacity, testing and contact tracing within its region during reopening and alert the state if the region’s metrics no longer meet the reopening guidelines and adjust the reopening plan for that region accordingly. Members of each regional control room are available here. “
Finger Lakes, Southern Tier & Mohawk Valley Regions Have Met the 7 Metrics Required to Begin Phase 1 of Reopening Plan, Which Includes Construction, Manufacturing, Retail for Curbside Pickup, & Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing. Certain Low-Risk Business and Recreational Activities –including Landscaping, Gardening, Tennis & Drive-In-Movie Theaters — Will Reopen Statewide on May 15th
With schools being closed for the rest of the academic year,
a reporter in the “Q. & A.” asked how would day care be handled. Governor
Cuomo said businesses opening would be responsible for providing day care for
workers who needed it because they had children not going to school.
The Governor assured that a daily monitoring website would be on the governor’s website that would show daily figures on the 7 metrics regions on regions that chose to open, so citizens could track how the regions are doing. Regional Monitoring Dashboard — Available Here
A booklet called New York Forward describing the metrics and responsibilities the regions and businesses, organizations and citizens had to observe as Opening moved into phase 1 was introduced by the Government available on the Governor’s website. “NY Forward Reopening” Plan, Available Here
In the “Q. & A” the Governor announced the Covid-19 Inflamatory Blood Vessel disease count had risen to 93, as that NY Health Department investigation of that disease continues.
The Governor confirmed 1,660 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 337,055 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 337,055 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows (With local areas in boldface:)
WPCNR GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO MOTHER’S DAY BRIEFING.By John F. Bailey. May 10, 2020 UPDATED 3 PM WITH LATEST STATISTICS STATEWIDE (END OF ARTICLE):
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Mother’s Day Briefing this afternoon confirmed in the News Reporters’ “Q. & A.” that some upstate regions would be announced tomorrow as cleared to reopen May 15, the end of the NY Pause period.
He said he would have representatives of the counties being authorized to reopen at tomorrow’s briefing. In response to a “Q. & A,” reporter’s question about New York area, the Governor said, “if you take Westchester and Rockland out, downstate cannot open (New York city boroughs, Nassau, Suffolk ) and Dutchess County would not be included” ) due to not meeting the criteria as of today.
As of Friday, Westchester’s hospitalization rate and total cases appeared above the threshold for reopening.
In the Briefing today, the Governor revealed there are now 85 cases of the new disease causing inflammation of blood vessels in children, now being investigated by the State Department of Health with 10 new cases of the new disease reported since yesterday. The Governor reported that another child has died, bring the number killed by the new affliction to 4.
The link to Covid is that all 85 cases of the new condition were coronavirus positive before they contracted the new disease, according to Dr. Howard Zucker, NYS Commissioner of Health, as he says in the video below:
In the “Q. & A.”, a reporter asked since there were so many symptoms would parents be confused: This is what Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner Zucker responded:
DR. HOWARD ZUCKER ON THE NEW COVID-19 LINKED DISEASE–HE SAID THE COMMON DENOMINATOR HERE WAS ALL 85 CASES WERE COVOID-19 POSITIVE. AT THE CLOSE OF THIS CLIP GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES THERE WOULD BE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WHAT REGIONS COULD REOPEN AS OF MAY 15. THE DUTCHESS, ROCKLAND, WESTCHESTER, THE FIVE NYC BOROUGHS AND NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES ARE NOT AMONG THEM.SYMPTOMS OF NEW COVID-19 LINKED DISEASE DR. ZUCKER IS TALKING ABOUT
The Governor announced new rules for nursing homes procedures going forward the most prominent being that hospitals would not be allowed to return a Covid-19 positive person to a nursing home that sent their patient to a hospital for other conditions, and was found in the hospital to be COVID-19. The state is now mandating nursing home workers have to be tested for the coronavirus twice a week.
The governor announced that any nursing home unable to care for a COVID-19 patient and continued to do so, would lose their license.
The Governor described in his briefing that nursing home deaths are a national issue, showing a chart of states already showing more nursing home deaths than New York. The governor said New York is 34th in the country in nursing home deaths due to COVID-19.
The governor said the press corps covering the nursing home situation of “collectively” misrepresenting the state nursing home rules the last three weeks, despite explicit explamations, and then not explaining the policy properly to the public (that if a nursing home is incapable of caring for a nursing home resident who has COVID-19, they are required by law to call the Health Department and the Department will find a COVID treatment facility. Reporters ask the same question about the nursing policy virtually every briefing.
In his briefing, the Governor announced that congress was
reconvening to discuss more COVID aid to the states. He announced a new figure
of the revenues and expenses the state has incurred over the last 3 weeks: $35
Billion. He stated congress cannot bail out corporate America again as the
government did in 2008 when banks were made whole for their losses in a
mortgage “scam.”
He also said, the corporations benefiting from government
aid now for Covid losses, have been telling analysts that they are going to
come back “leaner.” The Governor, rhetorically, asked “What does this mean? It
means they are not going to rehire employees.” The Governor proposed that
corporations who refuse to bring back their employees, should forfeit any aid
they have received otherwise they are using the aid to build profit.
In the “Q & A.”
no reporter asked about how corporations could rehire employees when their
business demand has fallen dramatically. No reporter asked if there were any
financial instruments the governor was considering to fund the state losses
other than cutting Education, Health and Counties/Municipalities 20% across the
board, if Washington aid was not
forthcoming.
On the way out of the “Q. & A” a reporter shouted to Governor Cuomo on Mr. Cuomo’s way out, if he had been tested for COVID antibodies. The Governor said, he did not believe he had been exposed to COVID, so there was no reason for him to have antibodies.
The Governor also announced the new possible covid-19 effective drug Remdesivir would begin being administered to New York covid patients.
The Department of Health and Human Services has sent New York enough antiviral to treat 2,900 people at 15 hospitals and will send more doses in the coming weeks to treat 500 more patients, including children, at additional New York Hospitals.
Finally, the Governor confirmed 2,273 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 335,395 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 335,395 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows ( LOCAL COUNTIES ARE IN BOLD FACE TYPE:
