The federal government has sent 4,000 ventilators to NY State. According to Governor Cuomo at his press conference today, these are not in use “because we don’t need them currently.” These are being stockpiled, if they are needed within the next month.
All non-essential construction must be suspended.
Essential construction, for example construction on roads, bridges, transit facilities, homeless shelters and health care facilities, may continue. For more details, see https://esd.ny.gov/guidance-executive-order-2026.
Apple has worked with the Trump administration and federal agencies to release a COVID-19 screening tool app and website. This site is now live. https://www.apple.com/covid19
New York’s presidential primary will be moved to June 23rd. The Governor is issuing an Executive Order to move the presidential primary election from April 28 to June 23rd, aligning it with the congressional and legislative primaries in New York.
The federal government has approved four new sites for temporary hospitals to be built by the Army Corps of Engineers. The sites — the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, the Aqueduct Racetrack facility in Queens, CUNY Staten Island and the New York Expo Center in the Bronx — will add an additional 4,000 beds to the state’s capacity.
The state will dedicate specific hospital facilities as COVID-patient only. The state has identified three sites — South Beach Psychiatric Facility in Staten Island, Westchester Square in the Bronx and SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn — that will provide more than 600 beds specifically for COVID-19 patients.