.
I HAVE TONY, TO MY FAR RIGHT, 
TONY HAS BEEN WITH ME FROM DAY 
ONE.
HE'S DONE AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB.
IT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST 
POSITIONS IN STATE GOVERNMENT, I
THINK, RUNNING THE CORRECTIONS 
SYSTEM AND TONY'S DONE AN 
OUTSTANDING JOB.
I WANT TO THANK HIM, PLEASURE TO
BE HERE.
IT MY IMMEDIATE RIGHT, MELISSA 
DeROZAN.
SECRETARY TO THE LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR.
TO MY RIGHT, GARRETT RHODES.
AND KELLY IS TO GARRETT'S LEFT.
KELLY IS DIRECTOR OF STATE 
OPERATIONS.
AND SHE HAS DONE A REMARKABLE 
JOB.
YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A STRESS
TEST FOR OUR GOVERNMENT, ALL 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE GOVERNMENT TO PERFORM.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TALKING, 
RIGHT?
IT'S NOT ABOUT RHETORIC AND 
PONTIFICATION.
IT'S ABOUT PERFORMANCE.
THAT'S WHAT GOVERNMENT IS 
SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO DO.
WE LOST SIGHT OF THAT FOR A LONG
TIME BECAUSE IT BECAME A 
POLITICAL EXERCISE.
AND IF YOU TOOK THE RIGHT 
POLITICAL POSITIONS THEN YOU DID
YOUR GOVERNMENT DUTY.
NO, NO, NO, GOVERNMENT HAS TO 
WORK.
HAS TO OPERATE.
HAS TO FUNCTION.
AND WE'VE SEEN UNDER THIS COVID 
STRESS TEST WHAT GOVERNMENTS 
COULD ACTUALLY PERFORM AND WHAT 
GOVERNMENTS COULDN'T PERFORM.
ALL OF THOSE LOGISTIC THINGS, 
SETTING UP TEST SITES, DOING 
LABS AND CONTACT TRACING.
IT WAS HARD.
GOVERNMENT'S NEVER HAD A 
CHALLENGE LIKE THAT BEFORE, NOT 
IN MY LIFETIME.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WAY 
NEW YORK STATE RESPONDED AND 
KELLY CONWAY'S LEADERSHIP.
WE'RE DAY 145.
A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY.
GOOD NEWS.
ALL GOOD NEWS.
706 HOSPITALIZATIONS, LOWEST 
SINCE MARCH 18th.
NUMBER OF DEATHS, 13.
WE DON'T LIKE TO LOSE ANYONE, 
OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE IN OUR 
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS BUT THAT IS
RELATIVE TO WHERE WE WERE.
THREE DAYS AVERAGE LIVES LOST 
DOWN TO EIGHT.
THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
NUMBER OF TESTS YESTERDAY, 
69,000 TESTS.
811 POSITIVE.
THAT'S A 1.1% POSITIVE RATE.
THAT IS ALSO GOOD NEWS.
YOU LOOK ACROSS THE REGIONS OF 
THE STATE, YOU SEE ALL GOOD 
NEWS.
YOU SEE A LITTLE TICK IN THE 
CAPITAL REGION.
THE ALBANY CAPITAL REGION.
WE HAD JUST ABOUT 30 POSITIVES 
FROM ONE JULY 4th PARTY.
ONE PARTY.
30 POSITIVES, 28 POSITIVES.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHY WE SAY ONE 
BAD EVENT, ONE BAD GROUP.
CAN BE A REAL PROBLEM.
ONE PARTY, 30 PEOPLE.
REMEMBER WHAT WE WENT THROUGH IN
NEW ROCHELLE.
SUPERSPREADER, FIRST HOT SPOT IN
THE UNITED STATES.
ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE.
BUT ALL THE NUMBERS ARE GOOD.
YOU LOOK ACROSS NEW YORK CITY, 
LIKEWISE, ALL THE NUMBERS ARE 
GOOD.
BECAUSE IT'S GOOD, WE THEN SAY 
GOOD NEWS.
THE AIR IS CLEAR.
WE CONGRATULATE NEW YORKERS 
BECAUSE THEY CLIMBED THE HARDEST
AND HIGHEST MOUNTAIN.
AND WE ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THE BIG CAUTION, THE BUT, BUT, 
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO CLIMB ANY 
MORE MOUNTAINS.
IT WAS NOT FUN.
IT TESTED THE CHARACTER OF THE 
PEOPLE OF THE STATE.
TESTED THE COMPETENCE OF THE 
GOVERNMENT.
AND NEW YORKERS DID IT.
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT 
AGAIN.
AND WE'RE WARY OF NEW THREATS ON
THE HORIZON.
AND THAT IS THE BAD NEWS, THE 
CONCERNING TRENDS THAT WE'RE 
SEEING AROUND THE COUNTRY 
PRIMARILY.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LEARN
THE LESSON OF WHAT WE HAVE GONE 
THROUGH.
THIS IS NOT THAT COVID DESCENDED
ON US YESTERDAY.
IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS.
IN NEW YORK, WE WERE AMBUSHED.
VIRUS CAME FROM EUROPE.
NOBODY KNEW.
NOBODY TOLD US.
WE WOKE UP ONE MORNING AND THE 
SPIKE WAS ALREADY HAPPENING.
WE WERE AMBUSHED.
THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS.
WE KNOW WHAT COVID IS ABOUT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 
TESTING, TRACING QUARANTINE, SIX
MONTHS.
LET'S AT LEAST LEARN THE LESSON 
OF THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
LET'S LEARN THE FACTS OF THE 
PAST SIX MONTHS.
WE'RE STILL HAVING THIS INANE 
POLITICAL DISCUSSION.
WELL, YOU SHOULD REOPEN, REOPEN 
RIGHT AWAY.
NO.
NO, NO, THAT WAS NEVER THE 
QUESTION.
NOW, WE HAVE SIX MONTHS OF 
EXPERIENCE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS 
WHEN YOU DO THAT, RIGHT?
IT WASN'T ABOUT DO WE REOPEN OR 
NOT.
THE QUESTION WAS ALWAYS, YES, 
YOU REOPEN.
OF COURSE, YOU REOPEN.
YOU REOPEN AS QUICKLY AS YOU 
CAN.
BUT YOU HAVE TO BE SMART IN HOW 
YOU REOPEN.
YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SCIENCE 
AND THE METRICS.
YOU STILL HAVE TODAY, PEOPLE WHO
ARE OPERATING POLITICALLY.
JUST REOPEN.
JUST REOPEN.
EVEN PRESIDENT TRUMP ISN'T 
SAYING THAT ANYMORE.
AND HE WAS THE MAIN BOOSTER OF 
THAT FEAR, RIGHT.
WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU 
RUSH A REOPEN.
WE HAVE THE PROOF OF SIX MONTHS 
OF EXPERIMENT.
SOME STATES REOPENED RIGHT AWAY.
SOME STATES, NEW YORK SAID NO.
LET'S DO A PHASED REOPENING.
LET'S STUDY THE METRICS AND 
LET'S DO IT IN INTELLIGENTLY, 
AND IN THE LONG RUN THAT WILL BE
BETTER.
BECAUSE IF WE JUST REOPEN 
IMMEDIATELY, WE RUN THE RISK OF 
THE VIRUS GOING UP AND THEN WE 
HAVE TO CLOSE.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAS 
HAPPENED.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF POLITICAL
THEORY.
HE SAID/SHE SAID.
CONSERVATIVES SAY THIS.
THIS ONE SAYS -- WE HAVE THE 
RESULT.
WE WENT TO THE LABORATORY, WE 
TESTED.
NEW YORK BEGAN REOPENING MAY 
15th.
I SAID AT THAT TIME, WE EXPECT 
THE VIRUS MAY GO UP ONCE YOU 
START REOPENING.
WHY?
BECAUSE THE ACTIVITY IS GOING TO
INCREASE.
MORE ACTIVITY -- MORE SPREAD.
WE STARTED REOPENING, YOU KNOW 
WHAT HAPPENED?
THE NUMBER WENT DOWN.
IT DIDN'T GO UP.
IT WENT DOWN.
I WAS WRONG.
FOR THE POSITIVE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO UP.
THE NUMBER WENT DOWN.
BECAUSE IT WAS A SMART 
REOPENING.
BECAUSE WE'RE ON TOP OF IT, 
WE'RE STUDYING THE DATA, ET 
CETERA.
LOOK AT THE STATES THAT RUSHED 
TO REOPEN.
AND LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING.
LOOK AT OUR CURVE VERSUS THEIR 
CURVE.
IT'S UNDENIABLE.
SO WHY ARE WE STILL HAVING THE 
SAME POLITICAL ARGUMENT, WE KNOW
THAT RUSHED REOPENINGS DON'T 
WORK.
AND THE STATES THAT RUSH TO 
REOPEN ARE NOW RECLOSING.
THAT'S ANOTHER NEW COVID WORD, 
BY THE WAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS SUCH A 
WORD AS RECLOSING.
I'M SURE ZACH WILL POINT OUT I 
USED A WORD THAT DOESN'T 
EXIST -- RECLOSING.
IT'S A NEW WORD.
I JUST PROCLAIMED A NEW RECORD.
THEY ARE RECLOSING.
HOW DOES THAT HELP THE ECONOMY?
IT DOESN'T.
IT SENT THE ECONOMY BACK.
YOU LOOK AT WHERE THIS IS VERSUS
ON THE GLOBE, WE'RE BEHIND THE 
OTHER COUNTRIES.
WE GOT THE VIRUS FROM EUROPE.
EUROPE NOW HAS THE VIRUS UNDER 
CONTROL, THEY'RE QUARANTINING US
BECAUSE THEY DID A BETTER JOB.
SO, LEARN THE LESSONS AND LET'S 
STOP THIS NONPRODUCTIVE 
POLITICAL DEBATE THAT IS STILL 
GOING ON IN THIS STATE AND IN 
THIS COUNTRY.
NO POLITICS.
FOLLOW THE FACTS.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID FROM DAY ONE.
WE DO FACE A THREAT FROM THE 
STATE THAT RUSHED TO REOPENING 
AND WE'RE NOT READY.
YOU TURN ON THE NEWS.
YOU LISTEN ALL DAY.
THERE'S STILL PROBLEMS IN 
TESTING.
STATES DON'T HAVE TRACING 
OPERATIONS.
STATES HAVE SOME COUNTIES 
OPENING.
SOME COUNTIES CLOSING.
SOME COUNTIES HAVE THIS PLAN.
SOME COUNTIES HAVE THAT PLAN.
THEY RUSHED THE REOPENING.
THEY WERE NOT READY FOR THE 
REOPENING, OR THEY JUST WERE NOT
COMPETENT ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE 
REOPENING BECAUSE IT WAS RUSHED.
AND WE'RE SEEING THAT INCREASE, 
IT'S UNDENIABLE.
AND IT IS A THREAT IN NEW YORK.
WE NOW HAVE 39 STATES WITH AN 
INCREASING THREAT.
WE KNOW THAT THIS VIRUS TRAVELS.
WE KNOW THAT.
WE KNOW WE ARE NOT AN ISLAND IN 
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
WE KNOW THAT WE CANNOT 
HERMETICALLY SEAL THE STATE OF 
NEW YORK IN OUR OWN LITTLE 
BUBBLE.
SO, WHEN YOU SEE THE VIRUS 
COMING UP IN THESE OTHER STATES,
IT POSES A THREAT TO NEW YORK.
OUR QUARANTINE ENFORCEMENT IS 
SERIOUS.
AND I WANT PEOPLE COMING INTO 
THIS STATE TO KNOW THAT.
STATES HAVE NEVER DONE BORDER 
PATROL BEFORE.
WE HAD TO SCRAMBLE.
IT WAS ANOTHER COVID FIRST.
BUT WE HAVE POLICE AT AIRPORTS, 
WHEN YOU LAND, THERE IS A POLICE
OFFICER THERE.
YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT A FORM AS 
TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
IT IS ILLEGAL TO LEAVE THE 
AIRPORT WITHOUT FILLING OUT THE 
FORM.
AND THEN WE CAN FOLLOW UP FROM 
THE FORM.
WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE COMING INTO 
NEW YORK SAYING, WELL, I DIDN'T 
KNOW THERE WAS A QUARANTINE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DID NOT 
KNOW THERE WAS A QUARANTINE.
THERE IS A QUARANTINE, AND WE 
ARE SERIOUS ABOUT IT.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE STAND READY
TO HELP OUR FELLOW AMERICANS IN 
THE OTHER STATES.
I HAVE SAID VERY CLEARLY ANYONE 
WHO NEEDS HELP, ANYTIME, 
ANYWHERE, WE WILL BE THERE.
WHY?
BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S THE 
RIGHT THING TO DO.
I GOT HERE AND I SAID TO PEOPLE 
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHO WATCH 
THE BRIEFINGS, WE NEED HELP.
I SAID, PLEASE HELP US.
NEW YORKERS IN THE MIDST OF THE 
CRISIS, I ASKED FOR DOCTORS AND 
NURSES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
TO COME HELP US IN OUR EMERGENCY
ROOMS.
30,000 PEOPLE VOLUNTEERED.
I MEAN, HOW AWESOME IS THAT?
THINK ABOUT THAT, 30,000 NURSES 
AND DOCTORS WHO KNEW THE THREAT.
YOU ARE A NURSE OR A DOCTOR, YOU
KNOW THE THREAT ABOUT WORKING IN
AN EMERGENCY ROOM, RIGHT?
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GOING IN 
BLINDLY.
30,000 PEOPLE VOLUNTEERED.
I MEAN, HOW BEAUTIFUL, HOW 
GENEROUS, HOW COURAGEOUS.
I'LL FLY TO NEW YORK AND I'LL GO
INTO YOUR EMERGENCY ROOMS.
I SAID, AT THAT TIME, WE WILL 
NEVER FORGET WHAT PEOPLE ARE 
DOING FOR US.
AND I SAID AT THAT TIME, WE WILL
REPLAY YOUR GRATITUDE.
NEW YORKERS MEAN WHAT THEY SAY.
AND NEW YORKERS ARE AN HONORABLE
PEOPLE.
WHEN WE SAY WE WILL NEVER FORGET
AND WE'LL BE THERE FOR YOU, WE 
MEAN IT.
I REPRESENT NEW YORKERS.
THE WORDS CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH.
I SAID THAT ON BEHALF OF ALL 
NEW YORKERS, WE ARE GOING TO 
HONOR WHAT WE SAID.
WE WILL BE THERE FOR YOU.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH 
GOVERNMENTS NOW, ATLANTA, 
HOUSTON, SAVANNAH, WE'RE WORKING
WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS, WHATEVER
THEY NEED.
WE UNDERSTAND THEY'RE 
STRUGGLING.
WE UNDERSTAND THE PAIN.
WE WERE THERE.
AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO.
THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
ALSO, PRACTICALLY, WE KNOW IF WE
DON'T CONTROL THE VIRUS IN THE 
OTHER STATES, THEN WE ARE THEN 
IN DANGER OF DEALING WITH THE 
SECOND WAVE.
NOT THE SECOND WAVE THEY TALKED 
ABOUT WHICH WAS A MUTATED VIRUS 
COMES BACK.
IT'S A SECOND RICOCHET OF THE 
FIRST WAVE, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL 
IN THE FIRST WAVE.
BUT THE WAVE BOUNCED TO THE WEST
COAST AND IS NOW BOUNCING BACK, 
LIKE A WAVE IN A BATHTUB.
AND OUR QUARANTINE, ET CETERA.
SO, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A
SELF-INTEREST IN ALL OF THIS.
AND THE EXPRESSION I LIKE TO 
USE, A VIRUS ANYWHERE IS A VIRUS
EVERYWHERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE 
UNDERSTOOD.
THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE 
UNDERSTOOD WHEN WE FIRST SAW THE
VIRUS IN CHINA.
IT WASN'T CHINA.
IT WAS A MATTER OF DAYS BEFORE 
IT WAS HERE.
AND BY THE WAY, IT WAS A MATTER 
OF DAYS BEFORE IT WAS HERE.
ALSO, YOU'RE MONITORING A SECOND
THREAT WHICH IS THE RISE IN 
COVID RATES AMONG YOUNGER 
PEOPLE.
YOU LOOK AT THE AGE BRACKET IT'S
BASICALLY FLAT OR DOWN, EXCEPT 
FOR ONE GROUP.
21 TO 30 YEARS OLD.
AND IT HAS TICKED UP FOUR POINTS
BETTER A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND WE KNOW WHY.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE NEWS.
YOU CAN SEE IT IN NEWSPAPERS.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT'S NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS GOING ON.
IT'S HARD TO DEAL WITH IT, BUT 
IT'S NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND 
WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU GET GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
IT'S WARM.
THEY'VE BEEN LOCKED UP FOR A 
LONG TIME, THEY LIKE TO 
SOCIALIZE.
I GET IT.
YOU DON'T SOCIAL DISTANCE, YOU 
DON'T WEAR A MASK, THE VIRUS 
SPREADS, AND IT IS HAPPENING.
TO YOUNG PEOPLE THIS IS NOT THE 
TIME TO FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO 
PARTY.
I RESPECT YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY.
I FULLY RESPECT IT.
I WOULD ENSHRINE IT IN THE STATE
LAW, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARTY, BUT
LET'S BE SMART ABOUT IT, RIGHT?
THERE IS AN ATTITUDE THAT YOUNG 
PEOPLE ARE IMMUNE.
YOU ARE NOT.
21 TO 30, THE VIRUS CAN KILL 
YOU.
AND IF IT DOESN'T KILL YOU, YOU 
CAN BRING IT HOME AND GIVE IT TO
SOMEONE INADVERTENTLY, AND IT 
CAN KILL THEM.
SO, THEY'RE LABORING UNDER FALSE
PRETENSES.
AND I'VE HAD DOZENS AND DOZENS 
OF CONVERSATIONS.
AND I'VE HEARD THE MOST INANE 
RESPONSES.
THEY JUST DON'T KNOW THE FACTS.
THEY ARE DEALING WITH 
ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE JUST NOT 
TRUE.
SO, FIRST, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
HAVE TO STEP UP AND DO THE 
ENFORCEMENT JOB.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT 
POLITICALLY POPULAR.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S HARD.
SOME PARTS OF THE STATE, WE HAVE
HEALTH PERSONNEL, LOCAL HEALTH 
PERSONNEL WHO HAVE GONE IN WHO 
HAVE BEEN ACCOSTACCOSTED, I UNDD
THAT.
BUT YOU HAVE TO ENFORCE THE LAW.
JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE 
THE LAW THAT YOU'RE ENFORCING 
DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T ENFORCE 
THE LAW.
SEND THEM WITH A LOCAL 
POLICEMAN.
IF YOU NEED HELP, WE'LL GET YOU 
HEM WITH THE STATE POLICE, BUT 
WE HAVE TO ENFORCE THE LAW.
AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE 
TO DO IT.
NEW YORK CITY, NYPD.
NOT JUST THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
WE KNOW NEW YORK CITY WANTS TO 
ENFORCE THE LAW.
YOU KNOW WHO ENFORCES IT?
THE NYPD.
ENFORCE THE LAW.
STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY AND THE 
STATE POLICE ARE GOING TO STEP 
UP THEIR EFFORTS DRAMATICALLY.
BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE
LOCAL POLICE.
I'VE SAID THAT FROM DAY ONE.
ALSO, WE NEED TO GET THE FACTS 
TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE 
PARTICIPATING.
AND THEY NEED THE FACTS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO START A VIDEO
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YOUNG PEOPLE TO COMMUNICATE SOME
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TALK TO A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
THERE IS A TOTAL MISCONCEPTION 
OF THEIR VULNERABILITY TO THIS 
DISEASE.
AND WE HOPE THAT MAKES A 
DIFFERENCE.
ALSO, NOW WASHINGTON IS NOW 
DISCUSSING A SUPPLEMENTAL BILL 
TO HELP WITH THE COVID CRISIS.
THERE'S GRIDLOCK AND DISPUTE AS 
TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING 
TO FUND STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT WHO HELP.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE, IF THEY WANT 
TO GET THIS ECONOMY BACK 
RUNNING, YOU HAVE TO FUND STATE 
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THERE IS NO ECONOMIC MODEL OR 
RESEARCH THAT SAYS THE ECONOMY 
IS GOING TO BOUNCE BACK WITHOUT 
FUNDING STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT.
THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH SAYS THE 
EXACT OPPOSITE.
LISTEN TO CHAIRMAN POWELL, EVEN 
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" SAYS 
THE DATA SHOWS IF YOU DON'T FUND
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND 
THEY HAVE TO DO DRAMATIC CUTS, 
THAT'S GOING TO HURT THE 
ECONOMY.
THESE REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO 
SAY, WELL, THEY DON'T WANT TO 
MAKE THE TAXPAYER PAY TO 
BAIL-OUT A BLUE STATE, 
DEMOCRATIC STATE.
INITIALLY, DEMOCRATIC STATES ARE
THE STATES THAT HAD THE MOST 
FOCUS CASES.
NOT TRUE ANYMORE.
YOU NOW HAVE REPUBLICAN STATES 
THAT ARE SUFFERING WORSE THAN 
DEMOCRATIC STATES.
RIGHT?
AND THIS HYPER POLITICAL 
WASHINGTON ATTITUDE, WHY SHOULD 
A REPUBLICAN SENATE GIVE FUNDS 
TO DEMOCRATIC STATES?
IT'S NOT EVEN TRUE.
IT IS THE EPITOME OF HYPOCRISY.
THESE REPUBLICAN STATES HAVE 
BEEN TAKING MONEY FROM THE 
DEMOCRATIC STATES FOR YEARS.
FOR YEARS.
YOU LOOK AT WHO GIVES AND WHO 
TAKES.
IF YOU WANT TO GET TO THAT 
BASIS, NEW YORK GIVES $29 
BILLION.
NEW JERSEY GIVES $18 BILLION.
MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, 
CALIFORNIA, THEY ALL PAY MORE 
INTO THE FEDERAL THAN THEY TAKE
OUT.
YOU KNOW WHO TAKE OUT?
THE REPUBLICANS SENATORS WHO ARE
MAKING THIS COMMENT.
VIRGINIA TAKES OUT $82 BILLION.
MARYLAND TAKES OUT $42 BILLION.
SENATOR McCONNELL, SENATOR RAY, 
WE WANT TO SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY.
YOU KNOW HOW YOU SAVE TAXPAYERS 
MONEY?
DON'T TAKE SO MUCH MONEY OUT OF 
THE TILL, YOU TAKE OUT $37 
MILLION THAN YOU PUT IN.
YOU WANT TO HELP TAXPAYERS, PUT 
SOME OF THE MONEY BACK THAT YOU 
HAVE BEEN TAKING FOR YEARS.
THAT'S HOW YOU HELP THE 
TAXPAYERS.
QUESTION OF FEDERAL TROOPS IN 
NEW YORK CITY.
THE PRESIDENT HAS SENT TROOPS TO
PORTLAND, OREGON.
THE PRESIDENT JUST SENT TROOPS 
TO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING ABOUT 
SENDING TROOPS TO OTHER CITIES.
THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTED HE WOULD
SEND TROOPS TO NEW YORK CITY.
TROOPS, FEDERAL AGENTS, ET 
CETERA.
I SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT 
IT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY 
JUSTIFICATION TO SEND FEDERAL 
TROOPS OR FEDERAL AGENTS TO 
NEW YORK CITY.
AND I TOLD HIM THAT.
THERE'S NO FEDERAL PROPERTY THAT
IS ENDANGER, THAT COULD JUSTIFY 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVING TO
SEND AGENTS.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IS CLEAR ON 
THIS.
THE NATION DOES NOT HAVE A 
FEDERAL POLICE FORCE TO DEPLOY 
IN THEIR DISCRETION.
POLICING IS LEFT UP TO THE 
STATES.
THE PRESIDENT AND I HAD A GOOD 
CONVERSATION.
HE SAID HE WOULD NOT BE SENDING 
TROOPS INTO NEW YORK CITY.
HE DID NOT SAY, PERIOD, AD 
INFINITUM.
BUT HE SAID THAT WE WOULD TALK 
BEFORE HE DID ANYTHING.
AND NEW YORK WAS NOT INCLUDED 
YESTERDAY IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT 
THAT HE WAS SENDING TROOPS INTO 
CHICAGO.
IF THE PRESIDENT WERE TO DO 
THAT, OF COURSE, WE WOULD SUE.
I BELIEVE IT'S BLATANTLY 
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
BUT A LAWSUIT IN THIS CASE WOULD
ALSO NOT BE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AS 
A SHORT-TERM MEASURE.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS LAWSUITS.
GOVERNORS HAVE SUED THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT.
MAYORS HAVE SUED THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT.
LAWSUITS TAKE TIME.
AND FOR THAT LAWSUIT TO WORK ITS
WAY THROUGH THE COURTS, YOU'D BE
TALKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT 
AMOUNT OF TIME.
I THINK IF THEY SENT IN FEDERAL 
AGENTS I THINK IT WOULD BE 
INFLAMMATORY.
I THINK IT WOULD BE POURING 
GASOLINE ON A FIRE.
AND THAT'S THE LAST THING WE 
NEED IN NEW YORK CITY.
SO, THE PRESIDENT SAID -- HE 
HEARD ME.
HE SAID HE WOULDN'T DO IT.
HE SAID THAT WE WOULD TALK IF 
ANYTHING CHANGED.
AND IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION.
AND I'M GOING TO HOLD THE 
PRESIDENT TO HIS WORD.
AND I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE 
ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.
AND THE PRESIDENT SAID IF THERE 
WAS A CHANGE, WE WOULD HAVE A 
CONVERSATION FIRST.
BUT I'LL STAY ON TOP OF THIS AND
MONITOR IT.
AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO FROM 
HERE.
BUT SO FAR, THE PRESIDENT HAS 
NOT SAID ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN
WE HAD ON THE CONVERSATION.
IN THE MEANTIME, NEW YORK CITY 
MUST FOCUS ON QUALITY OF LIFE 
AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
THE RATIONALE USED IN CHICAGO 
WAS CRIME, WE HAVE HAD CRIME 
INCREASE IN NEW YORK CITY.
WE HAVE TO GET ON THAT.
THE HOMELESSNESS, THE GRAFFITI.
SO, WE HAVE WORK TO DO HERE IN 
NEW YORK.
LONG-TERM, FOR NEW YORK CITY.
WE WILL NEED A SIGNIFICANT 
EFFORT TO RESTART THE ECONOMY.
AND I'VE SAID THAT FROM DAY ONE.
WE IMAGINE THE ECONOMY, WE BUILD
THE ECONOMY.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LEFT 
NEW YORK CITY WHEN COVID WAS AT 
ITS HEIGHT.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE 
TRANSFORMATION IN THE ECONOMY 
WHERE PEOPLE WERE HOME FOUR OR 
FIVE MONTHS WORKING FROM HOME.
AND THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO A 
NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESSES.
AND YOU'RE SEEING BUSINESSES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY START TO 
MODIFY THEIR BEHAVIOR.
MAYBE I DON'T NEED TO BE IN THE 
CITY.
MAYBE I DON'T NEED ALL THAT 
COMMERCIAL SPACE.
MAYBE I CAN HAVE HALF MY 
WORKFORCE WORK FROM HOME.
MAYBE I CAN STAY IN MY SUMMER 
HOUSE AND WORK FROM MY SUMMER 
HOUSE AND NOT PAY THE NEW YORK 
CITY INCOME TAX.
SO THIS IS A VERY DELICATE 
MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN.
YOU PUT ON TOP OF THAT THE CRIME
INCREASE, PUT ON TOP OF THAT THE
SCENES OF LOOTING THAT WE'VE 
SEEN.
PUT ON TOP OF THAT ISSUES WITH 
THE HOMELESS.
ISSUES WITH GRAFFITI, IT'S A BAD
COMBINATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO 
HAVE TO ADDRESS.
NOW, ONE THING AT A TIME.
WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE 
CURRENT CRISIS WHICH IS DEALING 
WITH COVID.
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S
NO SECOND WAVE, ET CETERA.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WORK TO 
DO TO RESTART AND REJUVENATE THE
ECONOMY.
THERE'S NO TWO WAYS ABOUT THAT.
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE'VE 
DONE IS THE AMOUNT OF TESTING 
THAT WE HAVE DONE.
YOU LOOK AT THESE OTHER STATES 
THAT ARE STILL HAVING TROUBLE ON
TESTING AND HAVING LONG 
TURNAROUNDS ON TESTING.
TESTING IS YOUR EYES AND EARS IN
THIS SITUATION.
EVERYTHING IS ANECDOTAL WITHOUT 
TESTING.
YOU HAVE THE ANYBODY OF 
HOSPITALIZATIONS, BUT THAT IS A 
LAGGING INDICATOR, AND IT'S TOO 
LATE WHEN HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE 
GOING UP.
THE TESTING IS THE ONLY FACT TO 
TELL YOU ARE TODAY.
YOU NEED FACTS.
YOU NEED A PLAN, A STRATEGY.
WE TEST MORE THAN ANY STATE.
WE TEST MORE THAN MOST 
COUNTRIES.
WE DO SO MUCH TESTING THAT WE 
CAN REFINE THE TESTING AND WE 
CAN TEST SUBGROUPS.
WE TESTED OUR SUBGROUPS OF 
ESSENTIAL WORKERS BECAUSE I WAS 
ALWAYS WORRIED WE MADE ESSENTIAL
WORKERS CONTINUE WORKING WE PUT 
THEM IN HARM'S WAY.
ESSENTIAL WORKERS WERE BELOW THE
LEVEL OF THE OVERALL COMMUNITY.
OVERALL COMMUNITY IS 19.9.
FIRE DEPARTMENT, 17.
WORKERS, 17.
NYPD 10.
WHY IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HIGH?
IT'S FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMT 
WORKERS.
SO THE EMT WORKERS ARE REALLY ON
THE SPOT, RIGHT?
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE SHOWING
UP.
LOOK AT THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS,
12%.
HOW CAN THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS 
BE AT 12% WHEN OVERALL IN 
NEW YORK CITY IT'S 19%?
HOW CAN PEOPLE WORKING IN AN 
EMERGENCY ROOM HAVE A LOWER 
INFECTION RATE?
THEY'RE DEALING WITH POSITIVE 
PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG.
HOW CAN THAT BE?
BECAUSE THESE WORK.
THESE WORK.
THAT'S WHY.
AND THAT'S WHY NEW YORK STATE 
WAS THE FIRST STATE IN THE 
UNITED STATES TO HAVE A MASK 
ORDER.
BUT, WE'VE DONE MORE AND MORE 
TESTING.
AND WE WILL DO TESTING IN THE 
DOCs FACILITY.
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 
FACILITY.
I'VE TALKED ENOUGH.
PRESS TEST.
YOU'RE THE PRESS.
THIS IS THE TEST.
WE TESTED INCARCERATED 
INDIVIDUALS OVER 55 AND OVER.
HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE THERE 
IN THE STATE PRISON SYSTEM WHO 
ARE 55 AND OVER?
SEE, YOU LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS, 
BUT YOU'RE NOT SO GOOD ON THE 
ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
ANY GUESS?
COME ON.
>> 10,000.
>> 10,000?
3900.
55 AND OLDER.
WHY 55 AND OLDER?
BECAUSE COVID AFFECTS OLDER 
PEOPLE MORE.
WHAT WAS THE PERCENT POSITIVE --
HOW MANY PEOPLE OF THE 3900 
TESTED POSITIVE?
>> THREE -- 
>> HOW MANY. 
>> 3%.
>> ANY OTHER BIDS?
OFFERS?
HOW MANY PEOPLE?
WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?
>> 2 OR 1.
>> 1.
>> 77 POSITIVES OUT OF 3900 
PEOPLE TESTED.
WHICH IS 1.9%.
SO, I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD 
COMMISSIONER FANUCCI AND
CUMMINGS.
55 AND OLDER.
THEY WERE ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE.
SYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE HAD BEEN 
TESTED.
THESE WERE ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE.
AGAIN, THESE CONGAGRETE 
FACILITIES ARE WHAT WE TEST 
QUESTIONS?
>> YOU SAID THE PRESIDENT HELD 
OFF DOING SOME DRASTIC LIKE 
BRINGING IN FEDERAL TROOPS.
ARE WE AT A POINT YET, DO YOU 
FEEL WE'RE AT A POINT THAT WE'RE
ALMOST OUT OF CRISIS POINT AND 
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE TO 
COURSE-CORRECT THE WAY CITIES 
HANDLE IT?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS AN 
EMERGENCY THAT WOULD JUSTIFY A 
STATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION.
OR A FEDERAL EMERGENCY 
DECLARATION.
YOU KNOW, FOR THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT TO COME IN IS ONLY 
TWO POSSIBLE RATIONALE.
I DON'T BELIEVE EITHER ARE 
LEGAL, BY THE WAY.
ONE IS FEAR OF DAMAGE TO FEDERAL
PROPERTY.
THAT WAS AN EARLY CONVERSATION 
IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
THEY WERE FEDERAL STATUES AND 
THEY WERE BEING DESTROYED.
DESTRUCTION OF FEDERAL PROPERTY.
OR A PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY 
THAT IS ENDANGERING LIVES AND IS
NOT BEING ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED 
BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CITY, 
STATE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THOSE SITUATIONS
EXIST.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY EXIST FOR 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY EXIST FOR 
THE STATE.
THAT WOULD BE FOR THE STATE TO 
DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND COME 
IN, BASICALLY, IN A TAKEOVER 
CAPACITY.
I DID SAY DURING THE NIGHTS OF 
LOOTING, IT WAS A VERY SERIOUS 
SITUATION.
AND HAD THAT NOT STOPPED, AND 
HAD THE CITY NOT DEPLOYED MORE 
NYPD OFFICERS, IF THAT LOOTING 
HAD CONTINUED THAT, I BELIEVE, 
WAS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
SO, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE AN 
EMERGENCY CRISIS FOR STATE 
TAKEOVER.
I BELIEVE GRAFFITI IS A GROWING 
PROBLEM.
HOMELESSNESS IS A GROWING 
PROBLEM.
CRIME IS A GROWING PROBLEM.
YES.
YES, I SAID IT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO CITY 
OFFICIALS, ELECTED OFFICIALS.
CITY GOVERNMENT ABOUT IT.
I'VE SAID IT PUBLICLY, MULTIPLE 
TIMES, BUT YES, IT IS A 
SIGNIFICANT AND GROWING PROBLEM.
BUT NOT ONE THAT JUSTIFIES THE 
STATE TAKEOVER.
OR A FEDERAL INTERVENTION, 
RIGHT?
THERE'S A SPECTRE AND THERE'S 
DEGREES.
YES, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
NOT A PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES 
FEDERAL INTERVENTION FOR STATE 
TAKEOVER.
>> BUT, GOVERNOR, HERE'S THE 
QUESTION -- GOVERNOR, ARE YOU 
SAYING THAT THE -- ARE YOU 
SAYING THAT IT'S CRIMES, 
HOMELESSNESS OR GRAFFITI ARE 
KEEPING PEOPLE MAY HAVE LEFT FOR
THEIR HOMES IN LOWER STATES IS 
PREVENTING THEM FROM COMING BACK
TO THE CITY FOR THE CITY TO HAVE
AN ECONOMIC RESURGENCE OR BIRTH?
>> NO, SIR, I'M NOT SAYING WE 
KNOW CAUSE AND EFFECT NOW.
WE KNOW THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN
THE ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT?
THE ELEMENTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT 
ARE PEOPLE HAD DIFFICULTY 
BECAUSE AT ONE TIME, WE WERE A 
COVID HOT SPOT.
PEOPLE LEFT THE CITY, PEOPLE 
LEAVING THEIR HOME FOR THEIR 
HOME IN THE HAMPTONS, HUDSON 
VALLEY.
PEOPLE MOVING BACK TO WHERE THEY
GREW UP.
WE HAVE TO GET THEM BACK.
GETTING THEM BACK IS GOING TO 
WHAT IS HAPPENING WHERE PEOPLE 
ARE WORKING FROM HOME AND 
THEY'RE RE-EVALUATING THEIR 
BASIC BUSINESS MODALITY.
THEY'RE DOING THAT ALL ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY.
MAYBE I DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK.
MAYBE I CAN SEND HALF MY 
WORKFORCE HOME.
THAT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE.
WE KNOW YOU ALSO HAVE, HAPPENING
AT THE SAME TIME, AN INCREASE IN
CRIME.
YOU HAVE THE OCCURRENCE OF 
LOOTING.
FOR PEOPLE COMING ALL IN THE 
CITY NOW, THEY WILL SAY THE 
HOMELESS PROBLEM IS WORSE.
THE GRAFFITI PROBLEM IS WORSE.
SO, YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE 
ELEMENTS HAPPENING AT THE SAME 
TIME.
AND IT IS NOT A GOOD COMBINATION
OF ELEMENTS.
WHICH ONES ARE MORE IMPACTFUL 
THAN OTHER ONES? 
I DON'T KNOW.
MY INSTINCT IS, IF I HAD TO 
GUESS, WHICH I SHOULDN'T DO, IF 
I HAD TO GUESS, MY GUESS WOULD 
BE THE BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION 
IS GOING TO BE -- HAVE THE MOST 
POTENTIAL IMPACT.
IF BUSINESSES JUST DECIDE I 
DON'T NEED TO PAY FOR $25,000 
FOR 35,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE.
I DON'T NEED IT.
THEY WORKED FROM HOME FOR FOUR 
MONTHS, IT WAS FINE.
THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.
AND THE OTHER FACT IS THE 
AGGRAVATING FACTOR -- ONE MORE 
AGGRAVATING FACTOR, THE MAIN 
ATTRACTIONS FOR NEW YORK CITY.
WELL, WHY DO YOU PAY A HIGH 
RATE?
WHY DO YOU PAY THE INCOME TAX 
SURCHARGE?
THE GREATEST RESTAURANTS IN THE 
WORLD.
GREATEST CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS 
IN THE WORLD.
I LOVE BROADWAY.
ALL RIGHT.
BUT THOSE THINGS ARE NOT 
OPERATING NOW.
SO, THAT'S AN ELEMENT.
>> GOVERNOR, YOU MENTIONED THAT 
INMATES TESTED 10% ACROSS THE 
BOARD.
THE INFECTION RATE AT 10% AND 
ACCORDING TO DATA ON YOUR 
WEBSITE, ON JULY 10th.
ANY CLAIMS TO INCREASE TESTING 
AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S 
ONGOING?
>> YES.
LET'S JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE 
TALKING APPLES AND APPLES.
THE EARLIER TEST WE DID WAS AN 
ANTIBODY TEST.
THE ANTIBODY TEST SAYS DID YOU 
HAVE THE COVID VIRUS IN THE 
PAST?
THAT WAS -- WAS THAT 10%?
DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER?
WELL, WHATEVER IT WAS, IT WAS 
ABOUT 10%.
THIS IS WHAT'S CALLED THE 
DIAGNOSTIC TEST SNAPSHOT.
TODAY, THIS IS WHAT THE 
INFECTION RATE IS.
WE TESTED THE 55 AND OVER 
ASYMPTOMATIC -- BECAUSE ANYBODY 
THAT WAS SYMPTOMATIC -- 
ASYMPTOMATIC, 55 AND OVER, JUST 
ON THE THEORY, WELL, THESE 
PEOPLE ARE IN A VULNERABLE 
CLASS.
LET'S SEE WHAT THE PERCENTAGE 
INFECTED NOW BUT ARE 
ASYMPTOMATIC.
AND THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS WE SAW
TODAY, IS THAT RIGHT, TONY?
>> DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR 
THE OVERALL POPULATION OR NO. 
>> WHAT NUMBER?
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR, 
ALL ALONG, WE TESTED PRISONERS 
BY THE SAME STANDARDS WE TESTED 
PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF PRISONS, 
RIGHT.
IF YOU CAME IN CONTACT WITH 
SOMEONE KNOWN TO HAVE 
CORONAVIRUS OR YOU WERE 
SYMPTOMATIC, YOU GOT A 
CORONAVIRUS TEST.
YOU WERE EITHER HOSPITALIZED IF 
NECESSARY.
THEN QUARANTINED OFF AND THEN 
MONITORED AS A VIRUS PERSON.
SO PRISONER THROUGH THE ENTIRE 
LENGTH OF THE CORONAVIRUS WERE 
TREATED THE EXACT SAME WAY AS 
THE GENERAL POPULATION.
WHAT THE GOVERNORS HAD TO DOS 
EVERY SINGLE PRISON 55 AND 
OLDER, REGARDLESS THEY HAD COME 
IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY WITH 
CORONAVIRUS, AND IF THESE PEOPLE
WERE SYMPTOMATIC THEY WERE 
ALWAYS BEING TEST 
JUST TO TEST EVERYBODY, SO WE 
HAD A GUT-CHECK TO MAKE SURE 
WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CASE 
AND WAS ACTUALLY THE CASE.
WE JUST DID A BLANKET, EVERY 
SINGLE PERSON, 55 AND OVER.
THE WEBSITE HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN
UPDATED WITH THOSE RESULTS.
WHAT WE FOUND WHICH WAS REALLY 
GREAT NEWS THERE HAD BEEN NO 
OUTBREAK AND THAT THE 55 AND 
OLDER POPULATION, IT WAS 1.9% 
FOR POSITIVE.
AND THEN THOSE PEOPLE WERE 
APPROPRIATELY EITHER TAKEN TO 
THE HOSPITAL.
AND ALTHOUGH IN THIS INSTANCE, 
TONY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, 
THEY WERE ASYMPTOMATIC THEY 
DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS NECESSARY 
OR THEN QUARANTINE AND DAILY 
MONITORED.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHY WE DID 
IT -- THERE HAVE BEEN -- IF YOU 
HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING AT NIGHT, 
AND YOU WATCH MANY HOURS OF NEWS
PROGRAMMING WHICH IS AN 
AFFLICTION -- DOUBLE AFFLICTION 
THAT I HAVE.
YOU HAVE HAD OUTBREAKS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY IN PRISON THAT HAVE 
BEEN QUITE SIGNIFICANT.
THINK ABOUT IT.
IN SOME WAYS IT'S WORSE THAN IN 
ANY OTHER CONGREGATE FACILITY, 
RIGHT, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE REALLY
ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER, MORE THAN
IN OPWDD FACILITY, MORE THAN A 
NURSING HOME.
SO YOU'VE HAD PRISONS THAT HAVE 
HAD SERIOUS OUTBREAKS.
THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO TEST 
EVERYBODY, 55 AND OVER, EVEN IF 
YOU ARE ASYMPTOMATIC.
>> WE'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE 
[ INAUDIBLE ] AND THEY JUST 
STILL CANNOT GET -- 
>> FIRST OF ALL, I GET THE 
OVERALL SITUATION.
IT IS NOT A NEW YORK SITUATION.
IT'S ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
REMEMBER WHAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT DID, IS THEY PASSED A
NEW UNEMPLOYMENT LAW WITH NEW 
REQUIREMENTS AND NEW 
REGULATIONS.
THEY THEN GAVE IT TO THE STATES.
AND SAID, ADMINISTER IT.
I TALKED TO GOVERNORS ALL DAY 
LONG.
YOU LOOK AT HOW NEW YORKERS 
HANDLE THIS VERSUS THE OTHER 
STATES, WE HAVE DONE A MARKEDLY 
BETTER JOB THAN ANY STATE, EVEN 
WITH A MUCH HIGHER NUMBER.
YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO NOT YET GOTTEN THEIR CHECK 
COMPARED TO ANY OTHER STATE, 
WE'VE DONE MARKEDLY BETTER.
NOW, AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU'RE
THE ONE WHO IS WAITING FOR YOUR 
CHECK, IT'S A PROBLEM.
THE PEOPLE YOU ARE HEARING FROM 
ARE NOT GENERALLY PEOPLE WHO ARE
THE RUN-OF-THE-MILL APPLICATION.
THERE ARE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS 
THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC.
NOT EVERYBODY GETS A CHECK.
YOU HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS.
YOUR INCOME.
YOUR SITUATION.
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
WE WIND UP WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WHO FILE AND THEN THERE'S AN 
ISSUE.
AND THEN, LOOK, YOU ALSO HAVE A 
REAL SITUATION GOING ON WHERE 
YOU HAVE MASSIVE FLAWS GOING ON,
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
BECAUSE YOU PUT A BIG POT OF 
CASH OUT THERE, AND YOU SAY, 
CALL AND GET YOUR CHECK, YOU'RE 
SEEING SCAMS ALL ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
SO WE'RE WORKING TO ACCELERATE 
THE CHECKS GETTING OUT THE DOOR.
BUT I HAVE A LITTLE VOICE IN MY 
HEAD THAT SAYS BEWARE WHEN THE 
PENDULUM COMES BACK.
AND THERE'S AN AUDIT AFTERWARDS 
THAT SAID NEW YORK STATE GAVE 
OUT CHECKS TO PEOPLE THAT 
SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THE MONEY 
WHICH IS INEVITABLE.
THEN I'M GOING TO SAY, WELL, WE 
WERE RUSHING TO GIVE OUT THE 
CHECKS QUICKLY BECAUSE WE WANTED
TO GIVE MONEY OUT TO PEOPLE AND 
EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS GOING 
TO SAY, BUT YOU SHOULD NEVER 
HAVE GIVEN A CHECK TO A PERSON 
WHO DOESN'T DESERVE THE CHECK.
YOU SHOULD HAVE AUDITED THEM 
FIRST.
THEY ARE RIGHT.
MELISSA HAS THE NUMBERS BUT I 
WANTED TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT.
>> THE WAY WE CALCULATE THIS WE 
LOOK AT CLAIMS THAT ARE THREE 
WEEKS OR OLDER BECAUSE WHEN IT'S
A SUNNY DAY ISN'T JULY, IT TAKES
MORE TIME TO PROCESS AND GET 
MONEY OUT THE DOOR.
THERE ARE 1,250 CLAIMS -- ANY 
CLAIM OTHER THAN 1,259 ARE 
WITHIN THE THREE WEEKS THAT ON A
SUNNY DAY IN JULY WHEN THE 
ECONOMY IS HUMMING WOULD TAKE TO
TURN OVER.
ON THE ISSUE OF THE PHONES, I 
ACTUALLY THOUGHT THE SYSTEM HAD 
GREATLY IMPROVED.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP 
WITH YOU AFTERWARDS TO HEAR IF 
WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS 
THAT.
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE WE -- 
>> 3.2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE 
GOTTEN $34.4 BILLION SINCE THE 
START OF THIS.
>> PETER, OUT OF THOSE 1,200 
THERE ARE GOING FOB ISSUES WITH 
PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT EVERYBODY THAT APPLIES 
FOR A CHECK GETS A CHECK.
>> SO PEOPLE WHO ARE DIALING 
THEIR PHONE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, 
CAN'T GET HOLD OF SOMEBODY TO 
SAY, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH 
MY CLAIM?
>> WELL, THE CALL CENTER, AS THE
CALLS ACTUALLY HAVE IMPROVED A 
LOT.
THERE WAS A GLITCH ON SUNDAY 
NIGHT WITH SOME OF THE CLAIMS 
THAT CAUSED MANY, MANY, MANY 
PEOPLE JUST THIS WEEK TO CALL.
THAT WAS RESOLVED.
AND PEOPLE ARE NOW GETTING PAID.
BUT THAT CALL WAS BASICALLY A 
TECHNICAL ERROR.
IT'S BEEN RESOLVED.
THERE WAS AN UPTICK THIS 
VEHICLE.
>> NOT JUST THIS WEEK, BUT IT'S 
BEEN TWO WEEKS FOR -- 
>> TO ME, THAT DOESN'T SOUND -- 
>> YEAH, THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN SO
LOW.
>> YEAH, ON THE WEBSITE, 3,000 
PEOPLE.
3,000 TO WORK THE PHONES AND THE
WEBSITE WE HIRED.
IF THE VOLUME WAS THAT 
INCREDIBLY HIGH.
AND YOU HAVE TO CHECK THE 
FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR EVERY 
PERSON.
IF YOU ONLY HAVE 1200 -- HOW 
MANY WERE PROCESSED?
>> 1,259 THAT ARE OLDER THAN 
THREE WEEKS.
>> 1,200 OLDER THAN THREE WEEKS.
AND HOW MANY PROCESSED TOTAL?
>> 3.2 MILLION PROCESSED.
>> 3.2 MILLION PROCESSED.
1200 OVER TWO WEEKS.
AND WHAT PERCENT OF THOSE HAVE 
ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE WORKED 
OUT, OR, BY THE WAY, OUT OF 3 
MILLION WHAT PERCENT OF FRAUD IS
GOING TO BE?
>> [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR EXAMPLE, I 
KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STATE AND
THE NATIONAL ASPECT.
TO HEAR THAT THE AVERAGE 
TURNAROUND IS TWO OR THREE DAYS 
AND THEY'RE WAITING TEN WORKING 
DAYS.
I WONDER IF YOU CAN ELABORATE ON
THAT, HAVE YOU SEEN THE AVERAGE 
TIME GET WORSE IN THE LAST FEW 
WEEKS.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING THEY CAN 
DO TO SPEED IT UP?
>> HERE ARE THE FACTS.
THE TESTING, THE AMOUNT OF TIME 
TO GET BACK A TEST IS GOING UP 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
PERIOD.
WHY?
BECAUSE THE NATIONAL 
LABORATORIES THAT DO NATIONWIDE 
TESTING, QUEST, LABCORP, 
BIOREFERENCE, ET CETERA, THEY 
ARE GETTING OVERWHELMED WITH ALL
OF THESE STATES WHO ARE NOW 
GOING TO THE NATIONAL LABS.
CAVEAT.
WHY AREN'T THE STATES DEVELOPING
THEIR OWN LABS IN STATES?
WE HAVE 200 LABS IN STATES.
THEY SHOULD BE DOING THAT, 
RATHER THAN JUST GOING TO THE 
NATIONAL LABS.
TRUE.
BUT THAT'S MORE COMPLICATED.
IN NEW YORK, ABOUT 70% OF THE 
TESTS ARE DONE BY NATIONAL LABS.
THERE'S NO DELAY IN THAT 70% OF 
LABS.
BECAUSE WE APPROPRIATE THE TESTS
AMONG THOSE LABS DEPENDING ON 
THEIR VOLUME.
SO, IF ONE LAB IS GETTING SLOW, 
WE HAVE 200 LABS IN THE QUEUE WE
CAN ALLOCATE AMONG THE 200.
ABOUT 30% OF OUR TESTS ARE DONE 
BY NATIONAL LABS.
THAT 30% IS GETTING LONGER.
IT IS.
BECAUSE IT'S RUNNING INTO THE 
NATIONAL BACKLOG.
NOT A NEW YORK STATE BACKLOG.
BUT A NATIONAL BACKLOG.
SO, 70% OF THE TESTS, NO ISSUE.
30% OF THE TESTS THAT WERE GOING
TO THE NATIONAL LABS, THEY HAVE 
SLOWED DOWN.
BECAUSE THE NATIONAL LABS HAVE 
SLOWED DOWN.
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 
WORKING ON SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES 
FOR THE NATIONAL LABS WHICH IS 
PART OF IT.
THE STATE NATIONALLY HAD TO DO A
BETTER JOB OF USING THEIR LOCAL 
LABS TO INCREASE CAPACITY.
BUT THAT IS GOING ON.
AND GARRETT CAN GIVE YOU SOME 
SPECIFIC NUMBERS.
HERE'S WHAT'S WORSE.
WHAT'S WORSE IS IT'S GOING TO 
GET WORSE.
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO 
FLU SEASON.
AND RIGHT NO, HAVE BASICALLY 
SAID TO ALL OF THE LABS IN THIS 
STATE, WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 
24 HOURS A DAY DOING COVID 
TESTS.
AND THEY ARE.
COME FLU SEASON, THAT'S THEIR 
BUSY SEASON.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO START TO 
SAY, WE HAVE TO RUN FLU TESTS.
ALSO.
THE FLU TESTS, WE FEAR, WE'RE 
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY 
AROUND THIS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE 
ONE RIGHT NOW, THE FLU TEST WILL
EAT AT THE CAPACITY FOR THE 
COVID TEST.
THAT'S COMPOUNDING THE FEAR OF 
THE SECOND WAVE IN THE FALL.
GARRETT.
>> YOU LOOK AT HOW TESTING WORKS
IN NEW YORK.
WE HAVE OVER 800 TESTING SITES, 
IF YOU WERE TESTED FOR COVID, 
YOU'D GO THERE WITH AN 
APPOINTMENT, THEY WOULD SWAB 
YOUR NOSE.
EACH OF THOSE SITES THEN HAS TO 
PICK A LAB WHERE THEY WOULD SEND
THAT SPECIMEN.
AS THE GOVERNOR SAID OVER 70% OF
TESTING, THOSE AREN'T GOING TO 
THE LABS WHERE YOU SEE LONGER 
DELAYS.
FOR EXAMPLE, 59,000 TESTS 
YESTERDAY, 50,000 OF THOSE DID 
NOT GO TO THE LABS THAT ARE 
SEEING LONG DELAYS.
OF THOSE OVER 50,000 THE AVERAGE
DELAY WAS 2.6 DAYS.
THE MEDIAN IS ABOUT TWO DAYS.
YES, WHILE YOU'RE GETTING THOSE 
REPORTS AND OBVIOUSLY, ANY LAG 
IS NOT DENIABLE, THE MAJORITY OF
TESTING IN NEW YORK IS HAPPENING
ON A SHORTER TIME FRAME THAN 
MOST OTHER STATES BECAUSE OF THE
WORK THE GOVERNOR DID AND 
DEVELOPED THIS HUGE NETWORK OF 
LABS HERE IN THE STATE THAT ARE 
DOING THAT KIND OF TESTING.
>> I MEAN, THOSE ARE YOUR 
NUMBERS.
LET ME MAKE I HEARD THEM RIGHT.
WE DID 69,000 TESTS.
69,000, 50,000 HAD A 2.6 DAY 
TURNAROUND.
9,000 WERE LONGER -- WHATEVER 
THAT WAS.
BUT 50 OF THE -- 50 TO 16.
SO THE OTHER 19, RIGHT?
>> ANOTHER 19,000, YOU'RE SEEING
SIX TO TEN DAYS AVERAGE DELAYS.
SOMETIMES, YOU'LL HAVE LONGER 
THAT.
SOMETIMES, SHORTER THAN THAT.
THE LABS CAN ALSO PRIORITIZE 
WHAT KIND OF SAMPLES ARE COMING 
IN.
SOMEONE WHO IS SYMPTOMATIC, OF 
COURSE, THERE'S TESTING REQUIRED
BEFORE PEOPLE HAVE ELECTIVE 
SURGERY.
YOU CAN PRIORITIZE THOSE AS 
WELL.
AGAIN, THE IDEAL FORM OF TESTING
IS RAPID RESULTS.
YOU GET THE RESULTS QUICKLY.
UNLESS WE HAVE A MASS SCALE, 
THERE'S A LINE OF SYSTEM THAT 
WE'RE SENDING TO LABS.
AND THE KEY IS EVERY STATE HAS 
TO DEVELOP WHAT NEW YORK HAS 
DONE AND DEVELOP THIS NETWORK OF
LABS.
WE HAVE SOME LABS THAT DO TEN 
TESTS A DAY.
SOME LABS DO 10,000 TESTS A DAY.
ON A ONE DAY TURNAROUND.
YOU HAVE THOSE LABS AND YOU SEE 
MUCH BETTER TURN AROUND.
>> TO MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATES, 
THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND 
STATES ON TESTING.
WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS
THE STATES HAVE TO DO A BETTER 
JOB.
STATES SAY WE NEED MORE HELP 
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 
IT'S TRUE ON BOTH ENDS.
SOME OF THE NATIONAL LABS SAY 
THE PROBLEM IS THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
AND A LOT OF THE SUPPLIES COME 
FROM CHINA.
THEY NEED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO HELP THEM WITH THE SUPPLY 
CHAIN.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS TO 
THE STATE, YOU CAN'T ALL BE 
GOING TO NATIONAL LABS.
THEY'RE ONLY TEN NATIONAL LABS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE ALL STATES GOING 
TO THE TEN LABS.
STATES, YOU HAVE TO USE THE 
SMALLER TABS IN YOUR STATE ALSO 
WHICH IS HARDER FOR A STATE TO 
DO RIGHT?
GO ORGANIZE 200 LABS.
EACH LAB IS SMALL.
YOU'RE ONLY GETTING 400 TESTS 
HERE, 400 TESTS HERE.
IT'S HARD TO DO.
IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR A STATE 
JUST TO SAY I'M GOING TO 
CONTRACT WITH NATIONAL LABS AND 
THAT'S IT.
SO IT'S BOTH ENDS OF THE 
EQUATION.
>> GOVERNOR, CAN YOU TELL HOW 
THE STATE POLICE AND THE SLA ARE
STEPPING UP IN ENFORCEMENT IN 
GATHERINGS?
AND A LOT OF THESE GHERINGS 
ARE NOT OCCURRING AT RESTAURANTS
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT?
AND WHERE IS THAT PSA GOING TO 
BE RUNNING WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE 
ARE GOING TO SEE IT?
>> WE'RE GOING TO RUN IT IN 
NEW YORK STATE, WE'RE GOING TO 
MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE AD 
COUNCIL THAT RUNS THE AD 
NATIONWIDE.
>> BUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA -- 
>> TV STATIONS -- 
>> YEAH.
>> I WATCH THAT -- THAT'S WHAT I
WATCH, I WATCH THE YOUNG PEOPLE,
I'M LIKE A 21 TO 30 IN TERMS OF 
ORIENTATION, YOU KNOW.
>> BECAUSE WE'RE TARGETING IT AS
20 AND 30 YEAR OLDS, AS I'M SURE
YOU CAN IMAGINE WE'RE GOING TO 
BE DOING A BIG SOCIAL MEDIA 
PUSH.
FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM.
A LOT OF THE NEWS SITES THAT WE 
KNOW.
>> I RELATE TO THE 
20-30-YEAR-OLD, I DO.
CULTURALLY, I'M THERE.
>> WITH THE STATE POLICE JUMPING
UP IN ENFORCEMENT -- 
>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT -- 
>> ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT 
CAN'T BE INVOLVED AND THE ONES 
THAT ARE NOT HAVE ALSO BEEN A 
PROBLEM.
>> YEAH, THE MAIN PROBLEM -- 
YOU'RE RIGHT.
THERE'S ELEMENTS OF HOUSE PARTY,
JULY 4th PARTY IN ALBANY, 30 
POSITIVES.
THE MAIN PROBLEMS ARE BARS, 
RESTAURANTS.
BECAUSE 21 TO 30, YOU DON'T JUST
HAVE A GATHERING ON A STREET 
CORNER AND DO BIRD-WATCHING.
ALCOHOL IS OFTEN INVOLVED.
THE ALCOHOL HAS TO COME FROM A 
BAR OR A RESTAURANT.
THAT'S WHY THE OVERWHELMING 
MAJORITY ARE IN CONNECTION WITH 
THE BAR OR A RESTAURANT.
NOT TO BELABOR THIS, IN NEW YORK
STATE, WE HAVE ONE LICENSE FOR A
BAR IN A RESTAURANT.
WE DON'T HAVE A SEPARATE BAR 
LICENSE AND A RESTAURANT 
LICENSE.
MOST OTHER STATES HAVE TWO 
LICENSES.
ONE FOR A BAR.
ONE FOR A RESTAURANT.
WHEN THEY OPENED OUTDOOR DINING,
THEY OPENED JUST THE RESTAURANT 
LICENSES.
NONE OF THEM, VERY FEW, OPENED 
BARS.
OKAY.
THE PRESIDENT NOW SAYS YOUNG 
PEOPLE DON'T GO INTO BARS, 
RIGHT?
MOST STATES DID NOT OPEN BARS.
SINCE WE ONLY HAVE ONE LICENSE, 
WE REOPENED BARS AND 
RESTAURANTS.
BUT IT WAS FOR OUTDOOR DINING.
IT WAS NOT FOR OUTDOOR DRINKING.
BARS THAT ARE NOW SERVING 
OUTDOOR DRINKING, THAT WAS NEVER
LEGAL.
THERE WAS NO BAR LICENSE THAT 
ALLOWED YOU TO HAVE A BLOCK 
PARTY IN FRONT OF THE BAR.
THAT WAS NEVER ALLOWED.
AND THIS QUESTION OF, WELL, FOOD
WITH THE ALCOHOL.
ANY BAR, BY OUR CURRENT LAW, 
EXISTING LAW, LET'S CALL IT 
THAT, ANY BAR HAD TO HAVE FOOD 
AVAILABLE.
THERE IS NO BAR THAT ONLY SERVES
ALCOHOL.
TO BE A BAR, YOU HAD TO HAVE 
FOOD AVAILABLE.
SOUPS, SANDWICHES, ET CETERA.
MORE THAN JUST HORS D'OEUVRES, 
CHICKEN WINGS, YOU HAD TO HAVE 
SOME SUBSTANTIVE FOOD.
THE LOWEST LEVEL OF SUBSTANTIVE 
FOOD WERE SANDWICHES.
EVEN TO BE A BAR, YOU HAD TO 
HAVE FOOD AVAILABLE.
WE OPENED OUTDOOR DINING, DINING
WHERE YOU GO WITH YOUR FRIENDS, 
YOU SIT AT A TABLE.
YOU STAY AT THE TABLE.
AND YOU ONLY CONNECT WITH THOSE 
PEOPLE AT THE TABLE.
AND THE OTHER TABLES ARE SOCIAL 
DISTANT.
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH 
OUT 
DOOR DRINKING YOU DON'T SIT AT A
TABLE AND DRINK.
YOU SAY HELLO, YOU HOBNOB.
SO THE SLA AND THE STATE POLICE 
WILL FOCUS ON THE LICENSE THE 
ENTITY BY THE BAR OR RESTAURANT 
HOLDER.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE 
AGGRESSIVE ABOUT ENFORCEMENT.
