Facts are stubborn things;

and whatever may be our

wishes, our inclinations, or
the dictates of our
passions, they cannot alter
the state of facts and

John Adams
Let them know the
truth, and the
country is safe
Abraham Lincoln
 Total Hospitalizations
18,654 18,825 18,697
18,279 18,569 18,707 18,335
18,079 17,735
17,493 17,316
16,837 16,967
16,479 16,213
16,103 16,044
15,905
15,599
15,021
14,810
14,258
13,524
13,383 12,819
12,839
12,646
12,226 12,159
11,598
10,993
10,929
10,350
9,786
9,517 9,647 9,600
9,179
8,503 8,665

7,328
6,481

5,327

4,079
3,343
2,629
2,043
1,406
1,042
617
326 496

March 16 May 6
 Net Change in Total Hospitalizations

1,412 1,427
1,297
1,248
1,154 1,175 1,157 1,095
1,014

847
736
714
637 656
586 574 586

425 290
364 358

170 121 200

91 85 53 118

-20 -47
-59
-128 -110 -139
-173

-362 -349
-419 -421
-445
-487 -514
-578 -561 -564
-600 -605
-643
-754 -763 -734 -685

March 16 May 6
 Net Change in Intubations
351

313 316
303
290 295 291

260

222
200
192

165

132
124 121
116 110
109
93 94
88
69 69

43
27

-7
-14 -16
-26 -21
-32
-40 -41
-48
-65
-73 -78
-92
-102 -102 -108 -108
-112 -108 -110
-118 -115
-127 -124 -124
-139

March 17 May 6
 New COVID Hospitalizations Per Day
Gross new COVID hospitalizations (3-day rolling average)
3,181 3,169
3,042
2,945
2,825
2,772
2,736 2,722 2,689
2,563
2,487
2,411 2,389

2,210
2,119 2,156
2,016 2,045
1,925
1,833
1,776
1,616
1,564
1,408 1,404
1,389 1,367
1,265 1,224
1,119
1,076
973 970 933 954
924
837 831
789
717
656 694 659
601 607
489

March 20 May 6
 Number of Lives Lost
May 1: 299
May 2: 280
May 3: 226
May 4: 230
May 5: 232
May 6: 231
(191 in Hospitals, 40 in Nursing Homes)
 Number of Lives Lost
(3-Day Rolling Average) 770
786 785
772
785 787

737 739 736

702

641
608 616
595
559
541
508
489
478
462 464
445
432
409
385 380
346 350 339
326 324
298 289
275 268
245
233 229 231
193

147

103
77
58
45
32 35
14

March 20 May 6
 TOP PRIORITY:
Protecting frontline
+
essential workers!
 They showed up
so we could stay home!
We have been doing aggressive testing:
• Police
• Transit workers
• Healthcare workers
We have tested 25 downstate
healthcare facilities
~27,000 employees.
Hospital Antibody Testing Results
Healthcare General
Location Workers Population
(% Positive) (% Positive)
Westchester 6.8% 13.8%

NYC 12.2% 19.9%

Long Island 11.1% 11.4%

 2 Points

1 Our healthcare workers must be protected

2 Masks, gloves and sanitizer work!

During this unprecedented time,
we must protect New Yorkers
facing financial hardship.
have been particularly impacted.
 Nourish New York Initiative

We launched the
$25 million Nourish New York Initiative
to provide relief by purchasing food and
products from Upstate farms and directing
them to food banks across the state.
 Nourish New York Initiative

50 2,100+ 20,000+
Nearly 50 Over 2,100 Over 20,000
food banks, New York farms households across NYS
soup kitchens, are participating in will receive Nourish NY
and food pantries the Nourish NY products within the
will receive support. Initiative. next week.
 Nourish New York Initiative

And over the next six months,

Nourish New York will produce:
 2.8 million gallons of milk
 8.2 million units of yogurt
 10.1 million pounds of apples
 10 million pounds of cabbage
 Nourish New York

Philanthropies/foundations
can help.
Contact:
COVIDPhilanthropies@exec.ny.gov
STAY HOME. STOP THE SPREAD. SAVE LIVES.
 Rent Relief

On March 20, we issued a

moratorium on residential or
commercial COVID-related
evictions
through June.
 Rent Relief
Today we are providing additional relief:

• Banning late payments or fees for missed

payments during the eviction moratorium.

• Allowing renters facing financial hardship due to

COVID to use their security deposit as payment
and repay their security deposit over time.
 Rent Relief

We will also extend the moratorium for

COVID-related hardship for an
additional 60 days until Aug. 20
PRINCIPLES
MATTER
 Economy
vs
Public Health
Its not one or the other.

both.
going to die
new normal
is 51
 Who Is Getting Hospitalized?
25%
AGE OF PATIENTS
20%
20%
19%

15%
14% 14%

10%
8% 8%
6% 6%
5%

1% 2%
0%

0-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91+
 Leaders should be
willing to participate
in anything they authorize.
 Decisions based on
FACTS EMOTION
and NOT and
DATA POLITICS
 Calibrate by:
# of hospitalizations
Infection rate
# of deaths
% hospital capacity
% antibody tests
% diagnostic tests
% tracing data
working.
Source: New York Times
Stay the course.
If you are going
through hell, keep going.
Has been attributed to
WINSTON CHURCHILL
NEW YORK TOUGH
SMART
DISCIPLINED
UNIFIED
LOVING