Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo warned Thursday that New York faces a “double whammy” because of increased costs related to fighting the Covid-19 epidemic and the significant loss of revenue coming into government coffers.
He also said his administration plans to take an unusual approach to budgeting, with school aid and other forms of local government aid revised downward quarterly if projected revenues don’t materialize.
He repeatedly criticized the US Senate’s $2 trillion stimulus bill, saying government needs resulting from a loss of tax revenue were ignored.
Cuomo also said the state is continuing to seek new sites to expand hospital care. (Suffolk County has a questionnaire for anyone with properties that they might want to offer for hospital expansion.)
He said the epidemic had changed the calculus behind the need for ventilators, noting that most non-Covid-19 patients need a ventilator for three or four days, while those suffering from this virus are on the machines from 11-21 days.
County |
Total Positive |
New Positive |
Albany |
171 |
19 |
Allegany |
2 |
0 |
Broome |
16 |
5 |
Cayuga |
2 |
0 |
Chautauqua |
1 |
0 |
Chemung |
7 |
6 |
Chenango |
3 |
0 |
Clinton |
11 |
1 |
Columbia |
13 |
1 |
Cortland |
2 |
0 |
Delaware |
7 |
2 |
Dutchess |
190 |
37 |
Erie |
134 |
12 |
Essex |
4 |
0 |
Franklin |
1 |
0 |
Fulton |
1 |
0 |
Genesee |
4 |
2 |
Greene |
5 |
1 |
Hamilton |
2 |
0 |
Herkimer |
7 |
2 |
Jefferson |
3 |
1 |
Livingston |
3 |
0 |
Madison |
9 |
2 |
Monroe |
139 |
21 |
Montgomery |
5 |
1 |
Nassau |
3914 |
629 |
Niagara |
14 |
2 |
NYC |
21393 |
3537 |
Oneida |
13 |
4 |
Onondaga |
83 |
18 |
Ontario |
11 |
2 |
Orange |
751 |
113 |
Orleans |
2 |
0 |
Oswego |
4 |
2 |
Otsego |
3 |
1 |
Putnam |
94 |
11 |
Rensselaer |
32 |
1 |
Rockland |
1197 |
229 |
Saratoga |
73 |
9 |
Schenectady |
62 |
7 |
Schoharie |
2 |
0 |
St. Lawrence |
2 |
1 |
Steuben |
11 |
3 |
Suffolk |
2735 |
475 |
Sullivan |
53 |
14 |
Tioga |
2 |
1 |
Tompkins |
22 |
6 |
Ulster |
78 |
13 |
Warren |
2 |
0 |
Washington |
4 |
0 |
Wayne |
8 |
1 |
Westchester |
5944 |
1253 |
Wyoming |
7 |
3 |