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Sep 29, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
Gov Cuomo announcing a "NYC stabilization and recovery plan"

On schools:
>Schools MUST report data to state
Cuomo: "If a school is not safe...I will not allow it to operate. Period"
#nbc4ny On crime:
>Jurisdictions must resolve police/community issues and redesign public safety or NO state funding
>Gov Cuomo says NYC has yet to begin police redesign
Cuomo: "There is a crime problem...we have to address it"

#nbc4ny
Sep 15, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
BREAKING: Scaffolding collapse on the UWS ... two window washers are perched on a narrow ledge 10 stories up ... FDNY arriving on the scene ImageImage BREAKING UPDATE: FDNY firefighter repelling down the side of the building to reach the trapped window washers ImageImageImageImage
Aug 7, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING: Gov Cuomo says NYS schools will be OPEN statewide for in-person learning #nbc4ny Image 127 of NY’s 749 school districts have yet to submit plans for 2020-2021 school year #nbc4ny
Aug 5, 2020 6 tweets 3 min read
BREAKING: NYC setting up checkpoints at entry points to the city - including bridges and tunnels to limit the spread of #COVID19 from out-of-state travelers #nbc4ny Image Mayor de Blasio says checkpoint effort is to remind travelers from 35 states with high #COVID19 cases about mandatory 14 day quarantine #nbc4ny
Jul 31, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
NYC Mayor ... discussing plans for 2020-2021 school year ... says parent survey shows 75% want their kids back in school "and that's what we're going to do" #nbc4ny Mayor de Blasio says threshold for reopening/closing schools is 3% over 7 day average ... NYC has been below that threshold for 6+ weeks going back to 6/10 #nbc4ny
Jul 28, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
NYS #Coronavirus Update 7/28

People in hospitals: 648
Intubations: 81
***lowest # of intubations in NYS hospitals since 3/15

Tests: 57.397
Positive: 534
Rate: 0.93%

Daily deaths: 9
#nbc4ny BREAKING: Illinois, Minnesota, Kentucky ... Washington, DC and Puerto Rico added to Tri-state travel quarantine list #nbc4ny
Jul 27, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
NO swimming at Hempstead beaches after large shark spotted offshore of Lido West Beach #nbc4ny ImageImage NO sharks ... but Chopper 4 did spot some skates swimming offshore #nbc4ny ImageImage
Jul 27, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
NYS #Coronavirus Update 7/27:

People in hospital: 642

Tests: 57,270
Positive: 608
Rate: 1.06%

Daily deaths: 11

#nbc4ny Image 132 NY bars/restaurants cited over the weekend for failing to comply with #COVID19 operating restrictions

Sunday: 27 citations
Saturday: 53 citations
Friday: 52 citations

State Liquor Authority meeting this afternoon to discuss enforcement action #nbc4ny
Jul 16, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
NYS Coronavirus Update 7/16:

People in hospitals: 813 (-18)
Tests: 72,685
Positive: 769
Rate: 1.06%
Daily deaths: 14

Cuomo: “We’re looking at a second wave from these other states”
#nbc4ny "Three Strikes and You're Closed"
NY state announces new policy for bars and restaurants in #NYC that don't follow rules and regulations for operating.
Gov Cuomo says "there is significant evidence for failure to comply" #nbc4ny
Jul 8, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
NYS #Coronavirus Update 7/8:

People in hospitals: 841
Intubations: 97
*First time under 100 since 3/16
Daily deaths: 11
Tests: 57,585
Positive: 692
Rate: 1.2%
#nbc4ny ImageImageImage All county fairs in NY state cancelled until further notice #nbc4ny
Jul 8, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING: NYC planning to reopen schools for the city's 1.1 million students in September utilizing a hybrid learning model.
Most students will spend 2 or 3 days each week in class and remote learning other days
#nbc4ny Face coverings required for ALL students and staff #nbc4ny
Jul 1, 2020 6 tweets 4 min read
Gov Cuomo with dire warning about surge of #COVID19 across the country "We're seeing troubling signs across the country that we should be concerned about ... and I am concerned about." #nbc4ny ImageImage Cuomo says the country is suffering because of the President and it's time to change course "admit you were wrong" #nbc4ny
Jun 29, 2020 6 tweets 4 min read
NYS Tests v Positive for 6/28:

Tests: 46,428
Positive: 391
Rate: 0.84%
#nbc4ny Image NY state dealing with 4 clusters of #Covid19 cases ...
Update on Chappaqua cluster... 13 people NOW positive linked to graduation #nbc4ny
nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-… #nbc4ny Image
Jun 27, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
NY state #Coronavirus Update 6/27:

People in hospital: 908
Daily deaths: 13
Tests: 73,262
Positive: 703
Rate: 0.96%
#nbc4ny Image South Carolina #Coroanvirus Update:

People in hospital: 908
Daily deaths: 15
Tests: 8,170
Positive: 1,599
Rate: 19.6%
scdhec.gov/news-releases/… #nbc4ny
Jun 26, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
NYS #Coronavirus Update 6/26:

Tests: 61,000 (approx)
Cases: 805
Rate: 1.3%
Daily deaths: 14

People in hospital: 950

Gyms, theaters and malls still under review ... Gov Cuomo says indications those venues have created issues in other states
#nbc4ny Gov Cuomo says rising #COVID19 cases in other parts of the country is frightening and revealing "It is time to wake up America and look at the undeniable facts" #nbc4ny
Jun 24, 2020 6 tweets 3 min read
BREAKING: 14 day MANDATORY quarantine for people traveling to NY/NJ/CT from states with high infection rate of #COVID19 cases #nbc4ny Image Quarantine order impacts travelers from 9 states - including:
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Washington
Utah
#nbc4ny
Jun 11, 2020 6 tweets 5 min read
NY state closely watching daily testing numbers ... hospitalization rate lags two weeks ... Gov Cuomo says "if you're getting your information from the hospitalization rate ... you're closing the barn door after the horse is gone" #nbc4ny ImageImage People in hospitals continue to decline ... down to 2,042
36 deaths over the last 24 hours linked to #COVID19 #nbc4ny ImageImage
Jun 9, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
BREAKING: NJ lifts statewide Stay-at-Home order that's been in place since March 21 ...
Gov Murphy asking residents to continue social distancing and wear face coverings #Covid19 #nbc4ny Image NJ also allowing:
>outdoor gatherings up to 100 people ...
>outdoor gatherings of more than 100 people for first amendment activities - including protests and religion
>indoor gatherings up to 50 people or 25% of building capacity #nbc4ny Image
Jun 6, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
NYC on track for Phase 1 reopening on Monday. Daily positive #COVID19 cases have plunged from 57% at peak to 2% #nbc4ny Gov Cuomo signing executive order giving businesses the right to take the temperature of EVERY office worker entering a building #nbc4ny
Jun 1, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
NYC Mayor briefing on weekend demonstrations “Overall our officers showed restraint” #nbc4ny On NYPD SUV that drove into a protestors in Brooklyn on Saturday ... NYC Mayor: “It is not acceptable for our officers to ever drive into a crowd.”
#nbc4ny Image
May 28, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
NYS #Coronavirus Update 5/28

People in hospitals: DOWN
Intubations: DOWN
New hospitalizations: DOWN (163)

Deaths:
Last 24 hours: 74
Total: 23,717

4 consecutive days with daily #Covid19 deaths under 100

#nbc4ny ImageImageImageImage Gov Cuomo signing exec order allowing businesses to deny entry to people who don’t wear face coverings/masks #nbc4ny