I think of the police officers, i think of the firefighters who are up there every day. The Grocery Store workers who are working double shifts just to keep food on the shelves because people are buying so much food because they are nervous. The pharmacists who have lines going out the door and theyre showing up every day, day after day. The transportation workers who dont have the luxury of feeling tired because they have to get up and they have to drive the bus so the nurses and the Health Care Professionals can get to work. And those Health Care Professionals who are dealing with the virus that they didnt even understand. They still dont understand. And theyre there working, many of them seven days a week. So, yes, were tired. But look at what others among us have to do and the challenge theyre under and how they are stepping up. And who am i to complain about being tired when so many people are doing such heroic efforts . I also think this is going to be transformative and informative for society. You think about our children. I have my daughters here with me. This is the first time they faced a Real National adversity, right . You have a whole new generation who have never lifbed through anything like this. They never went to war. They were never drafted. They never went threw a national crisis. And this is going to shape them. And i can tell you just from having my daughters with me, yeah, theyre hurt. Theyre scared, but they are also learning through this. And at the end of the day, theyre going to be better people for it and theyre going to be better citizens for it. I believe that. Because theyre rising to the occasion. And as we go through this, lets make sure that were teaching them the right lessons and the right response, and those lessons and that response are the lessons that we get from our better angels. And during this difficult time, lets listen to the voices of our better angels, as individuals, as families, as a community and as a society. Were going to get through this. The only question is how we get through it and when we get through it, but lets make sure at the end of the day that we can say we are the better for it. And our children are the better for it. And i believe they will be. Questions . On the budget [ inaudible question ] we have stockpiles of ventilators. They are all across the state. Any hospital that needs ventilators, we get them ventilators from the nearest stockpile. What about a surge from the National Stockpile to new york, the president is taking steps to prevent running out . Yes, we are talking about the federal government about more ventilators. Were talking to the federal government about more overflow beds. Were shopping for ventilators ourselves. Were splitting ventilators, converting anesthesia ventilators to normal ventilators. Were all over the ventilator issue. The number hold on one second. The number of ventilators we need is so astronomical. Its not like them have them sitting in the warehouse in the federal government. There is no stockpile available. The federal government is doing what were doing, which is you have to find those ventilators or convert ventilators or get Additional Companies to manufacture ventilators. But theres not a stockpile that is large enough to meet the national need. You said yesterday the projections were showing that the hospital rates seem to be slowing. Today we see a 40 increase in the hospitalization. Were the projections wrong . Are you redoing those projections . How do you bite those two figures . When you talk to the projection models, what they will say is you get a fluctuation. They dont know if its a deviation in what the hospitals happened to report that day. Remember, this is selfreported data from the hospitals, jesse. So they say you get fluctuation from time to time. Dont look at any one day. Dont look at any period less than three or four days in sequence. We will just continue to watch it. On the budget excuse me one second, karen. When you said today and yesterday that ppe is not a problem but then we had this kind of trouble that some nurses were using trash bags and improvising. Can you right those statements as well . We called a few hospitals. Theres no doubt the past few days the distribution is a little stop and start. But we have enough ppe and the new york city Officials Say they have enough ppe for the new york city hospitals. Melissa, is that right . Yes, i spoke to ken davis, reacting to the story im sure we all saw. They assured me they had all of the ppe here. I checked in with new york city and they have all of the ppe in new york city. As the individual pop up theyre reacting in realtime but continue to ensure us they have what they need at the moment. We assured them if they dont, well get them what they need immediately. We have enough ppe in stock for the immediate need. Not past the immediate need but for the immediate need and we keep shopping. The budget quarterly reevaluation, is that something you would do . Would you do it in conjunction with the legislature . What advice would you give to schools and local governments how to cope with that . Look, were all coping with the same thing, first of all. The federal government has a revenue loss. State governments have a revenue lost. City government have a revenue lost. So no one can say, karen, well, i dont accept this reality of a revenue loss. It is a reality for everyone and everyone has to adjust to it. Im sure there will be some people who say i dont have to adjust to it. I should be held harmless from reality. No one is held harmless from reality. Go toll any family out there, you know, reality doesnt count. So everyone has to deal with the reality. I cant protect them from the reality. The way again, weve never done this before. It doesnt mean we cant, just that we never have, but what were thinking about is quarterly or Something Like that adjustments that are almost mathematical reflections of what the revenues are. In other words, you know what the revenue projection is, and you know how much money you have made for that quarter, right . And whatever that deviation is would be automatic. It would be done by the division of the budget. I dont believe the legislature is going to come up here every quarter and go through numbers at this rate with the spread of the virus. I dont even know it would be responsible to ask for a convening of the legislature periodically. But thats the general concept were talking about. This is all a reaction to what the federal government did yesterday. I was shocked that they were so irresponsible in addressing the state and the city need. I mean, i never believed that they would just pass a piece of legislation that didnt address it. They just did not address the revenue shortfall. They provided money for cove id the amount of money were spending on the virus, but they did nothing on the revenue loss. They know we have to fund education. They will all say in their speeches, education, education, its our childrens future. And then they do absolutely nothing in the legislation. So i just want to keep it in check, as i said, emotion is a luxury, right, to be angry is a luxury. We dont have that luxury right now. Lets just deal with the facts and lets get through it. Let me ask rob mohican, the mastermind of the budget if i said anything wrong or thats what his plan is. Sometimes he has plans about that he doesnt tell me about. Were looking at our revenue forecast now and the governor said 15 billion is how much we project to be below forecast, so we project that out over the quarters and bimonthly those are transparent. You will see what the revenues are every month and we will adjust spending according to how the revenues come in. And that will be reflected, everyone will see those, controllers will see those. The goal is to be transparent up front so School Districts can see, this is what would happen if we dont reach the revenue forecast. So they would know what would happen each quarter. Governor, there were reports about those say who theyre close to running out ppe supplies in the next week and a half or so, as early as that. Is there a plan to direct more of that to the buffalo area . Yes. First of all, nick, anyone can give you a report that they are close to running out of ppe in a week and a half. I am close to running out of ppe in a week and a half, right . That is the status across the country. When i said we have enough for the immediate future, i mean the immediate future. We dont have enough for longterm supplies. The numbers are that fast. But any hospital anywhere, whatever we have, we will distribute. And we distribute it on a asneeded basis. To say i need it in a week and a half, frankly, were dealing with hospitals that need it tomorrow and the day after. Thats the kind of time frame were dealing with. But were doing everything we can. Were buying from china. I have people calling and volunteering private planes to go to china to pick up materials. Its really been an extraordinary. But anything we have, we will distribute. In fact did you see the senator say the task force, there wasnt enough time to resolve outstanding differences by the deadline. What is your response . You know, the gig Worker Task Force step back a sec. I said i want to do everything. I dont want to just do a budget but the policy initiatives we need to do because my expectation at this point is theres going to be a budget and nothing else. Normally we pass a budget and we come back for weeks and discuss policy matters. I dont know at this rate that theyre going to be weeks of legislative discussion afterwards so im trying to get as much done as we can in the budget. The caveat is there are some issues you really have to talk through and think through and the language is important and the details are important. Otherwise, you pass a bill its not about passing a bill, right . The legislature focuses on passing a bill. I focus on passing a bill that the best and smartest bill you can pass and that youre not going to have to come back and redo the next year because you didnt think it through. The gig economy is a complicated issue. And i dont believe were going to get the gig economy done in time for the budget. If they do come back and they do stay for weeks and we have time to talk it through, fine. But if you are asking me, are we going to be ready by next tuesday, i dont think so. Health officials have said that outpatients beds should not be promoted, encouraged, promoted or advertised. Youre saying something opposite, this is possible. How do we square these two we are seeing conflicting messages from the state and city. You test if the city doesnt have the capacity its a capacity issue, right . If you have the capacity to test, test. Flatten the curve, how do you flatten the curve . Only two days. Density control, keep people away from each other, and tests. How did china do it . How did south korea do it . How did everybody do it . Density control and testing. If you dont have the capacity to test and you can only test people, for example, who are coming into your hospitals, then you dont have the ability to do it. But if you have the ability to do it, do it. Its a way to flatten the curve. If you dont have the capacity and the ability, then you dont do it. Any hospital struggling in terms of capacity, running at 11 125 at this point, how much are we helping them with more availability. We have those in tranches, we have more overflow capacity well, first within that Hospital System, you would distribute patients, right . So within new york city one hospital is at 125 , lets say. Okay. Distribute within that Hospital System because not all of the hospitals are at capacity. Second, you have overflow facilities we facilities we are constructing. Im going back to javits tomorrow. Other ones we are discussing. You only do the redistribution issue once youre past everything you do in that area. Im not eager to redistribute people from downstate to upstate. There are just practical consequences. The family would have to travel further to visit them, et cetera. So thats the last option. There seems to be a migration of families and individuals from the new york city area into upstate counties. Would you consider either a travel ban or authorizing these counties to mandate a 14day quarantine . The counties can come with whatever suggestions they want. I dont have any mandating, any travel ban on my agenda. Of. In terms of the 14day requirement to quarantine, do you think that is a big enough step . Do you see people leaving for their second home doing that . Im not a doctor. I have a sister who is a doctor. I have a little doctor envy. I would refer back to doctor zuckers comments from yesterday. Hes the Health Commissioner from the state. He had strong opinions on that issue, and i would refer back to that. To enforce that prohibition, do you have concerns dr. Zuckers opinion was its not necessary and i would agree with dr. Zucker. You talked about the apex but how many days until we run out of ventilators . How many days on the conservative effort until we run out of ventilators . The maximum projection of an apex number for ventilators was about 40,000, right . We have maybe about 12,000, in that range, ventilators. That before you are talking about anesthesia machines and before you are talking about splitting, and that number changes. We dont have an estimate for what we would get there. Hopefully we never do. [ inaudible question ] any hospital that needs more testing kits again, we dont have enough. Hospitals tend to like to have supplies for a prolonged period of time, which i understand. So they want to have a onemonth supply, threeweek supply. We dont have that be ability. If we can provide a few days supply, thats what were looking at. Of which makes them uncomfortable, i understand, but thats just the situation were in. But any hospital that needs supplies immediately, the department of health can provide them. Anyone who needs a test and if the hospital doesnt have the supplies, we have mobile testing units that can go test a person. So they just have to contact the department of health. Can you answer this question, you were asked yesterday just to reemphasize, theres no plan in place for like a ventilator protocol where certain patients would be prioritized over others . No. Also, the construction workers, is there a reason theyre being treated as essential workers . We heard complaints from some people who feel like theyre working on top of each other, these are not sanitary conditions . We are looking at that now, jesse. I understand the point and i hear the point. I think some construction is essential, right . But it is something were looking at. I understand the point and it sounds right to me. Yes. The department of labor reported 4. 3 Million People filed for unemployment. Its probably a lot more considering people cannot apply or waiting in line. What is your message for people who lost their jobs over the last several days . Its not no one has lost their job i would say to provoke them. We have all lost our jobs. Its different. When you lose a job, it tends to suggest maybe you did something wrong, maybe it was your performance, a statement, an evaluation of you. This has nothing to do with you. Its the circumstance that we are in. And we must correct it. Theres a strength in the fact that its all of us, right . When its just you, then youre on your own. When its all of us, that suggests we have to do something about it because the collective demands it. And thats where we are. Im sure it is a terrible feeling, and a frightening feeling for everyone, nick. For everyone. Nobodys been here before. Im out of work, my business is closed, i dont have a paycheck, i cant leave the house. The the house has the family in it. Or im all alone. No ones been here before. And thats why, look, this is going to it is going to change us. I really believe that. It is going to help form a new generation. I can see it in my daughters eyes when i talk to them every night. I can see their fear, eyes open wide, theyre taking it all in. What does this mean . This is going to form a new generation, and it will transform who we are and how we think. But youre not alone. Youre not alone. Nobody is alone. Were all in the same situation. Lets go to someone who hasnt asked a question, if thats okay. Whats the plan for School Shutdown orders for elections, School Elections and exams . What is the longmaterial plan . Were looking that at an ongoing basis, unless you want to add something . The only modification is e much la exams, math and science exams, were suspended, basically canceled this year by the state education department. As the governor said, the School Closure plans are set to come back on. Were looking at that right now. One more from someone did he answer your question . Sort of. They said at least april 20th. This order goes through april 1. Were evaluating the governor is evaluating that now. There will be a decision on whether to extend the closure. Remember the 180day waiver ends effectively april 1. So whether or not to extend it is being considered by the governor right now. Lets take one more from anyone who hasnt asked a question. You mentioned getting people back to work and we have to start thinking about that. Do you have a plan for that now, or is that something youre still working on . Its something the nation is working on and were working through. The smartest way forward is a modified Public Health strategy that dovetails and complements a getbacktowork strategy. What we did was we closed everything down. That was our Public Health strategy. Just close everything. All businesses, all workers, old people, short people, tall people, every school, close everything. If you rethought that or had time to analyze that Public Health strategy, i dont know that you would say quarantine everyone. I dont even know that was the best Public Health policy. Young people than quarantined with older people is probably not the best Public Health strategy. The younger people could have been exposing the older people to an infection. So how do you modify the Public Health strategy to make it smarter from a Public Health point of view . But also starts to get you back to work . Younger people can go back to work. People who have resolved can go back to, would. People who once we get this antibody test, show that they had the virus and they resolved can go bac