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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the state is scouting additional new sites for temporary hospitals, with a goal of having a 1,000-plus patient overflow facility in each NYC borough as well as Westchester, Rockland, Nassau and Suffolk counties. These new additions, together with the temporary hospitals that are being built at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and locations at SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Old ...

‍Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the state has received significant donations from a number of major corporations, philanthropic organizations and celebrities to help increase the state’s supply capacity amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The donations include personal protective equipment, hand sanitizer, equipment for field hospitals, free flights for incoming medical volunteers and other medical supplies ...

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that the Office of the Attorney General has donated 33,000 gloves and 1,700 protective masks to the New York State Office of Emergency Management, to assist efforts to bolster the state’s response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). With New York recently established as the epicenter of COVID-19 in the United States ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that to date 40,000 healthcare workers, including retirees and students, have signed up to volunteer to work as part of the state’s surge healthcare force during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with more expected to sign up in the coming weeks. Additionally, more than 6,000 mental health professionals have signed up to provide free online mental health services ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the distribution of medical supplies and equipment to hospitals across New York City, Long Island and Westchester to help front line healthcare workers combat COVID-19. 339,760 N-95 masks, 861,700 surgical masks, 353,300 gloves, 145,122 gowns and 197,085 face shields are being deployed from the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center to hospitals in those regions today ...

The Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science at Binghamton University is stepping up on several fronts to help regional healthcare providers deal with the coronavirus pandemic. “Binghamton University is offering important supplies and problem-solving skills to fight COVID-19 in our community,” said President Harvey Stenger. “We are ready to give whatever aid we can to reduce the effects of this virus among our ...

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today called on the State of New York to take steps to ensure eligible New York voters can take part in the scheduled April 28th Democratic presidential primary, as well as a handful of additional special elections around the state on that date, without risking the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019). By utilizing existing state law and an executive ...

In compliance with Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order 202.8 to slow the spread of COVID-19, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles announced today that all DMV offices and auto bureaus statewide are closed until further notice. This includes both state- and county-run field offices. While offices are closed, expiration dates for driver licenses, non-driver IDs, and registrations will be extended ...

(New York, NY) – New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer today released an updated analysis of forecasted tax revenue losses for New York City in Fiscal Years (FY) 2020 and 2021 amid the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the city’s economy. Comptroller Stringer’s analysis estimates revenue losses of between $4.8 billion and $6.0 billion total in fiscal years (FY) 2020 and 2021. The range of the estimate depends ...