The meeting for april 14, 2020 is now called to order. Role call, please. Pair role call . It looks like were missing one board member . Miss collins. Do we know why . Here we are in this Virtual World and i hope the public is able to access this meeting and future meetings. Well do our very best to make sure that that happens. I also want to say that meetings by our advisory groups will get started up again, hopefully soon, as well as Many Committee meetings by the board. But we do have capacity issues at the moment, but we want to make sure at the same time that the public is engaged and that we have a transparent process for all of our decisionmaking processes. Board minutes, section b, of the march 24, 2020, we need a motion and a second. So moved. Why dont we just assign two people to do the motions and the second. Anany objections . Seeing none, role call. role call . Good afternoon, everyone. Its great to see you all. I would like to start tonight with a couple of thoughts and t
Required the ability to perform widespread testing and contact tracing. Gov. Cuomo good afternoon. A bigger group than usual. Thank you very much for being here. We will give you some updated information and go from there. On this format of the presentation, i brought one of my own personal bias to the way we do this. People have not noticed i have an unknowing personal habit that annoying personal habit that my children remind me of often. Staff reminded me this morning. People love to give you their opinion on what they think. I often will stop them and say before you tell me what you think, just give me the facts. Just give me the facts before your interpretation of the facts. I like to start with just the facts. Just give me the facts and that is what we are doing in this presentation. Here are the facts. No opinion, no filter. I will tell you what my opinion is, but first the facts. It is an annoying personal habit. People want to tell you their opinion. I think this. I know, but
Here. Supervisor fewer, did you say present . Yes, i said here. Fewer present and supervisor haney . Here. Supervisor mandleman. Present. Supervisor marr. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronan. Present. And supervisor sayaye. Present. Supervisor stephanie. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. And supervisor yee. Present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in the reciting of the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge that the staff records each of our meetings and make transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Yes, mr. President. In the event that there are a few members of the public who are watching th
Sorry kelly welcome to the program british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has the coronavirus he is the highest profile political leader confirmed to have contracted the virus so far the u. K. Health minister has also tested positive heres why. Boris johnson clapping in front of number 10 downing street on thursday night a symbolic thank you to the Health Workers in the fight against the corona virus on but no one at the time the british Prime Minister was already experiencing symptoms of the dizziness on friday he revealed he had tested positive for covert 19. I am working from home im so far isolating and thats entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to the with technology to communicate with whom i talk to him to lead the national fight back against coronavirus precautions were already in place the Prime Ministers Daily Press Briefings were taking place without journalists present their questions delivered via video. And johnson had held his weekly
Fewer present and supervisor haney . Here. Supervisor mandleman. Present. Supervisor marr. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronan. Present. And supervisor sayaye. Present. Supervisor stephanie. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. And supervisor yee. Present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in the reciting of the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge that the staff records each of our meetings and make transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Yes, mr. President. In the event that there are a few members of the public who are watching this meeting, we jilwill say due to the covid19 emergency, the boa