Good morning. After discussions with health experts, local and federal officials, and other governors concerning the fight against covid19, and reviewing the orders issued by other states, i am issuing the following emergency order effective tuesday, march 24 at noon, all nonessential businesses shall close their physical workplaces and facilities to all workers, customers and the public. This order will remain in effect until tuesday, april 7 at noon. I am also directing the department of Public Health to issue a stayathome advisory outlining self isolation and social distancing protocols. This advisory will also be in effect until tuesday, april 7. We also strongly advise people over the age of 70 and those with Underlying Health issues to stay home and limit their interactions with others as much as possible. I will get into more specifics on what this means for businesses and for everyone at home in a moment. Everyone should know that we will always allow all Grocery Stores, pharma
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He is a former federal prosecutor and he is now with mcandrews and forbes m robertahica the budget director. It gives me great joy that she will be helping us out. When i was her age, i came in worked with my father in this room as special assistant to the governor. For one dollar per year. My father never gave me the dollar per year. I will give you the dollar per year. She is not working for obvious reasons and she is here to help and that is a joy to me. Melissa derosa who Everybody Knows work for president obama. Shes been working with me for seven years. She is the current secretary to the governor Larry Schwartz, former deputy county executive of suffolk and former county executive of westchester, former secretary to the governor patterson and former secretary to the governor under governor cuomo, 20112015. And bill mullrow, financial assistant to the governor. The reason i wanted you to meet these people, its like putting the band back together, but its also the most Competent G
And taking every step necessary in order to provide prevent this from spreading. So you can all do your part. But well get through this together. Thank you again. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] computer the meeting has been unlocked. Hang up. Computer welcome to the audio conferencing here on cspan were live at the Brady Press Briefing room at the white house. For an update from the White House Coronavirus Response Task force, it should get under way shortly. Were likely to hear the reaction from President Trump on the agreement last night between senate democrats, republicans and the white house on whats expected to be a nearly 2 trillion coronavirus economic stimulus package, which has yet to be released. The legislative language still yet to be released. Elements of that bill include direct Cash Payments to individuals, f