NEW YORK — Below you will find the most up-to-date information on coronavirus news impacting New York. You can find additional resources and coverage on our coronavirus page.
12:30 p.m.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio held his daily briefing. Watch in full below:
Breaking Update:
- Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are the keynote speakers at tonight's NYC Class of 2020 graduation special, airing live on PIX11 and the PIX11 Plus app at 7 p.m.
Daily COVID-19 indicators:
- Coronavirus hospitalizations: 40
- H+H ICU patients: 301
- Percent of NYC residents who tested positive: 1% (of all tested Monday)
New York City budget updates:
- Mayor says fiscal year 2021 budget is $88.1 billion, brought down from $95.3 billion projected earlier this year
- Budget includes deep cuts to city agencies and billions in savings
Values in the NYC budget:
- NYC Care - Expanding to Manhattan and Queens - guaranteed health care in every borough ($37.5 million)
- Specialized COVID-19 clinics for hard-hit comunities
- Three new specialized community clinics in Bushwick (Brooklyn), Jackson Heights (Queens) and Tremont (Brooklyn), to treat the lasting effects of COVID-19. ($113 million)
- GetFoodNYC
- $450 million effort over FY20 and FY21 to ensure no New Yorkers go hungry amid the pandemic or after.
NYPD reform and the budget:
- $1 billion in cuts and reduced expenses while maintaining patrol strength and keeping our streets safe, Mayor says.
- Reduced spending
- Cancel July police academy class, lowering future headcount of NYPD
- Major overtime reductions
- Reduce contracts and non-personnel expenses
- Transfer responsibilities out of NYPD
- Crossing guards
- Homeless engagement unit
NYPD Reinvestments planned in budget:
- Approximately $430 million in cuts from NYPD
- $115 million for summer youth programming
- $116 million for education
- $134 million for family and social services
- Nearly $547 million in capital shifted from NYPD
- $450 million for NYCHA and Parks youth recreation centers
- $87 million for NYCHA broadband expansion
Latest official numbers:
As of Tuesday morning, a total of 392,930 people had tested positive for COVID-19 in New York, with the state's death toll at 24,842.
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The New York state coronavirus hotline is 1-888-364-3065; information is also being posted here