Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 - AUGUST 12, 2022

 

Governor Encourages New Yorkers to Keep Using the Tools to Protect Against and Treat COVID-19: Vaccines, Boosters, Testing, and Treatment

20 Statewide Deaths Reported Yesterday

 NOTE: Beginning June 24, 2022, the Vaccine data will be updated weekly on Fridays to align with CDC's updated data refresh schedule. For additional information on COVID-19 Vaccination Data provided by CDC, see https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-total-admin-rate-total.

Governor Kathy Hochul today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress combating COVID-19.

"As we continue to navigate through this pandemic, remember that vaccinations, boosters, testing and treatment are the best tools we have to keep one another safe and healthy as we plan to respond to potential surges this fall," Governor Hochul said. "I encourage New Yorkers to take advantage of what's available to them and to talk to their doctors to discuss treatment options and preventative measures."

Today's data is summarized briefly below:

• Cases Per 100k - 30.46
• 7-Day Average Cases Per 100k - 27.54
• Test Results Reported - 93,089
• Total Positive - 5,952
• Percent Positive - 5.70%**
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive - 7.08%
• Patient Hospitalization - 2,447 (-55)
• Patients Newly Admitted - 398
• Patients in ICU - 239 (+2)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation - 81 (-6)
• Total Discharges - 330,694 (+417)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 20
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS - 57,316

** Due to the test reporting policy change by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and several other factors, the most reliable metric to measure virus impact on a community is the case per 100,000 data -- not percent positivity.

The Health Electronic Response Data System is a NYS DOH data source that collects confirmed daily death data as reported by hospitals, nursing homes and adult care facilities only.

Important Note: Effective Monday, April 4, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is no longer requiring testing facilities that use COVID-19 rapid antigen tests to report negative results. As a result, New York State's percent positive metric will be computed using only lab-reported PCR results. Positive antigen tests will still be reported to New York State and reporting of new daily cases and cases per 100k will continue to include both PCR and antigen tests. Due to this change and other factors, including changes in testing practices, the most reliable metric to measure virus impact on a community is the case per 100,000 data -- not percent positivity.

• Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC - 73,214

This daily COVID-19 provisional death certificate data reported by NYS DOH and NYC to the CDC includes those who died in any location, including hospitals, nursing homes, adult care facilities, at home, in hospice and other settings.

NOTE: Vaccine data is now updated weekly on Fridays to align with CDC's updated data refresh schedule. For additional information on COVID-19 Vaccination Data provided by CDC, see https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-total-admin-rate-total.

• Total vaccine doses administered- 39,906,213
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days- 75,952
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose- 93.1%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series- 84.5%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC)- 95.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC)- 88.2%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with at least one vaccine dose (CDC)- 85.0%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 12-17 with completed vaccine series (CDC)- 74.6%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose- 83.1%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series- 75.1%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC)- 91.7%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC)- 78.3%

Each New York City borough's 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows **:

Borough	Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022	Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022	Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022
Bronx	8.44%	8.36%	8.29%
Kings	5.78%	5.26%	4.56%
New York	6.82%	6.66%	6.47%
Queens	9.14%	8.89%	8.64%
Richmond	8.11%	7.80%	7.57%

“ENOUGH OF THE THE CYCLE OF LIES:” STATEMENT FROM STATE SEN. GUSTAVO RIVERA’S CAMPAIGN AFTER DISINFORMATION CONTINUES TO PLAGUE SD-33 PRIMARY

 

“ENOUGH OF THE TOXIC, IDC-BACKED CAMILO CAMPAIGN AND THEIR CYCLE OF LIES:” STATEMENT FROM STATE SEN. GUSTAVO RIVERA’S CAMPAIGN AFTER RIGHT-WING DISINFORMATION, LIES, AND PAC MONEY CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE SD-33 PRIMARY 

Earlier this week, Gustavo Rivera for State Senate released a statement in response to hundreds of thousands of dollars in right-wing PAC money falsely attacking the Senator and spreading misinformation.  In response to the continued, coordinated disinformation campaign from the Bronx machine and conservative, corporate interests, campaign spokesperson for Gustavo Rivera for State Senate, released an updated statement: “Enough of the Trump-style lies from machine hack Miguelina Camilo and her corporate backers, including Jeff Dinowitz. The people of the Bronx deserve better than his, nasty, negative campaign coordination with right-wing PACs and tactics. We hope that Assemblyman Dinowitz, wouldn't knowingly use his official Assemblyman newsletter and platform to spread disinformation or influence votes in a primary, as that is an egregious violation of ethics. But the fact is that Sen. Rivera has lived in and represented the Bronx for over a decade and currently represents over 60% of the new district - this is not news. His opponent lived in New Jersey until very recently, making her potentially ineligible for the office she’s running for. “The fact that our opponent’s campaign is willing to use right-wing tactics and messengers to win a Democratic primary says everything you need to know about its values.  “There’s no question Sen. Gustavo Rivera has been a consistent, progressive voice for working families of the Bronx. He has repeatedly stood up to the Bronx machine and its most corrupt operators as well as the corporate, right-wing interests who benefit when politicians are bought and sold. “Meanwhile, Sen. Rivera’s opponent has consistently failed to denounce the influx of right-wing spending on her behalf, choosing to hide behind the real estate PACs and charter schools funding her Bronx machine-installed campaign instead of defending the record she claims to have on the issues that matter to all of us. Sen. Rivera has stood up for working families, championing labor rights and universal healthcare for every New Yorker while fighting to keep our schools open, safe, and fully funded.  "When we ask ourselves who’s really from the Bronx—and more importantly, who’s for the Bronx—you can count on the labor organizer, teacher, and State Senator who has been endorsed by unions, elected officials like Congressmembers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Nydia Velazquez, and Jamaal Bowman, Senate Majority leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and groups like the Working Families Party. We ask the Miguelina Camilo campaign to stop this negative campaigning and denounce the lies. “You cannot count on the candidate from New Jersey, who is being propped up by the corrupt Bronx machine and shady right-wing PACs, to know the Bronx—and you can’t count on her to represent us in Albany.” The screenshot of Asm. Dinowitz’s email to constituents can be found here:

MAYOR ADAMS CELEBRATES CITY COUNCIL PASSAGE OF HIV/AIDS SUPPORTIVE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IN HELL’S KITCHEN

 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams today celebrated the New York City Council’s passage yesterday of The Lirio through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), paving the way for 112 new affordable homes, including 59 with supportive services for people with serious mental illness or substance use disorder, with a preference for long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS. Located in Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan, The Lirio will include an office for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and neighborhood retail space. Hell’s Kitchen has the city’s highest concentration of residents living with HIV and one of the highest rates of new infections. The ULURP application was sponsored by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).

 

“My administration is committed to making New York a ‘City of Yes’ for all New Yorkers,” said Mayor Adams. “Working closely with our partners in the City Council and members of the community, we are delivering 112 of the affordable and supportive homes we need to tackle our affordable housing crisis, all with access to public transportation and economic opportunity. I want to thank Speaker Adrienne Adams and Councilmember Erik Bottcher for their partnership and for showing New Yorkers how we can ‘Get Stuff Done’ together.”

 

In addition to the 59 supportive homes, The Lirio will also include 44 much-needed permanently affordable homes for families, eight homes for formerly homeless individuals, one superintendent unit, approximately 30,000 square feet of office space for the MTA, and approximately 9,000 square feet of retail space. The new affordable homes are intended for families with household incomes ranging from 30 to 120 percent of area median income. Designed by the award-winning, international architecture firm, CetraRuddy, The Lirio will target Passive House standards for energy efficiency and participate in the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Multifamily Performance Program.

 

Hudson Companies, in partnership with Housing Works, was designated by HPD to develop this site in Hell’s Kitchen. Supportive housing like The Lirio is a critical tool to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic by helping individuals maintain their medical regimes.

 

“The Lirio is a critical project to help address affordable housing needs in Hell’s Kitchen and support long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS — and a great example of how we make New York a ‘City of Yes’ for everyone,” said Deputy Mayor for Economic and Workforce Development Maria Torres-Springer. “Thank you to Councilmember Bottcher and Speaker Adams for your partnership in paving the way for permanently affordable housing for the local community and city at large.”

 

“Today we celebrate the City Council’s approval of The Lirio, because this will allow the creation of 112 affordable homes in the heart of Hell’s Kitchen and provide long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS the supportive and affordable housing they need,” said HPD Commissioner Adolfo Carrión Jr. “These homes will change lives. Thank you to Hudson Companies and Housing Works for their proposal and to Speaker Adrienne Adams and Councilmember Erik Bottcher for their support.”

 

“For us to take a bite out of our affordability crisis, it is critical that we get to yes on important projects like The Lirio,” said Department of City Planning Director and City Planning Commission Chair Dan Garodnick. “That is why I want to especially thank City Councilmember Bottcher and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, as well as the Hell’s Kitchen community, for coming together and making this neighborhood part of the solution.”

 

“New York City Transit is committed to ensuring trains are running safely and efficiently 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Richard Davey, president, New York City Transit. “The Lirio will provide additional, much-needed space for those day-to-day functions to ensure trains keep moving in every corner of the city. The MTA commends Mayor Adams, the City Council, and HPD for their support for this much-needed project and looks forward to getting shovels in the ground for the start of construction.”

 

“The Lirio will not only fulfill the city’s goal of bringing 112 units of permanently affordable units to this underutilized site, but it also strives to address the needs of the Hell’s Kitchen community through a mix of affordable housing for families and supportive housing targeted to formerly homeless, long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS,” said Sarah Pizer, development director, Hudson Companies. “With a name inspired by the oldest living tree in New York City, the Liriodendron, The Lirio seeks to honor and support long-term survivors who have persisted against great odds by providing lifesaving services from Housing Works. We are grateful for the support of City Councilmember Erik Bottcher, who provided constructive input to help move this project forward.”

 

“Research has repeatedly shown that safe, beautiful, and affordable housing is the foundation for living a long productive life with HIV/AIDS,” said Andrew Coamey, senior vice president, Housing Works. “Housing Works is proud to partner with the Hudson Companies to develop The Lirio, which will provide just that, as well as a range of amenities and support services to residents. Aptly named after the oldest living thing in New York City — the liriodendron tree in Queens — we believe that The Lirio will serve as a home for all of its residents to live long, happy, and inspired lives.”