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Governor Cuomo's Website Updates:
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2, 2020 AT 1:55PM
What You Need to Know
Nonessential businesses will stay closed through May 15th.

All K-12 schools and college facilities statewide will remain closed and continue to provide distance learning, meal delivery and childcare services for the remainder of the school year.

Governor Cuomo issued executive orders 202.17 and 202.18 requiring all people in New York to wear masks or face coverings in public, including when taking public or private transportation or riding in for-hire vehicles.

Governor Cuomo outlined a phased plan to re-open New York starting with construction and manufacturing, implemented in phases based on regional analysis and determinations.

Governor Cuomo issued an executive order delaying school board elections and budget votes statewide until June 9, 2020.

35 counties that do not have significant risk of a COVID-19 surge in the near term can now resume elective outpatient treatments.

The results of the state's completed antibody testing study show 12.3 percent of the population have COVID-19 antibodies.

Over seven million more cloth masks will be distributed to vulnerable New Yorkers and essential workers across the state.

The state is distributing $25 million to food banks across the state through the Nourish New York Initiative.

Five new drive-through testing facilities have opened and are now accepting patients in Monroe, Erie, Broome, Niagara and Oneida Counties. Appointments can be made by calling 888-364-3065 or online at covid19screening.health.ny.gov.

The state is partnering with the Kate Spade New York Foundation and Crisis Text Line to provide a 24/7 emotional support service for frontline health care workers: workers can text NYFRONTLINE to 741-741 to access these emotional support services.

New York State-regulated health insurers will be required to waive cost-sharing, including deductibles, copayments and coinsurance, for in-network mental health services for frontline essential workers during COVID-19.

New Yorkers without health insurance can apply through NY State of Health through May 15, 2020; must apply within 60 days of losing coverage.

New Yorkers can call the COVID-19 Emotional Support Hotline at 1-844-863-9314 for mental health counseling.

Testing is free for all eligible New Yorkers as ordered by a health care provider.

Your local health department is your community contact for COVID-19 concerns.