You can have a safe gathering of 10 people or you can have a wholly unsafe gathering of 10 people, if you don't have to be with a group of ten people don't be with a group of ten people.

Andrew Cuomo

I never resigned because I said I did something wrong, i said, I'm resigning because I don't want to be a distraction.

We once again have demonstrated that we've gone from the worst infection rate in the country to the best infection rate in the county.

We once again have demonstrated that we've gone from the worst infection rate in the country to the best infection rate in the country.

To the local governments I say, 'Do your job,'.

Yes, there is a very real possibility that we would roll back the reopening in those areas.

I understand the feelings about Christopher Columbus and some of his acts, which nobody would support, but the statue has come to represent and signify appreciation for the Italian-American contribution to New York.

Mr Floyd's murder was the breaking point, people are saying enough is enough, we must change.

New York City last night was much better, the protesters were mainly peaceful, the police officers had the resources and the capacity to do their job.

The president held up the Bible the other day in Washington, D.C. Here in New York we actually read the Bible.

You can't use the military as a political weapon.

We're giving the store owners the right to say if you're not wearing a mask, you can't come in. That store owner has a right to protect themselves, that store owner has a right to protect the other patrons in that store.

States that bore the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic account for one-third of the national GDP, how can you tell one-third of the country to go to heck?

Now, people can speculate. People can guess. I think next week, I think two weeks, I think a month, im out of that business because we all failed at that business. Right? All the early national experts. Heres my projection model. Heres my projection model. They were all wrong. They were all wrong.

There are a lot of variables. I understand that. We didnt know what the social distancing would actually amount to. I get it, but we were all wrong, so, Im sort of out of the guessing business, right? We watched the numbers. We prepare as the numbers drop, so when the number actually hits the threshold, were ready to go. We just finished that. Were in the midst of that with Long Island, Mid-Hudson region, etc. But... I dont want to guess.

New York followed the presidents agenciesguidance, what New York did was follow what the Republican Administrationsaid to do. Thats not my attempt to politicize it. Its my attempt to depoliticize it. So dont criticize the state for following the presidents policy.

Its a sign that we are making real progress and I feel good about that.

It is the lower income communities, predominantly minorities where we are still seeing an increase in the numbers, the spread is continuing in those communities and that's where the new cases are coming from.

Total hospitalization is down. Good news. Net change is down, intubations is down and new hospitalizations are down, so it's a good day across the plate, the number of deaths are down -- 139. At a different time and place, if I had that news to deliver, that would be incredibly shocking to people. Only in this environment it is not shocking and relative to where we were, it's good news.

If you can have economic activity without a crowd, that's great.

We don't want to see a spike, it depends on how people react and it depends on their personal behavior.