Governors Form Joint Reopening Task Force as Curve Flattens Further
Source: NBC News
Governors Form Joint Reopening Task Force as Curve Flattens Further
To date, more than 271,000 have been infected and more than 13,000 people have died in NY, NJ and CT; still, there are signs the curve is flattening
Published April 13, 2020 • Updated 35 mins ago
What to Know
-- The six governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Delaware formed a joint reopening strategy council
-- Signs show the curve of infections is flattening; Gov. Andrew Cuomo warns the death toll is "stabilizing at an horrific rate"
-- Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio doubled down on keeping New York City schools closed, offering differing opinions on strategy
Banded together by an unprecedented pandemic, six northeast governors are coordinating efforts to safely and strategically reopen the region, though what that looks like -- and how long it will take -- is still anyone's guess.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo welcomed the partnership of the governors of New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Delaware to announce a joint regional task force to develop a plan to reopen the economy. Each state, Gov. Cuomo says, will assign to the task force a public health official, an economic development official, and each governor's chief of staff.
Governor Cuomo says an economic restart must be approached as a regional issue "any plan to reopen society must be driven by data and experts, not opinion and politics." Creating such a development plan in unison, however, may not produce identical actions plans for each state.
"I don’t believe we wind up with a fully common strategy. You have different states in different positions," Cuomo said.
Eager to reopen the country by May 1, NBC News reports, President Donald Trump asserted Monday that the power to ease social distancing guidelines falls under his authority.
Trump tweeted some are "saying that it is the Governors decision to open up the states, not that of the President of the United States & the Federal Government. Let it be fully understood that this is incorrect...it is the decision of the President, and for many good reasons.”
In response to Trump's assertion, Cuomo said, "I would say let’s see what the federal government's plan is. Governor Wolf's plan is right - [Trump] left it to the states to close down."
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