The governor pleaded for 30,000 ventilators from the federal government. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) agreed to provide 400 ventilators to the state.
“What am I going to do with 400 ventilators when I need 30,000? You pick the 26,000 people who are going to die because you only sent 400 ventilators,” said Gov. Cuomo to FEMA during a press briefing yesterday.
Gov. Cuomo urges the federal government to implement “rolling deployment” of equipment and personnel
Also on Wednesday, Gov. Cuomo encouraged the federal government to implement a “rolling deployment” of equipment and personnel to address the critical needs of states, counties, and cities with high numbers of coronavirus cases.
He promised to personally manage the deployment of supplies and equipment and technical assistance to the next hotspots around the country once the number of hospitalizations begins to decrease in his state.
