They wanted to get back to business but they wanted to be smart, and they're doing it in a way that keeps people safe.

It took off like fire through dry grass.

You drive through some of these communities and you can see that social distancing isn't happening. PPE is not being used. And, hence, the virus spreads.

We have turned the corner, and we're on the decline. You take New York out of the national numbers, the numbers for the rest of the nation are going up. What we're doing here shows results.

You see the decline is, again, not as steep as the incline, but reopening is more difficult than the close down.

When you were home with your doors locked, dealing with cabin fever, they were out there dealing with the coronavirus. I would say hazard pay, give them a 50 percent bonus. And I would do that now.

You don't need protests to convince anyone in this country that we have to get back to work and we have to get the economy going and we have to get out of our homes. Nobody. The question is going to become, how, when, how fast?

New Yorkers have three days to comply, but after that three-day period, anytime you're out, you'll need to have your face covered.

I say, personal opinion, it's over when we have a vaccine. It's over when people know 'I'm 100% safe and I don't have to worry about this.'

You can't just flip a switch. This is going to need to be gradual.

I'm calling on the federal government to bring in the Defense Production Act here because... testing really needs to be scaled up.