New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is giving an update Tuesday on the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday Cuomo said that public employees who worked on the front lines of the pandemic and died from COVID-19 will receive the death benefits that are normally reserved for people who die in the line of duty.
“As John F. Kennedy said, remember with your actions. And today we say we’re honoring that service, and we’re going to make sure every government in the state provides death benefits to those public heroes who died from COVID-19 during this emergency,” he said, speaking from the USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
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Cuomo said the federal government should also provide hazard pay for all front line workers.
The governor also said Monday that though hospitalizations, intubations and other metrics are down, there were still an additional 96 coronavirus-related deaths.
