Cuomo executive order will allow state to take ventilators

Gov.

Andrew Cuomo says the state will take ventilators and other PPE from non-medical institutions to distribute them to hospitals across the state.

Addressing the state now.

The number of deaths in the state is at 2,935..

Up from 2,373.

Today -- he says the javitz convention center will now treat covid patients.

Originally the javitz center was for non- covid patients.

The governor says he is signing an executive order to take ventilators and ppe from across the state that are not being used.

Governor cuomo and the legislature agreed on a state budget at 3 this morning.

The dollar amount?

177 billion