Rush Transcript: Governor Cuomo is a Guest on the Roundtable with Alan Chartock on WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Earlier today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo was a guest on The Roundtable with Alan Chartock on WAMC Northeast Public Radio to discuss the reopening phases across New York State.

A rush transcript of the Governor's interview is available below:

Alan Chartock: Phase two opening, you know I would not want your job. You're between a rock and a hard place. You gotta keep people safe, that's number one. But also, you can't go on forever without opening things up. So, now very slowly you are opening things up. How is everything going?

Governor Cuomo: Very well. I'm not between a rock and a hard place, I'm between a rock and right place, and I chose the right place. We have metrics. We have numbers. They're are the smartest data-based reopening plan in the country, I believe. We have international experts who go through it and we'll follow the data. The reopening in the first five regions ends tomorrow. When the reopening of phase one ends, we'll give the experts all the data. It is posted on the web but let them analyze it. And if they say we should move forward, we'll move forward.

Alan Chartock: What are you looking at? Are you looking at how many people are getting sick?

Governor Cuomo: How many people are getting sick, what the infection rate, what is the transmission rate, what is the hospitalization rate, what is the contact tracing rate, what is the testing rate, all the data points. And we analyze it and then we give it to the international experts. And we are going to ask them to analyze it and if they sign off and say go to Phase 2, andiamo.