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New York Go. Andrew Cuomo, left, speaks as he stands beside Rear Adm. John B. Mustin after the arrival of the USNS Comfort, a naval hospital ship with a 1,000 bed-capacity, Monday, March 30, 2020, at Pier 90 in New York. The ship will be used to treat New Yorkers who don't have coronavirus as land-based hospitals fill up with and treat those who do. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

States demand ventilators as feds ration limited supply

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ROBERT BURNS and BEN FOX - Associated Press

Pat Marmo, owner of Daniel J. Schaefer Funeral Home, is interviewed in his body holding facility, hoping for assistance in handling the overflow of clients stemming from COVID-19 deaths, Thursday, April 2, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Like many funeral homes in New York and around the globe, Marmo's business is in crisis. &quot;This is a state of emergency,&quot; he said. &quot;We need help.&quot; (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

‘Surreal’: NY funeral homes struggle as virus deaths surge

By JAKE SEINER and JOHN MINCHILLO - Associated Press

Service Manager Keith Wilson tests a TV100 ventilator at medical equipment manufacturer Bio-Med Devices in Guilford, Conn. on Sunday, March 29, 2020. The company, working seven days a week, has signed a contract to produce ventilators for the state. (Brian A. Pounds/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP) ** FILE **

Feds have 10,469 total ventilators available

By Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns pause for rest before loading bodies into a refrigerated container truck functioning as a makeshift morgue, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Andrew Cuomo: Coronavirus deaths in New York hit 1,941

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Cuomo warns of school aid cuts in budget deal amid outbreak

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

The Empire State building is lit in red and white lights to honor emergency medical workers Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

New York state’s virus deaths jump to more than 1,900

By ROBERT BUMSTED and MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

In this March 25, 2020, file photo, a patient with COVID-19, flown in an Italian Air Force plane from Italy is admitted to the Helios Klinikum in Leipzig, Germany. In the rare position of having beds to spare, German hospitals have taken in dozens of patients from Italy and France. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP, File)

Facing ICU crunch, Europe rushes to build field hospitals

By Nicole Winfield and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas speaks during a news conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. Douglas made a vow to Sam Darnold's parents when he met them before the Jets' preseason opener last summer. The new general manager assured Mike and Chris Darnold they weren't going to have to worry about their son with him in charge. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Jets GM promised Darnold’s parents protecting QB is priority

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 30, 2020 file photo, workers at Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, N.Y., gather outside to protest work conditions in the company's warehouse in New York. Amazon fired a worker who staged the walkout to demand greater protection against the new coronavirus, saying the employee himself flaunted distancing rules and put others at risk. The decision prompted a rebuke from New York Attorney General Letitia James, who called on the National Labor Relations Board to investigate. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File )

Amazon fires warehouse worker who staged walkout

By ALEXANDRA OLSON and MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

Actor and singer Michael C. Hall performs with his band Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum at the Mercury Lounge on Thursday, March 12, 2020, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Indie rock band led by Michael C. Hall spreads its wings

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 30, 2020 file photo, workers at Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, N.Y., gather outside to protest work conditions in the company's warehouse in New York. Amazon fired a worker who staged the walkout to demand greater protection against the new coronavirus, saying the employee himself flaunted distancing rules and put others at risk. The decision prompted a rebuke from New York Attorney General Letitia James, who called on the National Labor Relations Board to investigate. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File )

Christian Smalls, Amazon worker, fired after leading coronavirus walkout

By Alexandra Olson and Mae Anderson - Associated Press

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, listens as others speak during a press briefing after the arrival of the USNS Comfort, a naval hospital ship with a 1,000 bed-capacity, Monday, March 30, 2020, at Pier 90 in New York. The ship will be used to treat New Yorkers who don't have coronavirus as land-based hospitals fill up with and treat those who do. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Bill de Blasio: Peak for coronavirus in NYC might not hit until May

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A body wrapped in plastic that was unloaded from a refrigerated truck is handled by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn borough of New York. The body was moved to a hearse to be removed to a mortuary. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

COVID-19 deaths climb in NY; Chris Cuomo tests positive

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

In this March 24, 2020, photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference against a backdrop of medical supplies at the Jacob Javits Center that will house a temporary hospital in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

New York seeks way forward on budget amid virus outbreak

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Patients wait in line while wearing protective masks and gloves for a COVID-19 test at Brooklyn Hospital Center, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

What to know about the coronavirus numbers in New York

By MIKE STOBBE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

How dire projections, grim images dashed Trump’s Easter plan

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at the Jacob Javits Center that will house a temporary hospital in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

Andrew Cuomo emerges as Donald Trump counterweight amid coronavirus crisis

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

The USNS Comfort hospital ship passes lower Manhattan on its way to docking in New York, Monday, March 30, 2020. The USNS Comfort has 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms that could be up and running within 24 hours of its arrival on Monday morning. It's expected to bolster a besieged health care system by treating non-coronavirus patients while hospitals treat people with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

USNS Comfort arrives in New York

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A man crosses the street in a nearly empty Times Square, which is usually very crowded on a weekday morning, Monday, March 23, 2020 in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered most New Yorkers to stay home from work to slow the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Left-wing activists demand Trump’s ouster, more aid during lightly-attended Times Square rally

By James Varney - The Washington Times