FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 4, 2020

Statement from County Executive Ed Day

I was as dumbfounded as all of you when Governor Cuomo was asked by the press during his daily COVID-19 briefing about the status of our request for a containment zone and unbelievably responded, "Nobody asked me." Melissa DeRosa, Secretary to the Governor, then chimes in that she'll reach out to Rockland County as they are, "all ears at all times."

To our Governor, if you are telling the truth then you need to have a serious conversation with office communications personnel AND your THREE staff members who also received the attached letter.

And to both the Governor and Secretary to the Governor, Melissa DeRosa, how in God's name could you not know of this? Major news outlets, heavy social media coverage, along with a load of calls and emails to your office in support of this request, not to mention one of your staffers who actually saw it live. These responses strain credibility and that is putting in mildly.

While lives are in the balance, nobody knows anything? That is what we in Rockland are expected to believe? Well, I guess you do "know" now, and I await a call on my cell. The people of Rockland are beyond fed up.

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