{"id":13665,"date":"2020-03-19T17:06:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T12:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=13665"},"modified":"2020-03-19T17:06:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T12:06:47","slug":"novel-covid-19-pandemic-pushes-de-blasio-shelters-from-the-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/13665","title":{"rendered":"Novel COVID-19 pandemic pushes De Blasio shelters from the press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #2a2a2a;\">Mayor Bill de Blasio says he was too busy to brief the City Hall press corps amid a coronavirus state of emergency Wednesday, after another pitch to Gov. Andrew Cuomo to\u00a0enact a shelter-in-place order\u00a0fell flat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #2a2a2a;\">Hizzoner delayed, then ultimately scrapped a planned conference call to reporters with a mayoral spokeswoman claiming that de Blasio\u2019s schedule was simply too packed for him to address the media at large as the number of city contagion cases skyrocketed to 1,871.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #2a2a2a;\">\u201cJust lots of meetings and calls today pushed everything back super late,\u201d rep Freddi Goldstein said. \u201cTrying to put one on for the morning tomorrow [Thursday].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #2a2a2a;\">But while de Blasio didn\u2019t have enough time for the collective press corps which he\u2019s addressed every day since March 7, he made room for spots with three specific outlets late Wednesday, appearing on media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #2a2a2a;\">De Blasio\u2019s sudden selective shyness was \u201cunrelated,\u201d Goldstein said, to a Wednesday afternoon phone call in which the mayor again pitched a city shelter-in-place order to a strongly disinclined Cuomo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #2a2a2a;\">\u201cIt was a very good conversation,\u201d\u00a0de Blasio told media of the call with Cuomo. \u201cThe governor understandably is trying to think about \u2026 the impact of any decision on the whole state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #2a2a2a;\">\u201cI\u2019m certain he feels a lot of urgency too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #2a2a2a;\">The mayor first proposed the drastic step to effectively shut down all non-essential travel within the five boroughs on Tuesday, but he was swiftly shut down by Cuomo, whose approval would be required. 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