New Hub Lets NYers 'Deep Dive' On COVID Data, Hochul Says

NEW YORK, NY — A new state dashboard has created a "one stop shop" for New Yorkers to monitor the coronavirus crisis, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The governor announced Tuesday that the state has set up a new "COVID-19 Data Hub," which brings all of its data surrounding the pandemic into one place.

The hub — which includes new data about schools, nursing homes, vaccinations and more — is Hochul's latest initiative to make the state government more transparent, a common criticism of what lacked in former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration.

"If people want to analyze it deeper I believe they should have this available to them easily," she said. "...This is all about transparency."

The new data hub includes 10 downloadable datasets, including numbers behind school daily coronavirus report cards, nursing home facilities, vaccinations by county and hospitalizations by gender or ZIP code, Hochul said.

Nursing home data in particular has been a sticking point throughout the pandemic given controversy over whether the state covered up nursing home deaths.

On Hochul's first day in office, she released data that showed the number of people who have died of COVID-19 in New York is 12,000 more than what had been reported by Cuomo.

Hochul said Tuesday that the state will continue to add to the state dashboard as more datasets become available.

Her briefing Tuesday also included the signing of two bills aimed at increasing transparency in government meetings, including ensuring documents from the MTA are available to the public.