NYC and NY state measure COVID positivity differently. Why?

Friday November 20, 2020 [Advertisement: click here to create your own website with wix]( ADVERTISEMENT [Why Do NYC And NY State Report Different COVID Test Positivity Rates?]( [A person walks past a COVID testing site located at an emergency room in New York.]( [As with many matters involving Albany and the city, it involves a difference of opinion.]( [Advertisement: click here to create your own website with wix]( ADVERTISEMENT ICYMI: More Stories From Today [The 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Owl]( [This Owl Wasn't The Rockefeller Center Tree's First Feathered Stowaway]( Owls hang out in trees, and sometimes trees are chopped down and dragged into Midtown. [Players kneel on the ice and listen to their coaches. The players are not wearing masks, and the coach holds one in front of his face.]( ["Shut The Schools Down, Don’t Shut Hockey Down": Hockey Fans Bristle At Governor Murphy’s Threat]( Cooler temperatures allow virus like COVID-19 to linger, according to epidemiologists. [A sign hangs on an apartment building calling on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to cancel the rent as part of an organized rent strike in conjunction with May Day in Brooklyn in 2020.]( [NY Is Sitting On $60 Million In Federal Rent Relief Weeks Before Spending Deadline]( "I'm stuck in a Manhattan apartment I’ve been able to afford 15 years, and suddenly, the only income I can make through unemployment doesn’t come close to doing that." [A photo of City Winery]( [City Winery Offering $50 Rapid COVID Tests In Attempt To Lure Indoor Diners]( "We want to see if there are 100 people a night at this point who would pay extra money to have this COVID-free experience. We think it could point to a solution to allow indoor dining to remain open." [Pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters in New York.]( [Coronavirus Updates: New Jersey Could Get Pfizer Vaccine As Early As December]( If Pfizer gets its emergency usage approval, New Jersey expects doses by mid-December. [The Art Deco MetLife skybridge by Madison Square Park.]( [MetLife Building's Art Deco Skybridge Demolished For New Office Tower]( “It was a particular moment where function and sheer design worked together beautifully,” one historic preservationist said of the skybridge. [Cha Ram ($10)]( [One Of NYC's Great Vietnamese Restaurants Just Opened On The UWS]( Banh Shop House has lots of dishes you rarely see anywhere, and they're all delicious. [A child and parent, both in masks, at the entrance of a Catholic school with an administrator waving at them]( [Archdiocese Of NY Sues City For Access To Free COVID-19 Tests At Catholic Schools]( A hearing is scheduled for Monday. [This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19.]( [Coronavirus Statistics: Tracking The Epidemic In New York]( These charts show the growth of COVID-19 in New York City and State, as well as in NYC boroughs. [Advertisement: click here to create your own website with wix]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} from this list](    [update subscription preferences]( New York Public Radio · 160 Varick Street · New York, NY 10013 · USA