Mayor Bill de Blasio refused to close down New York City and it took Governor Andrew Cuomo to do so. First, the Mayor didn't want the schools closed and even forced teachers to show up in potential cronavirus contaminated school buildings the next week. Second, he refused to close Broadway shows and the Governor had to shut the shows down. Third, the Mayor tried to keep playgrounds open and the Governor allowed the Mayor to supervise but after a couple of days the Governor authorized the closure of all NYC playgrounds.
As of Thursday night the people infected by the coronavirus in New York City is 55,388, while the deaths ire 1,562, that is a 2.8% mortality rate. New York State had 92.381 and a death rate of 2,373 or a fatality rate of 2.6%