Cuomo outlines plan for 'tracing army' to tame outbreak

43rd Street leading to Grand Central Terminal is empty of traffic during the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Times Square is nearly empty of pedestrians during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Flag waving, sign bearing protesters line up on the street during a protest against New York's social distancing restrictions, Wednesday, April 21, 2020 in front of the State Capitol Building in Albany, N.Y. Similar "Operation Gridlock" protests publicized on social media have been happening across the country, with organizers calling the shutdown an extreme example of governmental overreach. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)

A passenger wearing a mask enters the St. George Ferry Terminal, Tuesday, April 21, 2020, from the Staten Island borough of New York to take the Staten Island Ferry to Manhattan. The city's Department of Transportation is requiring all Staten Island Ferry passengers to wear a face covering within the ferry terminals and on the boat to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Mourners wearing personal protective equipment watch as the casket of Traffic Section Commander Mohammed Chowdhury is loaded into a hearse during his funeral in New York, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Chowdhury died on Sunday, April 19, 2020, from complications related to the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

A man holds a sign expressing his displeasure with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at a noisy rally against the Governor's social distancing restrictions, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, outside the State Capitol Building, in Albany, N.Y. Similar "Operation Gridlock" protests publicized on social media have been happening across the country, with organizers calling the shutdown an extreme example of governmental overreach. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)

Demonstrators upset with the state's coronavirus social distancing restrictions protest outside the state Capitol, Wednesday, April 22, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. Most of the protesters were expressing that they want to go back to work. (Lori Van Buren/The Albany Times Union via AP)

In this image made from video, a flag bearing cars and pick-up trucks take part in a protest outside the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Several dozen protesters waved signs calling on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to lift social distancing restrictions as a cavalcade of horn-honking, flag-bedecked cars and pickup trucks slowly circled the block to snarl noontime traffic. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)

Demonstrators upset with the state's coronavirus social distancing restrictions protest outside the state Capitol, Wednesday, April 22, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. Most of the protesters were expressing that they want to go back to work. (Lori Van Buren/The Albany Times Union via AP)

Demonstrators upset with the state's coronavirus social distancing restrictions protest outside the state Capitol, Wednesday, April 22, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. Most of the protesters were expressing that they want to go back to work. (Lori Van Buren/The Albany Times Union via AP)

FILE - This March 16, 2012 file photo shows then New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a bill signing ceremony in the Red Room at the Capitol, in Albany, N.Y. Bloomberg will help create a "tracing army" that will help find people infected with the coronavirus and get them into isolation, Cuomo announced Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

In this image made from video, a flag bearing truck is driven along Washington Avenue during a protest outside the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Several dozen protesters waved signs calling on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to lift social distancing restrictions as a cavalcade of horn-honking, flag-bedecked cars and pickup trucks slowly circled the block to snarl noontime traffic. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)

A woman holds a sign expressing her displeasure with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at a noisy rally against the Governor's social distancing restrictions, outside the State Capitol, Wednesday, April 22, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. Similar "Operation Gridlock" protests publicized on social media have been happening across the country, with organizers calling the shutdown an extreme example of governmental overreach. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)