Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress Combating COVID-19 by Governor Kathy Hochul published on 2022-01-07T17:17:16Z January 7, 2022 — New York, NY — In addition to the 6.1 million tests delivered to New York state schools this week and over the holiday weekend to battle the omicron variant and the winter surge, Governor Hochul announced the arrival of 1.5 million more tests to be distributed to schools outside of New York City in the upcoming week. Genre News & Politics