On Saturday, New York governor Andrew Cuomo made two announcements regarding the state’s battle against the novel coronavirus that included Brooklyn Nets governor Joe Tsai and his wife, Clara Wu Tsai.
First, Cuomo stated at his Saturday press conference that the Tsais, along with others, were helping facilitate the donation of 1,000 ventilators to New York from the Chinese government.
“This is a big deal and it’s going to make a significant difference for us,” Cuomo said after sharing news of the donation.
Hours later, Cuomo tweeted the Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks and the NBA were working together with China’s Consul General Huang Ping to donate one million “desperately needed” surgical masks to New York.
NEW: The @NBA is contributing 1 million desperately needed surgical masks for New York's essential workers in collaboration with @nyknicks, @BrooklynNets and China's Consul General Huang Ping.
New York thanks you.
We are beyond grateful for this gift of critically needed PPE.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 4, 2020
But it turns out the Tsais were providing more personal protective equipment (PPE) than Cuomo initially reported.
According to CNN, the Tsais are donating 2.6 million masks, 170,000 goggles and 2,000 ventilators to New York. The first shipment of supplies came on Thursday, another on Saturday.