Actually, if you looks at the actual stats, there is evidence that things are already getting better.
Go here:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/
Look at Table 1
BUT - grain of salt - The number of deaths reported by CDC is low for (at least) 2 reasons - (1) NY/NYC recently deleted some of their death numbers because they weren't tested for Covid (can't really tell if CDC added those numbers to the other columns yet), and (2) the CDC/NCHS gets their numbers on a delayed basis and wait for better confirmation (including death certificates) than the propoganda outlets. Plus, the CDC separates "just covid" from "covid and other stuff." Most media are reporting over 73,000 deaths as of today. For this reason, I ignore the week of 5/2 numbers.
The main point is that the deaths are thankfully dropping, despite the continued media doomsday frenzy based on "number of cases" - which is evidence of "increased testing," not more actual disease spread.
I'm sure your state governor did the same thing mine did (Kentucky) - in the beginning we were told that the number of cases was meaningless, because we didn't have testing, and that the disease was already in every county and every town (which was accurate - it had been spreading since at least December, likely earlier) and we shoud act accordingly. But now, months later, despite still testing less than 2% of our population, our governor says the "number of cases" is now "proof" the virus is still getting worse.
The actual stats say we have zero deaths - ZERO - of people under 30, and 75% of our deaths are people over 70, with 90% over age 60.
And - again thankfully - if you took every single Kentucky person who has been hospitalized with Covid and put them all in the hospital at the same time, on the same day, AND gave them each an ICU bed, we'd still have excess ICU capacity.
NYC has different facts. They can make a different plan. But based on the numbers, I'm way more worried about the old and sick than the young and healthy around here.
And I don't need the young and healthy to stay home unemployed - I need them to stay away from the old and sick. THAT should be the focus. Especially if masks and hand washing is the key. We can handle that.