Sailors aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort treat patients in the ship's intensive care unit, New York, N.Y., April 15, 2020. (U.S.
Navy photo) NEW YORK (AP) - A Navy hospital ship deployed to New York City to help fight the coronavirus outbreak is no longer needed, Gov.
Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday, expressing confidence that stresses on the hospital system are easing. Cuomo told MSNBC after meeting with President Donald Trump that the USNS Comfort was helpful, but could now be sent elsewhere after being docked for weeks off of Manhattan. "It did give us comfort, but we don't need it anymore," Cuomo said. "So if they need to deploy that somewhere else, they should take it." Trump said at his Tuesday briefing that he asked Cuomo if "we