NAB ‘Carefully Monitoring’ Cuomo’s Call to Keep Javits Open as COVID-19 Hospital

With New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) asking the Trump administration to keep the Javits Convention Center open as a 2,500-bed COVID-19 Army field hospital through the fall flu season (see 2004270032), NAB is “carefully monitoring this new development,” emailed spokesperson Dennis Wharton Monday. “Safety of our NAB community will always be our number one priority, but at this point, we are committed to NAB Show New York at the Javits Center and look forward to helping the industry get back to business in October.” The show is scheduled for Oct. 21-22.