New York will undergo a two phase plan to reopen businesses, Cuomo said.
Parts of New York could start reopening as early as May 15, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday as he outlined a two-phase plan to begin reopening the state, emphasizing that different regions will have different schedules but that the dense population of New York City will need to have at least some"summer activities" open for residents, in what appeared to be a contradiction to comments from the city's mayor, Bill de Blasio.
A two-week waiting period—which is the virus’s incubation period—will happen between phases to monitor the effect of implementing each phase and the infection rate, Cuomo said. Cuomo said reopening is dependent on a 14-day decline in the state and regional hospitalization rate, citing federal guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cuomo said downstate New York, which includes New York City, will need summer activities permitted for residents, a comment that appeared to push back against de Blasio’s idea to keep pools and beaches closed throughout the summer.“You can’t tell people in dense urban environments ‘We have nothing for you to do,’ there’s a sanity equation here,” Cuomo said. What happens after May 15, which is the date New York’s stay-at-home orders expire.
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