New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday outlined the first steps for reopening the United States' most populous city, envisioning up to 400,000 people heading back to their workplaces, an easing of the lockdown that began in March.
NEW YORK - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday outlined the first steps for reopening the United States’ most populous city, envisioning up to 400,000 people heading back to their workplaces, an easing of the lockdown that began in March.
“We’re now actually in a position to start talking about opening things up, step by step, phase by phase,” he said at a daily briefing. “It might be one of the only ways that they can recoup the revenue that’s been lost throughout this whole thing,” Pearson said in a phone interview. “I think as long as tables are at an appropriate distance and crowds are managed and maintained and ... the level of cleanliness is upheld, I think it’s totally fine.”
At a separate briefing, City Council members unveiled legislation to allow restaurants and bars to set up chairs and tables on approved stretches of sidewalks, streets and parking lots while social distancing rules remained in force. De Blasio said outdoor dining would be considered but that it would not be included in the first of the four phases in the state’s plan, which slates restaurants to reopen in the third phase.
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