New York will reopen businesses on a regional basis beginning Friday, with upstate communities that reach certain state-issued benchmarks returning first. Local economies in New York City and Long Island are expected to reopen later.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo advised cities across the state to prepare for a phased reopening starting Friday, as restrictions to contain the coronavirus continued to slow the spread of the disease.
With deaths and hospitalizations falling to rates not seen since the early days of the pandemic, some regions of New York are ready to resume business operations under a staggered restarting of the hard-hit state’s economy, Mr. Cuomo said Monday at a news conference.
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