Non-essential businesses, as well as public and private schools, in 9 New York City ZIP codes may shut down this week due to a recent spike in coronavirus cases, Mayor de Blasio says.
Eleven more ZIP codes were being monitored but have not met the threshold for the 3 percent positivity rate, de Blasio said. The city has proposed closing indoor dining, gyms and pools in the additional ZIP codes, but it does not plan to close nonessential businesses and schools at this time, NBC New York reported.In a series of tweets, Gov.
However the State can't take over effective enforcement for every jurisdiction. If a local jurisdiction cannot or will not perform effective enforcement of violating entities, notify the State & we will close all business activity in hotspots where local gov't can't do complianceWe all want schools to reopen IF they can reopen safely. I have assured the parents of this state that I would not send my child to a school that I didn’t know was safe.
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