New York reported 67 deaths from the coronavirus, the lowest one-day figure in over two months.
New York City is “on track” to enter phase one of reopening on June 8, New York Governor Cuomo said on Friday as he announced that five upstate regions will now transition to phase two which includes businesses like barber shops and hair salons.
Under the first phase of reopening for the City, nonessential stores could open for curbside pickup, and nonessential construction and manufacturing could resume.
The city is the only part of the state that has not met all the seven health-related benchmarks the state requires to enter Phase 1 of reopening. As of Wednesday, the last time the state updated its public dashboard, the city did not have enough hospital beds available or contact tracers in place.
“I am proud of the way New York is figuring it out,” Mr. Cuomo said.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, appearing by video at Mr. Cuomo’s daily briefing, said, “We are on now the gateway to the next big step.”
Mr. Cuomo also said that five upstate areas were cleared to enter Phase 2 of reopening, in which offices, stores and personal-service businesses like barber shops can reopen, with restrictions.
The restrictions have cost the city nearly 900,000 jobs, NY Times reported.
Cuomo also said ” Reopening Does not Mean we’re Going Back to the Way Things Were.”… an Orwellian sounding phrase which makes skeptics and intelligent people cringe in disgust as nobody really knows what “the new normal” will actually be. Just yesterday Mayor de Blasio threatened that some religious institutions will never open up again if they do not obey him.
What exactly will be “the new normal” ?
