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NYC ‘on track’ for June 8 reopening
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@QNS.COM
@ROBBPOZ
New York City, the last closed region of New
York state during the COVID-19 pandemic, finally
has a projected reopening date.
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Friday
afternoon that the city’s on track to begin the first
reopening phase on Monday, June 8.
Cuomo said the state and city governments
will be working over the next week to continue a
concentrated effort to further reduce COVID-19
infections in hotspots located across the Bronx,
Brooklyn and Queens. They will also be working
to get contract tracers online and distribute
further PPE and masks.
The MTA will also be preparing subways and
buses over the next week to increase scheduled
service, Cuomo added.
The reopening is not a return to the pre-COVID-
19 world, but a new normal in which more than
400,000 workers at the start will be returning to
duty with various health precautions in place.
“Remember that reopening does not mean we’re
going back to the way things work. It’s going to be
different,” Cuomo said. “It’s reopening to a new
safer normal. People will be wearing masks and
socially distanced. It’s just a new way of interacting,
which is what we have to do.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio, who joined Cuomo for
the announcement via video, said both the city
and state were confident by the progress made to
pinpoint a tentative reopening date.
Photo via Getty Images.
“When I talked to the people of the city this morning,
I told them the indicators were absolutely moving
in the right direction,” de Blasio said, “but the
key to getting to the point of defi nition for Phase 1
came from the collaboration to get on the same page
and make sure we were confi dent that this was the
right time to do it.”
Under Phase 1, construction and light manufacturing
will be permitted to resume. Retailers will
also be able to open to customers for curbside delivery.
All workers and customers will be required to
wear a mask and practice social distancing.
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