Cuomo's plan to re-open in two phases

Cuomo's plan to re-open in two phases

WE'RE LEARNINGMORE ABOUT WHATWILL HAPPEN IF THESETRENDS CONTINUE...NEW YORK STATEREGIONS WILL OPENUP IN TWO PHASES.THAT NEWS COMINGFROM GOVERNORANDREW CUOMODURING HIS DAILYBRIEFING TODAY.BUT SPECIFIC PHASEDATES ARE STILL VERYMUCH IN QUESTION....WELL, YOU KNOW XDATE.

NOBODY HAS XDATE.

THERE IS NO XDATE.AT LEAST UNTIL MAY15TH.THAT'S WHENGOVERNOR ANDREWCUOMO'S PAUSEORDER EXPIRES.AND IT'S LIKELY WHENPARTS OF NEW YORKCOULD BEGIN TO SEEPHASE ONE IN HISTWO-PHASEDREOPENINGSTRATEGY.PHASE ONE WILLALLOWCONSTRUCTION ANDMANUFACTURINGWITH LOW RISK TOREOPEN.PHASE TWO WILLINCLUDE MOREESSENTIALBUSINESSES WITHLOWER RISK.BUSINESSES WILL BEREQUIRED TOANALYZE THATCRITERIA ANDPRESENT A PLAN TOTHE STATE BEFORETHEY CAN REOPEN.THEY HAVE TO THINKABOUT HOW THEY'LLREOPEN WITH THIS"NEW NORMAL."AS FOR SCHOOLS,CUOMO SAYS THEYWOULD ALSO LIKELYBE A PART OF PHASETWO AT SOME POINT.THE GOVERNOR--THOUGH--- STILL ISN'TSAYING WHETHERSCHOOLS WILLREOPEN THIS YEARAND WHAT EDUCATIONMIGHT LOOK LIKE THISSUMMER.

HE SAYSSOME DISTRICTSWANT TO MAKE UPFOR LOST TIME.MANY OF THEM ARESAYING THEY WANT TODO SUMMER SCHOOLSO THAT WE HAVE TOFEEL OUT AS WE GO.OF COURSE --PER CDCGUIDELINES--NONE OFTHIS WILL BEGIN UNTILOUR REGION SEESHOSPITALIZATIONRATES DECLINE FOR14 CONSECUTIVEDAYS.WHILE WESTERN NEWYORK LAGS BEHINDDOWNSTATE--CUOMOREMAINS OPTIMISTICBASED ON THENUMBERS...THERE'S NO DOUBTWE'VE GONE THROUGHTHE WORST AND ASLONG AS WE ACTPRUDENTLY GOINGFORWARD, THE WORSTSHOULD BE OVER.CUOMO SAYS THEYPLAN TO SPACE THEPHASES AT LEAST TWOWEEKS APART SOTHERE'S TIME TOANALYZE THEDATA...WHICHSUGGESTS SCHOOLSWILL NOT REOPEN ON