Store owners ask state to reopen malls

“Every single day that we are not open hurts."

OVERTIME COSTS --TRAINING AND P-P-E.IF YOU'RE ITCHING TOGO SHOPPING AGAIN...PAY ATTENTION TOTHIS.

YOU CAN GOSHOPPING ONCEAGAIN -- AS PART OFPHASE TWO.BUT NOT ALL STORESARE ALLOWED TOOPEN JUST YET.JEFF RUSACK SHOWSUS HOW THIS ISPUTTING AN EXTRASTRAIN ON SOMESTORE OWNERSINSIDE LOCAL MALLS.MALLS HAVE BEENCLOSED FOR MONTHSACROSS NEW YORKSTATE BECUASE OFCOVID-19.THAT MEANS THESTORES INSIDE OFTHEM..

ARE BEING HITHARDEVERY SINGLE DAYTHAT WE ARE NOTOPEN HURTS.

IT HURTSMORE AND MORE.

ITKINDS OF COMPOUNDSITSELF.STORE OWNERS ATTHE WALDENGALLERIA ARE ASKINGTHE GOVERNOR TOALLOW CUSTOMERSTO RETURN TOSHOPPING MALLS.WE'RE READY.

WEREALLY WANT TO OPENAND WE'LL DO ITSAFELY.IN PHASE TWO OF THEREOPEN ONLY STORESTHAT HAVE OUTSIDEDOORS CAN RE-OPEN.STORES INSIDE THEMALL CANNOT.THE IDEA, IS THISWOULD PUTSHOPPERS IN LESSCONTACT WITHOTHERS.SOME OF THE BFLOSTORES ACROSSWESTERN NEW YORK..INCLUDING THE ONETHE WALDENGALLERIA DON'T ..HAVE EXTERIORDOORS.THE OWNER SAYS,THEY'RE READY.WE'RE GOOD AT DOINGIT SAFELY, I THINKTHOSE ESSENTIALPLACES DEFINTELYPAVED THE WAY.

THEYMADE IT VERY EASYFOR US TO GO OFF OFTHOSE BENCHMARKS.HAIR SALONS WEREALLOWED TO OPENTHIS WEEK.ONES IN MALLSCANNOT.IT'S DEVASTATING.THE NEWS THAT MALLSALONS WOULDN'T BEALLOWED TO REOPENCAME AS A SURPISETO THE OWNER OFEUPHORIA.AND HERE WE'REGETTING READY TOOPEN AS THE SAMETIME AS EVERYONEELSE... AND THATDIDN'T HAPPEN.THE OWNER IS AFRAIDSHE MAY NEVER GETSOME CUSTOMERSBACK.IT'S GOING TO CAUSEOUR GUESTS TO GOSOMEWHERE ELSE ANDHAVE THEIR HAIRNEEDS MET.THERE'S NO WORDWHEN MALLS WILL BEALLOWED TO REOPEN.JEFF RUSACK 7 EWN.NEW AT 11 -- THE MAN