Seems like it already has….
More traffic and small food stores back….
There ARE STILL restrictions on the number of people and the the types on businesses that may open…
Long Island will officially start the first phase of reopening its economy on Wednesday after a shutdown of more than two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said, as he called for a grand new program to “supercharge” the economy statewide, reminiscent of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” in the Great Depression…
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While Long Island will start its first phase of reopening Wednesday, Cuomo said Tuesday the region needs to stay alert to react quickly to any resurgence of the virus.
“Long Island will open tomorrow. We are going to bring the last of what we call the tracers … and they will come online today and Long Island will open tomorrow,” Cuomo said.
He said the “control rooms,” which in Nassau and Suffolk counties include Bellone and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran as well as other business and civic leaders, need to monitor the data on the virus to guide their actions and consider whether the reopening phase is going smoothly.
He called on Curran and Bellone by name to stay on top of the transition to Long Island’s active economy…
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The Mid-Hudson region, north of New York City, was launching its reopening phase Tuesday, Cuomo said, but New York City is not quite ready to restart its “nonessential” business activity because of the widespread impact of the pandemic in the five boroughs — where he said more study is needed to target containment actions in the most affected ZIP codes, which are generally areas where many black and Latino residents live….