#Cuomo, de Blasio at odds over NYC’s Phase 2 coronavirus reopening
“#Cuomo, de Blasio at odds over NYC’s Phase 2 coronavirus reopening”
June 17, 2020 | 1:12pm | Updated June 17, 2020 | 1:50pm
The mixed messages on the important step — which would allow 26,000 restaurants in the Big Apple to reopen with outdoor seating — came during the pols’ respective press briefings.
“New York City is on track to enter Phase Two,” Cuomo said in Albany. “The same metrics we use for New York City are the same metrics we use all across New York state.”
But earlier, the mayor was far less definitive.
“If we’re judging by today’s numbers, we’re in great shape and I’ve been impressed that they’ve been very steady now for many days,” de Blasio told reporters. “But what we’re looking for going into the weekend is, do we see any variation there? I know the state’s very concerned about this as well. It’s a day-to-day discussion.”
Daily indicators for coronavirus in the city remain way below the threshold — there were 55 hospitalizations and 333 patients in ICUs, while just 2 percent have tested positive for the virus.
On Tuesday, the mayor said he wanted to see what, if any, impact the recent George Floyd protests had on the spread of coronavirus before setting a hard date for Phase Two.
The city is the last of the state’s 10 economic regions to enter Phase Two, which would also allow offices, car dealerships, barbershops, salons and places of worship to reopen with reduced capacity.
Under the state’s schedule of two weeks per phase, that could happen as early as Monday. But de Blasio said the city doesn’t have a solid plan in place for how restaurants can safely reopen — despite announcing the “Open Restaurants” initiative earlier this month.
“We’re looking at a variety of options,” the mayor said. “The announcement will be very, very soon. We need to get that out immediately, we’re just fine-tuning it.”
Meanwhile, de Blasio again slammed local politicians for cutting off the locks at playgrounds in Brooklyn amid the coronavirus pandemic — but couldn’t say whether any action has actually been taken.
“I’ve said they shouldn’t have done that, it’s inappropriate and I don’t know what has happened so far, but they should be treated like anyone else,” Hizzoner said, referring to Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, state Sen. Simcha Felder and Councilman Kalman Yeger, who cut off locks at Kolbert playground in Midwood on Tuesday.
A rep for Eichenstein told The Post on Wednesday that there’s been no enforcement and that the playground was still open.
The NYPD, Parks Department and City Hall did not immediately return messages.
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