Mayor de Blasio says businesses will have to follow social distancing guidelines and reduce occupancy to under 50%.
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Five regions in New York are on their way to a phase two of re-opening.
"The five regions that have been in phase one can now move to phase two because their data has been reviewed and the experts say to us its safe to move forward because people have been smart and you haven't seen the spike,” said Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Phase two includes all office-based jobs, real estate services, in-store retail shopping, limited services at barbershops and hair salons and car leasing, rentals and sales.
Gov. Cuomo initially said there would be at least two-weeks between each phase.
BRIEFING NOTES:
Day 90 of COVID-19 crisis.
Numbers continue to trend downward. There were 152 new cases in the state yesterday.
The five regions that had been in Phase 1 in Central New York can now move to phase two.
Gov. Cuomo says New York City is on track to begin phase one reopening by June 8. He says it should bring about 400,000 employees back to work.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joins Gov. Cuomo during his daily briefing.
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