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The state of New York’s stay at home order has been pushed back to the date of June 13th, confirms Governor Andrew Cuomo!

According to CBS; the official announcement was made late Thursday evening by officials, clarifying a newly issued executive order. Reports read that the five regions of Central New York, North County, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley have officially been cleared to begin Phase one of reopening on Friday.

It has been indicated that these regions have successfully met the seven necessary metrics needed to reopen. Retailers can now reopen their businesses with curbside and in-store pick up services only and construction work can also resume.

As for the rest of the state they’ll have to meet the necessary requirements to potentially reopen. It has been indicated that New York City fell short of three metrics also noting that Long Island and Mid Hudson Valley are missing two.

CBS further reports, in order to r a region to reopen, it must:

• According to CDC guidelines, a region has to have at least 14 days of decline in total hospitalizations and deaths on a three day rolling average

• Regions with few COVID-19 cases can not have 15 new cases or five deaths on a three day rolling average

• A region must have fewer than two new COVID-19 patients per 100,000 residents per day

• Hospitals can’t be filled to more than 70% capacity – including ICU beds – leaving 30% available in the event of a surge

• All hospitals must have a 90 day stockpile of PPE

• There must be 30 tests per 1,000 residents ready to go

• Regions must have 30 contact tracers for every 100,000 residents, with additional tracers available based on the projected number of cases in the region

• A risk/reward analysis of which businesses can reopen, with most essential businesses with lowest risk being prioritized

  • Phase 1: Construction, manufacturing and wholesale supply chain, select retail with curbside pickup

  • Phase 2: Professional services, finance and insurance, retail administrative support, real estate/rental leasing

  • Phase 3: Restaurants/food services, hotels/accommodations

  • Phase 4: Arts/entertainment/recreation/education

• Businesses must adjust their practices to ensure a safe work environment and track cases

• There will be a regional “control room” to monitor progress