On May 18, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stated Western New York will commence a gradual reopening process to allow non-essential construction, manufacturing, and wholesale trade establishments to resume operations this Tuesday. This rule includes businesses like forestry, hunting and fishing, agriculture, and curbside pickup at retail stores.
The governor said the five-county Western New York region needs to meet one more of the seven benchmarks to commence reopening, which includes acquiring a sufficient amount of contact tracers in place. These tracers are used to help lower the spread of COVID-19 cases by making calls to those recently diagnosed with the illness to see who they were in close contact with.
In addition to Western New York, Cuomo announced the Central New York region is getting closer to reopening their non-essential businesses as well. Only time will tell how soon this will be.
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