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Not everyone can immediately go back to normal. Unvaccinated New Yorkers still need to wear masks in public and practice safe social distancing.
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The good news is that the local economy is improving and more tourists are coming to town. The bad news is there is a shortage of workers to staff businesses and serve those tourists.
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New York is still in the process of reopening from the months-long mandatory lock downs, and Governor Cuomo says there are still dangerous variants of the virus that are spreading in other parts of the world.
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Rates in some low-income urban and rural areas are as low as 38.8%. The governor says local governments need to focus on those areas and give it "one more push."
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"New York's COVID-19 numbers continue to hit record lows and New Yorkers are ready to return to normal."
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“Business owners have seen their work and their dreams just disappear. I don’t know how many thousands of businesses have closed permanently, but it’s thousands, and that’s just a tragedy."
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Acting State Human Services Secretary Meg Snead said parents ultimately have to make their own decisions about what’s safe.
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“We need school districts and superintendents to marry civil disobedience with common sense. And that is no masks for the rest of the year.”
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Young people and those with no COVID-19 symptoms are among those at risk.
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The announcement began a weekend of confusion and anxiety for school leaders, teachers and parents who said they would have to once again reconfigure classrooms and alter other protocols.