Cuomo

In May, the governor announced the fair would be open at 50% capacity, but with record low infection rates and an almost 70% vaccination rate, Cuomo said it’s time to open the gates all the way.

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."

"New York's COVID-19 numbers continue to hit record lows and New Yorkers are ready to return to normal."

"Any charges or implications that somehow this is being slow walked, I can categorically deny that."

Among those in opposition are union groups.

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.

"We hit 70%, we will be back to life as normal, or as normalized as you can be post-COVID.”

Any bills passed would require Cuomo’s signature.

“There is already more than enough evidence to warrant Cuomo’s removal from office, yet the Assembly continues to dither and protect his power at the expense of New Yorkers.”

Members of the state’s ethics commission pressed Tuesday for a subpoena to look into a controversy over Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s hiring of a former aide as a “volunteer” COVID-19 vaccine czar.