CNY Region Meets Requirements To Begin Phase One Of Reopening Friday

OSWEGO COUNTY – The Central New York region, which includes Oswego County, has now met all the requirements needed to begin the first phase of reopening tomorrow, May 15.

“Phased reopening does not mean the problem has gone away,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said in today’s briefing. “It means we have control of the problem because of what we did and because of our individual responsibility and individual actions, and that has to be maintained… If you see a change in those numbers, react immediately.” 

Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow later made an announcement in response to the region’s phase one of reopening and how the city will move forward. That article can be found here.

The criteria that the region has met includes:

• The infection rate is sufficiently low;
• The health care system has the capacity to absorb a potential resurgence in new cases;
• Diagnostic testing capacity is sufficiently high to detect and isolate new cases; and
• Robust contact-tracing capacity is in place to help prevent the spread of the virus.

Each region will reopen businesses in four phases, with at least two weeks between phases to allow for monitoring of the effects of the reopening and make sure the hospitalization and infection rates are not increasing before moving forward to the next phase.

The first phase of reopening businesses includes:

• Construction
  • Building Equipment Contractors
  • Building Finishing Contractors
  • Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors
  • Highway, Street and Bridge Construction
  • Land Subdivision 
  • Nonresidential Building Construction
  • Residential Building Construction
  • Utility System Construction
• Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
  • Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production
  • Other Animal Production
  • Other Crop Production
  • Support Activities for Animal Production
  • Support Activities for Crop Production
  • Support Activities for Forestry
• Retail – (Limited to curbside or in-store pickup or drop off)
  • Clothing Stores
  • Direct Selling Establishments
  • Electronics and Appliance Stores
  • Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses
  • Furniture and Home Furnishing Stores
  • Florists
  • General Merchandise Stores
  • Health and Personal Care Stores
  • Jewelry, Luggage, and Leather Goods Stores
  • Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores
  • Office Supplies, Stationery, and Gift Stores
  • Used Merchandise Stores
  • Shoe Stores
  • Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument and Book Stores
  • Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers
• Manufacturing
  • Apparel Manufacturing
  • Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
  • Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing
  • Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
  • Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
  • Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
  • Machinery Manufacturing
  • Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
  • Paper Manufacturing
  • Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
  • Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
  • Printing and Related Support Activities
  • Textile Mills
  • Textile Product Mills
  • Wood Product Manufacturing
  • Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
• Wholesale Trade
  • Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers
  • Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers
  • Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
  • Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers
  • Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
  • Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers
  • Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers
  • Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
  • Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers
  • Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
  • Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers

Each of these industries has its own set of guidelines, all of which can be found here.

More information on New York Forward can be found here. Half of New York’s 10 regions are able to begin phase one of reopening. The state has created a dashboard to monitor the required metrics for reopening and can be found here.

The next three phases are as follows:

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