Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio have announced that the city will enter Phase Two of reopening today, Monday June 22, 2020.  While Phase One came and went with seemingly little change to our day-to-day-pandemic lives, Phase Two feels like a bigger step toward post-COVID normalcy.  

The decision to reopen comes after a consistent decrease in Coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths throughout the city.  Though de Blasio said he was comfortable officially moving the city to Phase Two in a press conference last Thursday morning, he stressed that the reopening would proceed in a controlled fashion.

“We’re always going to be watching,” he said.  “We are always going to be watching for any variations, any new data…but we’ve seen consistent progress and it’s time to say to everyone ‘get ready for phase two.’”