NYForward: Reopening the State
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a new initiative called NYForward that will help guide the state in reopening after the NY On PAUSE order ends on May 15.
The state will open regionally in four phases and each region will have to meet the following criteria before it can reopen.
Metric 1: Decline in total hospitalizations- A region must experience a sustained decline in total net hospitalizations over the course of a 14-day period.
Metric 2: Decline in deaths- A region must experience a sustained decline in the three-day rolling average of daily hospital deaths over the course of a 14-day period.
Metric 3: New Hospitalizations- A phased re-opening for each region will be conditioned on the occurrence of fewer than two new hospitalizations per 100,000 residents (measured on a three-day rolling average).
Metric 4: Hospital bed capacity- Regions must have at least 30 percent of their total hospital beds available before a phased re-open can begin.
Metric 5: ICU bed capacity- Regions must have at least 30 percent of their ICU beds available before a phased re-opening can begin. to ensure nurses and doctors have the personal protective equipment (PPE) they need, every hospital must also have at least 90 days of PPE stockpiled.
Metric 6: Diagnostic test capacity- Phased re-openings will depend on the ability of each region to achieve 30 tests per 1,000 people per month.
Metric 7: Contact tracing capacity- DOH has established region-specific thresholds for the number of contact tracers required, based on the characteristics within each region.
NYForward has a website that will be keeping track of which regions meet all the metrics and will be updated daily.
Currently the North Country does not meet all the metrics to reopen.
The following businesses will reopen during Phase One:
Building Equipment Contractors
Building Finishing Contractors
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors
Highway, Street and Bridge Construction
Nonresidential Building Construction
Residential Building Construction
Utility System Construction
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting:
Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production
Support Activities for Animal Production
Support Activities for Crop Production
Support Activities for Forestry???
Retail Trade: Phase One includes delivery and curbside pick-up service only for the following businesses:
Direct Selling Establishments
Electronics and Appliance Stores
Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses
Furniture and Home Furnishing Stores
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
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument and Book Stores
Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
Printing and Related Support Activities
Wood Product Manufacturing
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
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
Our native turtles are on the move in May and June seeking sandy areas or loose soil to lay their eggs. In New York, thousands of turtles are killed each year when they are struck by vehicles as they migrate to their nesting areas.
