Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced that Brooklyn’s hot spot has shown progress and will be moving to an Orange zone from the Red zone amid a rise in coronavirus cases across the city.
“Brooklyn was quite a fuss when we made it a red zone,” he said. “People didn’t like the restrictions, but it worked,” Cuomo noted.
NYC Councilman Chaim Deutsch tells YWN that he spoke with the Governor’s office this morning and non-essential businesses can reopen, aside from “high-risk” businesses, such as gyms.
Houses of worship: 33% capacity/25 max
Mass gatherings: 10 people max
Businesses: open, aside from high-risk (e.g. gyms, personal care)
Dining: outdoor only, 4 people per table
Parts of Brooklyn in red zones were subjected to the most severe restrictions including closed nonessential businesses and schools, as well as limited entry to houses of worship.
Senator Felder gave the the following statement to YWN:
“I am thankful that Governor Cuomo finally heard us and agreed that today is the day to end to the madness and finally downgrade Brooklyn’s red zone. This is so important for small business owners who have been suffocating under this policy. I cannot overstate the toll taken by these shut downs, but today it ends. Please, put on your masks and go support them. SHOP LOCAL, SAVE LIVES.”
BROOKLYN FREEDOM! New York State has released ALL of Brooklyn from Redzone Prison. Except for personal care facilities, businesses may reopen. FINALLY!
PLEASE WEAR MASKS AND PLEASE SHOP LOCAL! https://t.co/QvjqxbNPBL via @ywn
— Kalman Yeger (@KalmanYeger) November 9, 2020
.@NYGovCuomo just announced Brooklyn red-zone has improved to orange.
BUT the financial pain has not gone away. With small businesses now opening, SHOP LOCAL!
Small business owners don't deserve the hardships they have gone through. Let’s help them out, patronize their stores! https://t.co/6GkkWedxGu
— Simcha Eichenstein (@SEichenstein) November 9, 2020
Asking everyone to shop at our local stores struggling to stay open in the cluster zones. These stores took the brunt of the RedZone shutdown. It's on us to help them get back on their feet. If not us than who will help them! PLEASE SPREAD THIS MESSAGE. #ShopLocal#RiseUpRedZone https://t.co/R3glONCPII
— Chaskel Bennett (@ChaskelBennett) November 9, 2020
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hope the governor saw the voter turnout and understands the meanimg.
Don’t see orange on the governor’s website. Brooklyn is red and yellow. See the clear zones on
https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/Brooklyn_New_Zones_11_03_2020.pdf
“People didn’t like the restrictions, but it worked,”
Which is why Midwood, which adheres to regulations/restrictions, is still a Red Zone, while in BP (Tishler, wink, wink…), the positivity rate has dropped dramatically.
#DontConfuseMeWithTheFacts
We took the trick from the Democrats playbook and manipulated the numbers, the amount of cases are still the same numbers wise. Just shows that all he cares about is his legacy
Exactly, well said.
The numbers are the same, we just did like in Williamsburg. Massive testing the last 2 weeks. If we stop, we will go back up.
It is a numbers game, not an illness game. We are unfortunate to have such ignorant people running our city and state, they don’t realize that is what it boils down to.
“hope the governor saw the voter turnout and understands the meanimg.”
Over 75 million votes for Biden. Nobody has ever gotten that many votes in a Presidential election. This despite the US Postal Service losing as many as a third of the Biden mail in votes in some areas. Americans rejected bad science.