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| DATE | 2020-05-15 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Death by going to the beach
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https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/05/15/de-blasio-not-ready-to-open-beaches-as-cuomo-and-others-move-ahead-1284188
De Blasio not ready to open beaches, as Cuomo and others move ahead
By JOE ANUTA and MARIE J. FRENCH
05/15/2020 01:30 PM EDT
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans to open state beaches for Memorial Day
weekend next Friday in an effort to avoid crowding coastlines elsewhere
in the tristate area — though the fate of the five boroughs' shorelines
has yet to be decided.
The state's plan comes with several caveats. Beaches will be limited to
50 percent occupancy and concessions will remain closed. But by
coordinating a plan with New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware, the
governor said that regional leaders hope to avoid turning any one
particular spot into a coronavirus petri dish.
“If New York did not open beaches, you would see an influx to the Jersey
Shore, Connecticut,” said Cuomo.
The final call for locally controlled beaches, however, will be up to
local leaders, who must inform the state of their plans by May 20.
On Friday, just before the governor's announcement, Mayor Bill de Blasio
said that pandemic indicators such as hospital admissions and numbers of
Covid-19 patients in the intensive care unit are not low enough to allow
people to gather at beaches, which would also entail packed subway cars
on the way to Coney Island and the Rockaways.
"It's painful because we would all love to be able to go to the beach
with the hot weather, but it's not safe yet," he said during his daily
press briefing, ahead of the governor's announcement. "Beaches come with
a whole lot of people getting together."
But with more warm weather rapidly approaching, lawmakers said that the
city needs to come out with a plan.
State Sen. Todd Kaminsky warned on Twitter that if the city doesn't open
beaches, "it will create a chaotic and untenable situation on Long Island."
City Council Member Mark Treyger, whose district includes Coney Island,
said he's worried about New Yorkers who show up, regardless of closures.
“Coney Island, Brighton Beach: I am petrified of what’s coming this
summer,” said Treyger at a public hearing a day earlier. “I have not
been given any information from City Hall about what the plan is to help
deal with education, public safety. We are usually given information by
now … we are in the dark.”
The mayor said Friday that more detailed plans would be released in the
coming days. But for residents who will increasingly be looking for ways
to cool down, the city is planning a number of other measures designed
to reach the most vulnerable.
The city plans to spend $55 million purchasing 74,000 air conditioners
for low-income seniors. Around a third of those will go to residents of
the New York City Housing Authority. The city will also open up indoor
and outdoor cooling centers where social distancing can be practiced.
“What we can guarantee is that the heat is coming,” the mayor said
during his daily briefing. “No matter what.”
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