Many business owners say capacity changes don t mean much with required social distancing. Author: Ron Plants Updated: 11:28 PM EDT May 3, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. Even as Gov. Andrew Cuomo proclaimed he was opening up New York State much more as of May 19 with the state lifting capacity limits for businesses like retail stores, restaurants, gyms, salons, places of worship and more, some business owners pointed out it really has relatively little impact because of the state maintaining 6 foot social distancing guidelines as per the CDC.
2 On Your Side checked on how this would filter down to businesses like gyms, which were especially hard hit in the pandemic.
What New York s Contact Tracing Data Show PUBLISHED 2:57 PM ET Dec. 11, 2020 PUBLISHED 2:57 PM EST Dec. 11, 2020
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Schools are safe, but living rooms less so during the pandemic.
The vast majority of coronavirus cases in New York are spread by contact in living rooms and social gatherings, according to contact tracing data released on Friday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The data made public by New York officials offers one of the more specific glimpses into how COVID-19 is transmitted in the state.
Nearly 74% of cases in New York are the result of transmission in households or social gatherings, a metric Cuomo has warned about in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving. Health officials, including the nation s leading infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, have warned of a surge within a surge of COVID-19 cases due to gatherings at Thanksgiving and later at Christmas.