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Associate Director of Outreach Tiana Minervini, right, hands a bag of food to a homeless man as the Albany Outreach Van drives around and delivers food for the homeless on Monday, May 18, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. The program has seen the unsheltered triple due to fears of contracting the virus in a shelter. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union) lessAssociate Director of Outreach Tiana Minervini, right, hands a bag of food to a homeless man as the Albany Outreach Van drives around and delivers food for the homeless on Monday, May 18, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. … more
Photo: Lori Van Buren, Albany Times Union
Photo: Lori Van Buren, Albany Times Union
The Capital Region — and the rest of New York — have been under a stay-at-home order to fight the spread of COVID-19 for two months but Phase 1 of the reopening for this region begins after midnight.
On Wednesday, the following businesses are approved to reopen:
Retail:
Delivery and curbside pick-up service only for the following businesses: clothing stores; electronics and appliance stores; electronic shopping and mail-order houses; furniture and home furnishing stores; florists; 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; used merchandise stores; shoe stores; sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book stores.
Manufacturing:
Apparel manufacturing; computer and electronic product manufacturing; electric lighting equipment manufacturing; fabricated metal product manufacturing; furniture and related product manufacturing; leather and allied product manufacturing; machinery manufacturing; nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing; paper manufacturing; petroleum and coal products manufacturing; plastics and rubber products manufacturing; printing and related support activities; textile mills; textile product mills; wood product manufacturing.
Wholesale Trade:
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.
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting:
Other animal production, other crop production, support activities for animal production, support activities for crop production, support activities for forestry.
Phase 2:
The second phase of reopening begins June 3, two weeks from Wednesday, unless the region’s control room, a panel of local leaders who will examine local data on testing, infections and hospitalization rates, determines the virus is once again spreading at a dangerous rate.
During the second phase, the following businesses could reopen:
Professional services, financial and insurance services, retail, administrative support, real estate and rental leasing.
Phase 3:
The third phase of the reopening would begin on June 17, four weeks from Wednesday, if the control room finds testing, infections and hospitalization rates remain at a manageable level.
During the third phase, the following businesses could reopen:
Restaurants for sitd0wn dining, food services, and hotels.
Phase 4:
The fourth phase of the reopening would begin July 1, six weeks from Wednesday, if the control room continues to find testing, infections and hospitalization rates remain at a manageble leve.
During the fourth phase, the following businesses could reopen:
Arts, entertainment, and recreational facilities.
Find out if your business is eligible to reopen.
