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NY Update: Sports Teams to Start Spring Training, MTA Bolsters Service, as Long Island Set to Re-open

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  • All professional sports teams in New York will be able to begin training camps, effective immediately. “I believe that sports that can come back without having people in the stadium, without having people in the arena — do it,” Gov. Cuomo said.

  • New York State’s extensive array of campgrounds and R.V. parks will reopen starting Monday.

  • Veterinarians will be allowed to perform non-emergency care starting Tuesday. “That’s a service that is necessary and has been necessary for a period of time,” the governor said.

  • New York had 109 new deaths due to the virus, 27 of which were in nursing homes. That was an increase from the 84 deaths reported Saturday, which was the first time since late March that the daily toll was less than 100.

The Governor also announced the Mid-Hudson Region is still on track to enter phase one of reopening on Tuesday, May 26th, and Long Island is still on track to reopen on Wednesday May 27th if deaths continue to decline. Both regions’ contact tracing operations are expected to be online by those dates.

The Governor also announced the MTA will be taking steps to protect Long Island Rail Road customers as Long Island moves towards phase one of reopening. The MTA is cleaning and disinfecting trains and buses daily, and the LIRR is ready to add more cars to trains to help with social distancing. The Governor also reminded New Yorkers that wearing a mask or face covering is mandatory when riding on public transportation systems.

The Governor also announced that more than 10,000 households on Long Island have received Nourish New York products. Additionally, six new Nourish New York distributions are scheduled for Long Island this week. First announced by the Governor on April 27th, the Nourish New York Initiative provides relief by purchasing food and products from Upstate farms and directs them to the populations who need them most through New York’s network of food banks. The state is also asking any philanthropies or foundations that would like to help the state’s food banks to contact [email protected].

“As we move forward with reopening, we have to keep one eye on the future and start talking about building back better, not just building to what we had before,” Governor Cuomo said. “There are new rules now, and we must learn from what we’ve been through so that we can be prepared when another inevitable public health emergency happens. New York State has led the way in so many difficult times in history – people look to New York for guidance and example and now we are writing history for a whole modern day governmental and societal response.”

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