UPDATE: The North Country has been added to the regions that will start to reopen this weekend

Looks like May 15th will begin the "reopening' process for New York State. There is a list of criteria that regions must meet to begin that process and as of yesterday, May 12th, there were only 3 regions in the state that met that criteria. Unfortunately, the Capital Region was not one of them. That's not to say that we won't be there soon but as of now, we aren't there. The 3 regions that have met the criteria and will begin Phase 1 are the Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley Region and the Southern Tier. The phases of reopening will last 2 weeks at a time. Obviously as the regions open back up they will need to maintain the necessary guidelines to remain open.

So, as we start the process of reopening, here is a list of businesses that can open back up under specific guidelines -

Phase One: Retail Trade

Phase One includes delivery and curbside pick-up service only for the following businesses:

Clothing Stores
Direct Selling Establishments
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
Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers

Phase One: 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
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing

Phase One: 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

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