Cuomo: Parts of Upstate New York Ready to Reopen by May 15

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo holds his daily briefing at New York Medical College during the CCP virus outbreak in Valhalla, N.Y., on May 7, 2020. Mike Segar/Reuters

Citing progress taming COVID-19, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that some upstate regions should be ready to restart economic activity by the end of the week.

“It’s an exciting new phase,” Cuomo said at a daily briefing in Rochester, adding, “we’re all anxious to get back to work. We want to do it smartly, we want to do it intelligently, but we want to do it.”