These young girls watched from the sidelines at Westland Hills Little League, as seen in 2018 and used for the Times Union's Best Shot feature. Players in 2020 do not know when they'll be able to be back because of the pandemic. In this photo from left, is 8-year-old Virginia "Gigi" Diefendorf, with cousins, Chloe, 8, and Camilla, 5, Diefendorf. All are from Albany and are the granddaughters of Mark Diefendorf of Albany.
ALBANY – New York will allow "low-risk" youth sports to resume on July 6 in regions that have entered phase three of reopening, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Sunday.
Five regions of upstate New York, including the North Country and Mohawk Valley, have already entered the third of four reopening phases – and the Capital Region is expected to follow on Wednesday. Under the new rules, the state will permit at least six sports, including baseball and field hockey, with two visitors per child.
"Young people can engage in sports, two spectators per child, so that's another step towards return to normalcy," Cuomo said.
Softball, gymnastics, cross country and crew are also on the list of permitted sports. Meanwhile, contact sports like football, soccer and basketball were not in the immediate list released by Cuomo Sunday afternoon. Any sports not allowed will no doubt impact any specialized summer sports camps that might have been looking for the green light to open.
Under the state's current reopening strategy, which mandates at least two weeks between phases, almost all regions of New York are on track to enter phase three by July 6. New York City was the last region to reopen, beginning phase one on June 8.
The first reopening phase includes manufacturing, construction and curbside pickup at retailers; the second involves professional offices, hair salons and retail stores; and the third resumes services at restaurants, nail salons, tattoo parlors and other personal care venues.
The announcement comes as coronavirus statistics continue to fall statewide, as New York has continually logged low numbers for days in a row. The state tallied 23 confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Saturday and 1,657 hospitalizations, both the lowest one-day totals since the beginning of the crisis in mid-March.
As New York slowly revives its economy, the state has monitored the percentage of diagnostic tests returning positive each day to look for "a reaction to the reopening," Cuomo said. Roughly 1.1 percent of more than 60,000 people tested for the virus on Saturday had COVID-19.
The Capital Region tied with Central New York for third-lowest tests returning back as positive - less than one percent, at .6 % of cases as of Saturday. The North Country and Southern Tier had the lowest percent of positives compared to overall tests, at .2 and .4 percent respectively.
"You're looking for basic consistency," the governor said. "If it goes down, great. If it goes up, that's bad. You'll see an up and down, but if you see a tick up, tick up, tick up – then, start to worry."
But as the crisis continues, Cuomo said Sunday that New York will extend open enrollment in the state's health exchange for an additional 30 days, now through July 15.
Cuomo warned that he will shut down reopening progress in localities that do not abide by the state's safety and social distancing guidelines during each phase. Officials have received 25,000 complaints of businesses – especially restaurants and bars – not following the state's rules, most coming from Manhattan and the Hamptons on Long Island, he said.
Restaurants that do not follow the state's guidance are at risk of losing their liquor licenses, Cuomo added.
"These are not hard-to-spot violations," Cuomo said. "People send video of these violations; you can look it up on social media. You don't need a detective squad to go out and find it. They are rampant, and there’s not enough enforcement. I'm not going to allow situations to exist that we know have a high likelihood of causing an increase in the spread of the virus."
Local governments are responsible for monitoring businesses and ensuring they are in compliance with state health guidance, the governor said.
As he has done for the past several days, Cuomo also utilized his daily briefing to discuss the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month and the ensuing protests and calls for social justice and change both in New York and across the country. The state Legislature convened last week to pass a sweeping police reform package, and Cuomo instructed local police departments last week to re-evaluate their practices and improve policing strategies or risk state funding.
Cuomo signed two related bills on Sunday, the first of which affirmed civilians' right to record police activity, while the second directed the Department of Health to study the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on minorities.
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