Oct 4, 2020 - Health

New York City mayor plans to shut down areas hardest hit by COVID-19

Fadel Allassan

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Sunday a plan to close nonessential businesses and schools in nine zip codes in Brooklyn and Queens, NBC New York reports.

Why it matters: It will mark the first time the city has backpedaled on reopening since the spring, when New York was the epicenter of the virus.

The big picture: The nine neighborhoods listed by de Blasio had a testing positivity rate of more than 3% over the week, per the New York Times, amid an uptick in cases in the city and state.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo tweeted that localities in the state "have not done an effective job of enforcement," and he said the state would begin conducting "aggressive enforcement."
Cuomo must approve de Blasio's plan before it can go into effect.

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New York City mayor plans to shut down areas hardest hit by COVID-19

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