Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York, said on Sunday his intention to reconfigure nine neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens as of Wednesday. He is, however, awaiting authorization from State Governor Andrew Cuomo.
New York City is ready to close non-essential schools and businesses in nine neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens where coronavirus cases have been on the rise for two weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Sunday. The elected Democrat indicated that he wanted to reconfigure these districts from Wednesday, and that he awaited the approval of the governor of the State Andrew Cuomo.
If he approves it, it will be the first time that the first American metropolis, which has become a model of controlling the epidemic after having deplored some 24,000 deaths, is forced to go back to deconfinement.
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