As salons and barbershops opened up in the city on Monday, New Yorkers relished the opportunity to freshen up. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Coronavirus Reopenings”
Restaurant Dining Is Back, if You Can Find a Table
By Gotham Rex on June 24, 2020
With outdoor service allowed again, our chief restaurant critic, Pete Wells, goes in search of his first sit-down restaurant meal since March. Source: New York Times
Met Museum Plans to Open in Late August
By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2020
If New York’s phased reopening goes according to plan, museums will be allowed to open as early as July 20. Source: New York Times
New York City Enters Its Broadest Reopening Yet: Offices
By Gotham Rex on June 22, 2020
As the city enters Phase 2, thousands will return to work even as many companies, worried about new cases, keep their workers home. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Hired 3,000 Workers for Contact Tracing. It’s Not Going Well.
By Gotham Rex on June 21, 2020
The program is crucial to the next phase of reopening, which begins on Monday. But workers have not had much success in getting information from people who test positive. Source: New York Times
Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center Cancel Fall Performances
By Gotham Rex on June 18, 2020
All of New York City’s major classical music institutions will be closed at least until the end of 2020. Source: New York Times
Coronavirus Isn't Over. New Yorkers Are Acting as if It Were.
By Gotham Rex on June 18, 2020
All over the city, bars, stores and people themselves are bending or ignoring social distancing rules, irking officials trying to keep the coronavirus curve flat. Source: New York Times
Seeking Shakespeare in the Park This Summer? Turn on Your Radio
By Gotham Rex on June 18, 2020
The Public Theater, prevented by public health concerns from performing in Central Park, has joined forces with WNYC to turn “Richard II” into a four-part radio play. Source: New York Times
Missing Those Old Familiar Places
By Gotham Rex on June 18, 2020
Takeout and delivery are fine, but there’s no substitute for getting to eat and drink inside your favorite New York City restaurants and bars. Source: New York Times
De Blasio Says NYC Will Enter Phase 2 of Reopening on Monday
By Gotham Rex on June 18, 2020
As many as 300,000 workers are expected to get back to work as outdoor dining, in-store shopping and office work resumes. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Is Set to Enter Phase 2 of Reopening
By Gotham Rex on June 18, 2020
The new level allows outdoor dining and some in-store shopping. Hair salons and barbershops can restart if they enforce social distancing. Source: New York Times
In N.Y.C., Bars Are Open on the Sidewalk
By Gotham Rex on June 16, 2020
Reopening may be a long way off, but bar regulars have reassembled outdoors, and owners are trying to balance business and safety. Source: New York Times
When Rich New Yorkers Fled, These Workers Kept the City Running
By Gotham Rex on June 16, 2020
While the coronavirus slowed most of the city to a crawl, commuting in the Mount Hope neighborhood of the Bronx increased because of all the essential workers living there. Source: New York Times
New York Flattened the Coronavirus Curve. Now They’re Dropping Their Guard.
By Gotham Rex on June 15, 2020
Gov. Cuomo warned that lax adherence to social-distancing rules meant to contain the coronavirus could lead him to slow New York City’s reopening. Source: New York Times
Coronavirus ‘Ripped A Hole’ In N.Y.C.’s Black Community. This Funeral Director Knows.
By Gotham Rex on June 14, 2020
In New York City, Covid-19 is disproportionately killing black and Latino residents. As the city reopens, a longtime funeral director in Harlem says, “It’s going to take a long time for people to heal.” Source: New York Times