The governor yesterday again loosened the reins a bit on attendance at outdoor arenas. Andrew Cuomo said the 33 percent limit still applies for large-scale, outdoor-event venues, along with the social distancing requirement of six feet between each guest. That’s starting May 19th. But in those same venues, Cuomo said, fully-vaccinated attendees won’t need to be spaced six feet apart, and can be together in specially-designated vaccinated sections…
To help encourage vaccinations, free ticket vouchers will be available to New Yorkers who get vaccinated at Yankee Stadium or Citi Field. New York Boulders VP Seth Cantor says regardless of what the big-league teams are doing or the state is mandating, the ballpark in Pomona will be safe and comfortable…
In other COVID re-opening news, Broadway will return at 100 percent of theater capacity in September, and you can get your tickets starting today. Before the pandemic, around a quarter million people were seeing Broadway shows each week. Broadway alone creates around 97,000 local jobs and generates $14.7 billion every year to the city’s economy.
COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, the death count remains at 952, unchanged since Tuesday. We’ve got 20 hospitalized confirmed with coronavirus, and 419 active cases. Our total case count is 46,446, that’s 58 more than Wednesday.