The New LaGuardia Airport Terminal
Today Governor Cuomo held his daily press conference in the freshly opened Terminal B Arrival and Departures Hall of LaGuardia Airport. The full project was started in 2015 and with this morning’s opening of the 840,000 square foot terminal, it more than doubled the size or its predecessor. During construction the airport created 14,000 jobs both directly and indirectly and when fully operational and staffed it will employee over 1,500 people.
The Terminal will be home to four different airlines, American, United, Southwest and Air Canada as well as new concessions from NY companies such as Junior’s Cheesecake, F.A.O. Schwarz and Zabar’s.
Continued Reopening
Governor Cuomo reiterated that with New York City now fully in Phase One, New York is back and open for business. To continue to stay open and move all regions forward to the next appropriate phase there will be a sharp focus on the data, more specifically the daily testing results which will be the first indicators of an increased infection rate. In addition to the data, attention would also need to be paid to the task of developing large scale development projects that would in turn help to drive the State’s economic growth.
The Legislature
Both houses passed their expected police reform bills and adjourned this afternoon but without making the typical end of session speeches, it remains unclear whether the legislature will return to take up unfinished legislation from the 2020 regular session.
New York City
Today, Mayor de Blasio said NYC might open beaches and pools this summer due to the continued reduction in new COVID cases. The discussions will be ongoing and decision will be made at a later date. Mayor de Blasio also committed to providing $10M to a community engagement effort that will seek to mediate conflicts as well as combat crime and gun violence.
New York State COVID-19 Numbers
The Governor unveiled a daily testing results dashboard is now live and showing that yesterday almost 63,000 people were tested across the entire State for COVID-19 with only 674 testing positive.
