New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday that a decision has yet to be made on whether schools across the state will reopen this fall after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Cuomo, during a press conference on Monday, said he had asked New York City and the state’s other 700 school districts to come up with a plan for what schools would reopen in September.
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“But no decision has yet been made on whether or not we are reopening the schools,” Cuomo said, doubling, noting that “there is no decision on whether the schools will reopen.”
“Obviously, we would like it very much, nobody knows the effect this will have on students, the socialization of young students, etc.,” he said. “We want children to go back to school, but we are not going to say that children should go back to school until we know it is safe.”
He added: “We have some time. This is a very fluid situation. When we get the data, we will make a decision. In the meantime, I’m asking you to come up with a plan, but we don’t know yet if we’re going to reopen. “
Cuomo noted that each district will develop its own plan, but again emphasized: “That does not mean they are reopening.”
“The nuances are sometimes important. Not often, but sometimes, “he said.
New York began closing schools in March when the state became the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. In May, Cuomo announced that schools would remain closed for the remainder of the academic year.
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Meanwhile, Cuomo added that, for now, casinos and cinemas will remain closed, and state fairs across New York will be canceled by 2020.
As of Monday, New York reported more than 397,000 positive cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic and more than 32,100 deaths.
