Cuomo did not give a timeline, but the state’s stay-at-home order is due to expire on May 15. The governor has previously said that the areas with fewer infections and enough spare hospital beds could consider reopening after that date.
While short on specifics, the outline disclosed by Cuomo at a daily briefing was the most detailed sketch so far on how the state – the epicenter of the crisis in the United States – would start to loosen restrictions on businesses and daily life.