Assemblyman Billy Jones’ June 24th COVID-19 Update
Phase IV and Sports and Recreation Updates
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| Under Phase IV, church occupancy can increase to 33% from 25%.
Gatherings of up to 50 people will also be permitted under Phase IV.
Guidance has yet to be released for malls, gyms, movie theaters, bowling alleys and other industries and I continue to push for more guidance to be released.
New guidelines for Phase IV industries have been released: |
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| Low-Risk Outdoor Arts and Entertainment
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Low-Risk Indoor Arts and Entertainment
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Media Production
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| Additionally, new state guidelines for Sports and Recreation were also released:
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Tri-State Joint Incoming Travel Advisory
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| This quarantine – effective midnight tonight – applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a 7-day rolling average or a state with a 10% or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average.
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will continually update and publish on their respective websites a list of states to which the new advisory applies.
This information will be updated regularly. |
| SBA and Treasury have released new policy updates to the PPP program.
In particular, this rule updates and clarifies the forgiveness procedures from the PPP Flexibility Act and the new forgiveness forms.
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- Businesses may apply for forgiveness at any time during the Covered Period once they meet the requirement for forgiveness- they do not have to wait until the end of the 24 weeks.
- Clarifies the amount that Owners may pay themselves under the new Rule.
- FTE safe harbor for businesses that can document in good faith an inability to return to the same level of business activity as the borrower was operating at before February 15, 2020, due to compliance with requirements established or guidance issued between March 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 related to the maintenance of standards for sanitation, social distancing, or any other worker or customer safety requirement related to COVID-19 (COVID Requirements or Guidance).
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Summer Camps at the Strand Center for the Arts
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The Strand Center for the Arts are hosting summer day camps this year.
The day camps are following current NYS, CDC and DOH guidelines to keep you, your children, staff and teachers safe.
These rules change weekly and sometimes daily and the Strand is keeping on top of it so they can provide a safe fun filled summer for your children.
Click here for more details! |
Posted: June 24th, 2020 under Business News, General News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
