Cuomo lets N.Y. beaches reopen for Memorial Day after de Blasio says N.Y.C. is 'just not ready'

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is kicking sand in New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s face.
Mayor de Blasio suggested Friday that the city's shorelines won’t be opening anytime soon.
“On the beaches we’re just not ready,” de Blasio said during his daily coronavirus press briefing, explaining, on a beach like Coney Island, “you can’t spread people out” because “they get jam-packed.”
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaking shortly after de Blasio Friday said that New York’s state-controlled beaches will be allowed to reopen in time for Memorial Day weekend.
He said the opening was in coordination with New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware.
“If other states were opening and New York wasn’t you would have millions of people from New York flooding those beaches … and that wouldn’t help anyone,” Cuomo said.
Cuomo said local governments that own waterfronts will have the authority to decide whether to follow the order and that the beaches will be limited to 50% capacity. Concession stands will be closed and contact activities, including sports, like volleyball, are prohibited. Public pools will remain closed, he said.
Beachgoers will need to wear masks when they can’t remain 6-feet apart from other people, he said.