Dear Nonprofit Westchester Community:

Governor Cuomo announced that the first day of Phase One "re-opening" for the Mid-Hudson Region, which includes Westchester County, will happen on Tuesday, May 26th.

Last week, NPW held a webinar on the "Nuts and Bolts" of re-opening, a copy of which is available for free to all Nonprofit Westchester Members. Please email Suzanne Gardos if you are a member and would like a copy of the presentation and/or recording.

As always, please contact me with any questions you many have. If I do not know the answers, I will do my best to find out.

Best regards,
Jan

Jan Fisher
Executive Director
Nonprofit Westchester

PHASE ONE

Phase One of re-opening under Governor Cuomo’s plan includes the following industries, subject to industry-specific guidance by the State and in accordance with the Regional Re-opening Control Board’s consideration.

Construction

• Building Equipment Contractors
• Building Finishing Contractors
• Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors
• Highway, Street and Bridge Construction
• Land Subdivision
• Nonresidential Building Construction
• Residential Building Construction
• Utility System Construction

• Apparel Manufacturing
• Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing
• Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
• Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
• Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
• Machinery Manufacturing
• Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
• Paper Manufacturing
• Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
• Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
• Printing and Related Support Activities
• Textile Mills
• Textile Product Mills
• Wood Product Manufacturing
• Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
• Construction
• Building Equipment Contractors
• Building Finishing Contractors
• Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors
• Highway, Street and Bridge Construction
• Land Subdivision
• Nonresidential Building Construction
• Residential Building Construction
• Utility System Construction

• Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers
• Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers
• Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
• Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers
• Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
• Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers
• Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers
• Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
• Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers
• Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
• Miscellaneous Non-durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers

• Clothing Stores
• Direct Selling Establishments
• Electronics and Appliance Stores
• Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses
• Furniture and Home Furnishing Stores
• Florists
• General Merchandise Stores
• Health and Personal Care Stores
• Jewelry, Luggage, and Leather Goods Stores
• Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores
• Office Supplies, Stationery, and Gift Stores
• Used Merchandise Stores
• Shoe Stores
• Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument and Book Stores
• Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting

• Other Crop Production
• Support Activities for Animal Production
• Support Activities for Crop Production
• Support Activities for Forestry
• Other Animal Production

Each company seeking to re-open must file a detailed plan for a safe re-opening. For additional details on the Phase 1 operations, I strongly urge you to review the Governor’s re-opening plan for details. Additional details are also outlined here.

The Region’s Regional Control Room

Re-opening will be gradual, with an anticipated two-week evaluation between each stage. The Region’s Regional Control Room will monitor the opening from our regional perspective. The Regional Control board includes, among others, County Executive George Latimer, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, and President of the Westchester-Putnam AFL-CIO Tom Carey. Each business and industry must have a plan to protect employees and consumers, make the physical work space safer and implement processes that lower the risk of infection in the business. I will provide more detailed information in another email this coming week.