Dear Tenants,                                                                         May 11, 2020

          Governor Cuomo announced today that the Mohawk Valley Region (including Oneida County), qualifies to start Phase 1 of reopening starting the end of the day Friday, May 15th. Now, this does NOT mean that things will go back to normal once reopening starts. It means that we are taking the first step toward the new normal that we are going to live with until at least a vaccine becomes available.

          The Mohawk Valley qualifies because we have hit 7 out of 7 metrics as shown below:

1.     14-day decline in hospitalizations or under 15 new hospitalizations (3-day average)

2.     14-day decline in hospitalized deaths or under 5 new (3-day average)

3.     New hospitalizations – under 2 per 100k residents (3-day rolling average)

4.     Share of total beds available (threshold of 30%)

5.     Share of ICU beds available (threshold of 30%)

6.     30 per 1k residents tested monthly (7-day average of new tests per day)

7.     30 contact tracers per 100k residents or to meet current infection rate

Phase 1 includes construction, manufacturing and wholesale supply chain, retail for curbside pickup, agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Stay safe & healthy,

Dominick M. Manfredo

Executive Director / CEO