Mayor: NYPD won't break up small groups, police masks New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says the New York Police Department will step back from ticketing people for gathering in small clusters or for failing to wear a maskA pedestrians wears a protective mask during the coronavirus pandemic Friday, May 15, 2020, New York. Other coronavirus developments in New York state:———BACK TO THE BEACHAfter two months of strict limits on business and social distancing, Gov. “If there is a problem, and the locals do not enforce those regulations, we will close those beaches,” Cuomo said. De Blasio said “we’re just not ready” to open beaches, but mayoral spokeswoman Jane Meyer said in an email that city beaches could possibly open at some point this summer. “If New York did not open beaches, you would see an influx of people to the Jersey Shore, Connecticut, etc,” Cuomo said.

Source: ABC News May 15, 2020 15:28 UTC