> “ Nearly every other city has taken major steps to make it easier for people to spend time outdoors, for restaurants and bars to serve patrons outdoors, assis

> “ Nearly every other city has taken major steps to make it easier for people to spend time outdoors, for restaurants and bars to serve patrons outdoors, assistance programs for local small businesses, and so forth.” Horrible. Just horrible. Making it easy to gather is a bad thing, that will prolong the pandemic and lead to far more deaths and worse total economic outcomes. I think De Blasio and Cuomo have done really a great job in NY, and wish they’d go even further to mandate masks and reduce outdoor dining basically through the rest of 2020.