For two months, non-essential businesses in New York have been shutdown, leaving many New Yorkers without jobs and business owners struggling to stay afloat.
It led dozens of Staten Island residents to gather near Victory Blvd. to call on Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio to ease restrictions, implemented to stop the spread of COVID-19.
“The virus is real, but so is the flu, so is every other illness that has happened to this country,” Staten Islander Silas Johnson. “You stand up to it and you knock it down. You don’t coward in your house and stay afraid.”
Cuomo continues to insist he will not bow to pressure to reopen because doing so could lead to another spike in cases and deaths.
{Matzav.com}
