{"id":8341,"date":"2020-03-18T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=8341"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:08:22","slug":"nyc-health-what-you-need-to-know-about-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=8341","title":{"rendered":"NYC health &#038; What You Need to Know about COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Governor and Legislature have an agreement on a bill&nbsp;guaranteeing job protection and pay for New Yorkers who have been quarantined as a result of novel coronavirus.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The bill&nbsp;also includes the permanent comprehensive paid sick leave policy<\/li><li>Governor Cuomo signed an executive order directing all schools in New York to close by Wednesday, March 18 for two weeks ending April 1.<\/li><li>Casinos, gyms, theaters are closed until further notice.<\/li><li>Bars and restaurants are closed, but takeout can be ordered during the period of closure.<\/li><li>Strongly advise only services and businesses that are essential stay open after 8:00PM<ul><li>Groceries<\/li><li>Gas stations<\/li><li>Pharmacies<\/li><li>Medical facilities<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>All local governments must reduce their workforce by at least 50%.&nbsp;Non-essential state workers are working from home.<\/li><li>New York State is waiving&nbsp;all park fees in state, local and county parks.<\/li><li>Testing is free for all eligible New Yorkers as ordered by a health care provider.<\/li><li>Your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysacho.org\/directory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local health department<\/a>&nbsp;is your community contact for COVID-19 concerns.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor and Legislature have an agreement on a bill&nbsp;guaranteeing job protection and pay for New Yorkers who have been quarantined as a result of novel coronavirus.&nbsp; The bill&nbsp;also includes the permanent comprehensive paid sick leave policy Governor Cuomo signed an executive order directing all schools in New York to close by Wednesday, March 18 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19303,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341\/revisions\/19303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}