Cuomo lets N.Y. beaches reopen for Memorial Day after de Blasio says N.Y.C. is 'just not ready'

<p>New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is kicking sand in New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s face.</p><p>Mayor de Blasio suggested Friday that the city's shorelines won’t be opening anytime soon.</p><p>“On the beaches we’re just not ready,” de Blasio said during his daily coronavirus press briefing, explaining, on a beach like Coney Island, “you can’t spread people out” because “they get jam-packed.”</p><p>The new normal: How coronavirus is changing a day at beach</p><p>Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaking shortly after de Blasio Friday said that New York’s state-controlled beaches will be allowed to reopen in time for Memorial Day weekend.</p><p>He said the opening was in coordination with New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware.</p><p>“If other states were opening and New York wasn’t you would have millions of people from New York flooding those beaches … and that wouldn’t help anyone,” Cuomo said.</p><p>Cuomo said local governments that own waterfronts will have the authority to decide whether to follow the order and that the beaches will be limited to 50% capacity. Concession stands will be closed and contact activities, including sports, like volleyball, are prohibited. Public pools will remain closed, he said.</p><p>Beachgoers will need to wear masks when they can’t remain 6-feet apart from other people, he said.</p>