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Gov. Cuomo mandates 75% of non-essential workforces must stay home

Posted 3/19/20

Updated 1:30 p.m. March 19 to include information from governor's press release. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday ordered that only 25% of non-essential workforces can come to work at once. This follows …

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Gov. Cuomo mandates 75% of non-essential workforces must stay home

Posted

Updated 1:30 p.m. March 19 to include information from governor's press release.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday ordered that only 25% of non-essential workforces can come to work at once.

This follows the governor's directive yesterday that all businesses implement work-from-home policies. Exemptions will be made for essential service industries, including shipping, media, warehousing, grocery and food production, pharmacies, healthcare providers, utilities, banks and related financial institutions, and other industries critical to the supply chain.

The governor also announced the Department of Financial Services has issued a new directive to New York State mortgage servicers to provide 90-day mortgage relief to mortgage borrowers impacted by the novel coronavirus. The directive includes: aiving mortgage payments based on financial hardship; no negative reporting to credit bureaus; grace period for loan modification; no late payment fees or online payment fees; and postponing or suspending foreclosures.

Additionally, the governor has asked DFS to instruct state chartered banks to waive ATM fees, late fees, overdraft fees and fees for credits cards to help lessen the financial hardship of the COVID-19 pandemic on New Yorkers.

"We know what we have to do to contain the spread of this virus - reduce density and person to person contact - and based on new facts we are getting every day, we're taking further steps to keep more New Yorkers at home while keeping essential services running," Governor Cuomo said in a prepared statement. "At the same time, we know there is going to be an economic impact across the state and we are taking new actions to support the thousands of New Yorkers and small businesses who are suffering. It's going to be hard, it's going to be disruptive, but we will get through this together."