Business owners on Long Island say they want to reopen, but not without liability protections from lawsuits related to COVID-19.
Advocates for business and property owners say they’ll follow public health guidelines to keep customers and workers safe – they can’t afford another shutdown.
Kyle Strober, with the Association for a Better Long Island, says a liability shield is essential for businesses to reopen.
“Give property owners and business owners the reassurance that if they do reopen, and if God willing they can, that they will not be susceptible to personal liability when inevitably someone will contract the disease.”
The shield is part of ongoing talks in Washington about a fifth coronavirus relief package.
Long Island is close, but has not met all seven requirements to reopen laid out by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
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