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NY State Moving to Total Teleworkfor Non-Essential Businesses

Margaret Besheer

   NEW YORK - New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo is ordering
   non-essential businesses to move workers completely toteleworkbylate
   Sunday, in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus in his
   state.'¯'¯

   "This is not voluntary," the governor told reporters Friday. "We are
   going to monitor it; there will be civil fines. There can be mandatory
   closures for businesses that do not comply. I am not kidding about
   this."

   New York has moved over the course of this week to scale back the
   density of workers outside their homes. It began with a 50% decrease,
   moved to 75% yesterday, and the announcement today of a total shift to
   off-site working.

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