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| N.Y.C. Reopening: Dog Runs and Manicures, but Still No Indoor Dining | N.Y.C. Reopening: Dog Runs and Manicures, but Still No Indoor Dining |
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| In the five years that Alyson Araque had been getting her nails done at a salon in Manhattan, she had never before been required to do what a receptionist asked on Monday: to wear a face mask. To wash her hands. To wear gloves during her pedicure. | |
| Still, Ms. Araque, whose routine visits to the Nail Spa on Downing were halted when the coronavirus shut down much of New York City, was happy to comply with measures intended to contain the outbreak. | |
| “Whatever you need me to do,” she said, adding that her scheduled mani-pedi was, for her, an “uplifting moment.” | |
| Even as the United States reported record numbers of coronavirus cases, New York City took a tentative yet symbolic step toward normalcy on Monday, when personal-care services and some outdoor recreation were allowed to resume. | Even as the United States reported record numbers of coronavirus cases, New York City took a tentative yet symbolic step toward normalcy on Monday, when personal-care services and some outdoor recreation were allowed to resume. |
| After nearly four months, New Yorkers can go to nail salons again. They can book massages to have the pandemic-induced stress kneaded out of their shoulders, blow off steam at tennis courts and take anxious puppies to the city’s dog runs. | |
| For the city, the third phase of the state’s reopening plan was narrower in scope than previous stages, but it marked a significant moment: the return of nonessential services that would bring some jobs back and offer a balm to New Yorkers unnerved by virus-related fears and economic woes. | For the city, the third phase of the state’s reopening plan was narrower in scope than previous stages, but it marked a significant moment: the return of nonessential services that would bring some jobs back and offer a balm to New Yorkers unnerved by virus-related fears and economic woes. |
| “I’m a hairy woman,” said Françoise Gordon, 40, who had just finished getting waxed at Spa Belles in the West Village. “It was a relief.” | |
| The city’s latest phase is its smallest step so far toward restarting a bustling economy that was brought to a sudden halt by city and state shutdown orders in March. | The city’s latest phase is its smallest step so far toward restarting a bustling economy that was brought to a sudden halt by city and state shutdown orders in March. |
| Only about 50,000 people were expected to return to work on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said — a modest figure compared with the hundreds of thousands brought back last month as restrictions eased on construction, manufacturing, retail, real estate and office work. | Only about 50,000 people were expected to return to work on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said — a modest figure compared with the hundreds of thousands brought back last month as restrictions eased on construction, manufacturing, retail, real estate and office work. |
| The businesses allowed to reopen on Monday include tanning salons, massage centers and spas. City residents can finally book appointments to have their nails painted or to have unwanted hairs removed. | The businesses allowed to reopen on Monday include tanning salons, massage centers and spas. City residents can finally book appointments to have their nails painted or to have unwanted hairs removed. |
| Tattoo and piercing parlors are also allowed to restart — though any services that would require a mask to be removed are prohibited, so lip rings and face tattoos will likely have to wait. | Tattoo and piercing parlors are also allowed to restart — though any services that would require a mask to be removed are prohibited, so lip rings and face tattoos will likely have to wait. |
| Businesses must also limit their capacity and adopt enhanced cleaning and safety measures, like closing waiting rooms and discouraging walk-in customers. | Businesses must also limit their capacity and adopt enhanced cleaning and safety measures, like closing waiting rooms and discouraging walk-in customers. |
| On Monday, employees at many salons wore face shields or worked behind plexiglass barriers to distance themselves from customers. | |
| Adam Suerte, 50, an owner of Brooklyn Tattoo in Carroll Gardens, said that his business had no shortage of people wanting to book appointments. Still, he planned to take the reopening slowly, and he worried that excluding walk-in customers would hurt his finances. | Adam Suerte, 50, an owner of Brooklyn Tattoo in Carroll Gardens, said that his business had no shortage of people wanting to book appointments. Still, he planned to take the reopening slowly, and he worried that excluding walk-in customers would hurt his finances. |
| “It’s going to be tough to not have the jam-packed weekend days that we once had,” Mr. Suerte said. | “It’s going to be tough to not have the jam-packed weekend days that we once had,” Mr. Suerte said. |
| Those customers who nabbed appointments for grooming services on Monday said that they had been anticipating doing so for months. | |
| Daniela Castillo and her mother, Gloria, were among several people waiting outside of Electric Anvil Tattoo in Crown Heights, where the two women were scheduled to get matching tattoos. | |
| The pair had been planning to get the complementary body art — each woman was getting the other’s first initial on her arm — in the winter, to observe Gloria’s birthday. | |
| Those plans changed when the virus arrived, and even as they managed to secure an appointment on Monday, their experience did not go as they had originally planned. | |
| As Gloria stepped inside to meet her tattoo artist, Daniela stood outside, disappointed that she could not stand by as her mother got her very first tattoo. | |
| “I wish I could’ve been there with her,” Daniela, 30, said. | |
| New York City also reopened its outdoor basketball, tennis, volleyball and handball courts, providing new recreation opportunities during the summer. Public beaches are also now open for swimming, and dogs will get their opportunity for more exercise as dog runs reopen. | |
| “It will be more of summer again,” Mr. de Blasio said. | “It will be more of summer again,” Mr. de Blasio said. |
| On Monday afternoon, a steady stream of dogs arrived at the dog run at Hunter’s Point South Park in Queens. As the animals shed their leashes and got up close and personal with one another, their owners stood six feet apart, watching carefully from behind their masks. | |
| Jonathan Lam, who brought his German shepherd to the park, said he worried that the city might be reopening too quickly. But even as he feared the dog runs might soon be too crowded, he was still glad to give his dog, Lexi, another place to keep active. | |
| “It’s more for her than it is for me,” Mr. Lam, 33, said. “If there were a lot of people here, I’d have to reconsider.” | |
| Even as the city provided more open spaces, officials urged residents to continue covering their faces and following social-distancing guidelines, including staying six feet apart. | Even as the city provided more open spaces, officials urged residents to continue covering their faces and following social-distancing guidelines, including staying six feet apart. |
| Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he was particularly worried about reports of large gatherings over the Fourth of July weekend where attendees appeared to dispense with the wearing of masks. | Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he was particularly worried about reports of large gatherings over the Fourth of July weekend where attendees appeared to dispense with the wearing of masks. |
| “We get cocky, we get a little arrogant, that is a real threat,” Mr. Cuomo said at a news briefing on Monday. | “We get cocky, we get a little arrogant, that is a real threat,” Mr. Cuomo said at a news briefing on Monday. |
| The governor’s warning came as the coronavirus was spreading rapidly in other large states like California, Florida and Texas, which moved more quickly than New York to reopen. | The governor’s warning came as the coronavirus was spreading rapidly in other large states like California, Florida and Texas, which moved more quickly than New York to reopen. |
| Concerned by data in those states, New York officials decided last week to delay the resumption of indoor dining in the city, even though restaurants elsewhere in the state are permitted to welcome diners inside, with occupancy limits, during Phase 3. | Concerned by data in those states, New York officials decided last week to delay the resumption of indoor dining in the city, even though restaurants elsewhere in the state are permitted to welcome diners inside, with occupancy limits, during Phase 3. |
| “We got so much data from around the country indicating that indoor dining, unfortunately, became a nexus for infection, in a way that other types of economic activity weren’t,” Mr. de Blasio said on Monday. “It just made sense to stay away from it for now.” | “We got so much data from around the country indicating that indoor dining, unfortunately, became a nexus for infection, in a way that other types of economic activity weren’t,” Mr. de Blasio said on Monday. “It just made sense to stay away from it for now.” |
| The decision indefinitely delayed the restart of a major part of the city’s economy and blunted the impact of the entry into Phase 3. | The decision indefinitely delayed the restart of a major part of the city’s economy and blunted the impact of the entry into Phase 3. |
| It was also expected to put a further financial squeeze on the city’s restaurants, which for months have been limited to takeout or delivery service and were only allowed to provide outdoor dining options in late June. | It was also expected to put a further financial squeeze on the city’s restaurants, which for months have been limited to takeout or delivery service and were only allowed to provide outdoor dining options in late June. |
| Juliana Kim, Matthew Sedacca and Alex Traub contributed reporting. |