Governor Andrew Cuomo is standing by his decision not to let the state’s gyms reopen amid the pandemic.
Cuomo is being heavily criticized by gym owners who say their businesses are no more dangerous than a retail store, and some of them have filed a class action lawsuit against the state.
The governor says the data he and his experts are seeing indicates a high risk of spreading COVID-19 through gyms. In a conference call with reporters, Cuomo said gyms are “highly problematic” in other states that he says opened them and then had to close them again.