Community Corner

NYC Releases Safety Guidelines For Businesses Reopening

As the City prepares for phase one of reopening, it has created palm cards with important guidelines and resources.

June 8 2020

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As the City prepares for phase one of New York City Reopening, the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) in partnership with Small Business Services (SBS) and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) have created NYC Means Business: Reopen & Stay Safe at Work palm cards with important guidelines and resources to support workers and businesses through this transition.

Phase One Industries include:

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  • Manufacturing
  • Retail (includes clothing and electronic stores)
  • Wholesale suppliers
  • Construction

Please see the NYC Means Business: Reopen & Stay Safe at Work flyer above. Note: Information in additional languages coming soon. It is also available online at: www.nyc.gov/workers

We have also attached a DCWP resource document Reopening NYC: What Workers Need to Know. Please share this important information with all relevant parties.


This press release was produced by Manhattan Community Board 5. The views expressed here are the author’s own.