Tenants submitted just over half of May rent payments to retail landlord Federal Realty Investment Trust, but phased reopenings are continuing at its 104 shopping centers as local authorities lift restrictions on public gatherings.
In a letter yesterday to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks said requirements that people wear face masks in public could lead to more bank robberies.
Despite a call on Thursday by a group of Democratic state senators to delay plans to begin phasing out Connecticut’s COVID-19 restrictions next week, Gov. Ned Lamont said his administration is still moving ahead carefully toward the planned May 20 partial reopening of certain Connecticut businesses.
Gov. Ned Lamont announced Tuesday – a day after Connecticut surpassed 3,000 coronavirus deaths – that he had replaced the public health commissioner, a change a state official said was made because of missteps dating to last year.
Connecticut officials on Friday released detailed protocols on how restaurants, retail stores, hair salons and other businesses can reopen beginning May 20, as hospitalizations due to the coronavirus continue to decline but deaths remain on the rise statewide.
Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday that Connecticut is showing positive signs it can meet criteria set for the state’s planned May 20 initial reopening date.
The first step in a gradual, multi-stage process of lifting restrictions on businesses and activities in Connecticut, including allowing outdoor dining at restaurants, is expected to begin on May 20, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Thursday night.
Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday he expects to make some “very preliminary” decisions about reopening parts of Connecticut’s economy in about one week to 10 days, citing a recent decrease in the number of hospitalizations for COVID-19.
Connecticut could possibly begin a multi-step process of loosening restrictions on businesses and gatherings by June, a co-chairman of Gov. Ned Lamont’s advisory committee said Thursday.
A Connecticut lawyer said Saturday that he is suing Gov. Ned Lamont over his executive order requiring people to wear face coverings in public places “wherever close contact is unavoidable” to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont took issue Tuesday with President Donald Trump’s plans to get the nation’s economy restarted by May 1, saying most governors feel that date is very premature.
Connecticut landlords are raising concerns about Gov. Ned Lamont’s latest executive order, unveiled Friday afternoon and intended to help those struggling to pay for housing during the cornoavirus pandemic.
Lamont’s executive order also extends social distancing measures, including the closures of restaurants, bars and large shopping malls, until at least May 20.
Public schools and restaurants across Connecticut will be required to stay closed until at least May 20 to fight the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday.
Gov. Ned Lamont has issued a new set of guidelines for workplaces at “essential” businesses that are allowed to keep their physical locations open during the coronavirus pandemic.
Gov. Ned Lamont has ordered all of the state’s hotels and other lodging houses to close their doors to leisure travelers as part of efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Gov. Ned Lamont has issued a new executive order solving a problem that could have plagued homebuyers and sellers trying to get transaction documents notarized.
Connecticut political leaders had mixed views – and lots of questions – after President Donald Trump said Saturday a coronavirus quarantine might be needed for residents of their state, as well as New York and New Jersey.
Amid a scarcity of tests for the coronavirus, Gov. Ned Lamont has issued a ban on gatherings of more than five people, a move likely to force an end to most open houses.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Friday signed an executive order that requires all “non-essential” businesses and nonprofit organizations, to shut down or have workers their employees to work from home, through April 22.
