Gov. Andrew Cuomo Monday announced more details of the state’s plan to reopen the economy after giving several regions the green light to begin their reopening process after the New York State on PAUSE executive order expires on Friday.

On Wednesday, the governor said the North Country has met all seven benchmarks and can begin a phased reopening at the same time, starting Friday. The North Country will join the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley regions.

Reopening refers to non-essential businesses; essential businesses that are open will remain open. Eligible industries must be in regions that have met the criteria to reopen.

Below is a breakdown of industries in each phase:

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Phase 1

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Construction

Manufacturing

Retail, curbside pickup

Wholesale trade

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

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Phase 2

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Professional services

Retail

Administrative support

Real estate / rental and leasing

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Phase 3

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Restaurants / food services

Phase 4

Arts

Entertainment

Recreation

Education

When the regions meet the requirements, they may begin reopening the following types of businesses in Phase 1:

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Phase 1: Retail trade

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Phase 1 includes delivery and curbside pick-up service only for the following businesses:

Clothing stores

Direct selling establishments

Electronics and appliance stores

Electronic shopping and mail-order houses

Furniture and home furnishing stores

Florists

General merchandise stores

Health and personal care stores

Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores

Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores

Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores

Used merchandise stores

Shoe stores

Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book stores

Other miscellaneous store retailers

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Phase 1: Construction

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Building equipment contractors

Building finishing contractors

Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors

Highway, street and bridge construction

Land subdivision

Nonresidential building construction

Residential building construction

Utility system construction

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Phase 1: Agriculture, forestry, fishing

and hunting

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Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production

Other animal production

Other crop production

Support activities for animal production

Support activities for crop production

Support activities for forestry

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Phase 1: Manufacturing

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Apparel manufacturing

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

Electric lighting equipment manufacturing

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

Furniture and related product manufacturing

Leather and allied product manufacturing

Machinery manufacturing

Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

Paper manufacturing

Petroleum and Coal Products manufacturing

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

Printing and related support activities

Textile mills

Textile product mills

Wood product manufacturing

Other miscellaneous manufacturing

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Phase 1: Wholesale trade

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Apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers

Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers

Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers

Household appliances and electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers

Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers

Metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers

Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers

Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers

Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

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Business safety

precautions

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Each business and industry must have a plan to protect employees and consumers, make the physical work space safer and implement processes that lower risk of infection in the business.

In developing these plans, businesses will need to consider three main factors.

The first factor is protections for employees and customers. These include possible adjustments to workplace hours and shift design as necessary to reduce density in the workplace; enacting social distancing protocols, and restricting non-essential travel for employees.

The second is changes to the physical workspace, including requiring all employees and customers to wear masks if in frequent close contact with others and implementing strict cleaning and sanitation standards.

The last factor for businesses to consider is implementing processes that meet our changing public health obligations, like screening individuals when they enter the workplace, or reporting confirmed positives to customers. While these processes will vary from business to business, almost everyone will have to adapt, in some way or another, to our new normal.