What will Halloween look like in New York?

Halloween 2020, like so many things this pandemic, will not be the same this year.

Last month, the CDC suggested avoiding the door-to-door tradition calling it a “higher-risk activity.”

HALLOWEEN IS LESSTHAN FOUR WEEKSAWAY.YOUR CHILDRENMIGHT WANT TO GOTRICK-OR-TREATING-- BUT DOCTORS SAYTHAT MIGHT NOT BETHE BEST IDEA.NIKKI DEMENTRILOOKS AT THERECOMMENDATIONSTHEY ARE MAKING --AND WHAT ISHAPPENING IN SOMENEIGHBORINGSTATES."TRICK OR TREAT"HALLOWEEN 2020WILL LOOK A LOTDIFFERENT."THIS HALLOWEEN ISGOING TO BE LIKE NOOTHER HALLOWEEN."THE C-D-C SUGGESTSAVOIDING TRICK-OR-TREATING.THEY CALL A"HIGHER-RISKACTIVITY."BUT SOME STATESARE TRYING TO FINDWAYS TO KEEPHALLOWEEN ALIVEAND SAFE."YES, HALLOWEEN ISON."NEW JERSEYGOVERNOR PHILMURPHY WANTSEVERYONE TO KEEPCELEBRATIONSOUTDOORS .WEAR AMASK AND AVOIDCOMMUNAL CANDYBOWLS."YOU MAY WISH TODRESS AS AKNUCKLEHEAD THISHALLOWEEN, BUT WEDON'T WANT ANYONETO ACT LIKE ONE."CONNECTICUTRECOMMENDSVIRTUAL OR DRIVE-BYEVENTS.AND IN NEW YORKSOT FULL,HOCHUL FROMEILEEN PKG 9/15, :45-:51LT.

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HOCHUL.LET YOUR KIDS KNOWTHERE'S GONNA BEAN OPPORTUNITYFOR HALLOWEENTHAT THEY CANCELEBRATE AND FEELLIKE LITTLE KIDSAGAINOFFICIALS WARNEDAGAINST BIG PARTIESLAST MONTH.THE STATE HEALTHDEPARTMENT SAYSIT'S "CLOSELYMONITORING THECURRENT SITUATION"BEFORE MAKINGFURTHERRECOMMENDATIONS.SOT FULL,CUOMO FROM EILEENPKG 9/15, :11GOV.

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"I'MNOT GONNA TELL YOU...YOU CAN'T TAKEYOUR CHILD TO THENEIGHBORHOOD, I'MNOT GOING TO DOTHAT - I'LL GIVE YOUMY ADVICE ANDGUIDANCE AND THENYOU WILL MAKE ADECISION WHAT YOUDO THAT NIGHT.""N: I KNOW EVERYSTATE HAS IT'S OWNGUIDANCE, THING.WHAT DO YOU FEELLIKE IS GOING TO BETHE MAINDIFFERENCE TO KEEPUS SAFE?R: WELL WHEN ITCOMES TO THE NEWCORONAVIRUS IT'SINTERACTIONS WITHINDIVIDUALS THATARE NOT WEARINGMASKS."U-B INFECTIOUSDISEASES EXPERT DRTHOMAS RUSSO HASTHREE TIPS FORFAMILIES THISHALLOWEEN.STICK TOGETHER.AND TRICK-OR-TREATIN YOUR OWN SOCIALBUBBLE.WEAR A CLOTH MASKUNDERNEATH THECOSTUME MASK.AND LEAVE THECANDY OUTSIDE THEFRONT DOOR OR ATTHE END OF THEDRIVEWAY"INDIVIDUALS THATARE HANDING OUTCANDY THINK WOW,IF I PUT MY BUCKETOF CANDY OUTSIDE,THE FIRST GROUP OFKIDS THAT COMES BYIS GOING TO EMPTYMY BUCKET.

SO MYSTRATEGY WOULD BEPUT MAYBE A HALFDOZEN OR TENTREATS OR BARS INTHERE.

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