Gym owners and patrons: "We are essential"

Gym owners and patrons: "We are essential".

GYM OWNERS ANDMEMBERS ACROSSTHE STATE TODAY ARESENDING A MESSAGETO THE STATE.THEY SAY GYMS AREREADY TO REOPEN...AND CAN DO SOSAFELY.BUT THE GOVERNORTODAY SAYS --REOPENING FITNESSFACILITIES COULD BEPROBLEMATIC.HERE'S 7 EYEWITNESSNEWS REPORTERHANNAH BUEHLER.00071221105143SOT: THATCONNECTION THATWE'RE MISSING THATCOMES FROMWALKING THROUGHTHAT DOORTHAT'S ESSENTIALONE BY ONESOT: WE TOUCHPEOPLE'S LIVESEVERY DAYEVERY DAY BUTYOU'RE NOT GIVING USA CHANCE TO HELPPEOPLEGYMTRAINERSOWNERSAND GOERS SPOKESAYING ENOUGH ISENOUGHSOT:THE MOSTFRUSTRATING THISISNOTHINGNOGUIDANCE NOFEEDBACK NO IF YOUDO THIS THAN YOUCAN OPENAMY BUEME THEOWNER OF SEVENCATALYST FITNESSGYMS JOINS GYMOWNERS ACROSS THESTATE TO REACHGOVERNORCUOMO...PLEADINGGYMS ANDHEALTH CLUBS AREESSENTIAL TOPEOPLE'S HEALTH ANDWELLBEINGBOTH PHYSICALLY ANDMENTALLYSOT: THERE AREPEOPLE WHO CANJUST GO FOR A RUNAND BE FINE BUTTHERE'S MILLIONS OFPEOPLE IN THISWORLD AND I THINKTHE NUMBER THATNEEDS THE FACILITY ISGREATER THAN THOSEWHO CAN JUST GOFOR A RUNGYMS IN NEW YORKSATE HAVE BEENCLOSED FOR 143 DAYSIT'S GOING ON ALMOSTHALF A YEAR PEOPLEHAVEN'T BEEN ABLETO WORKOUT IN AFACILITYBUEME SAYS NEWYORK IS THE ONLYSTATE WHERE GYMSREMAIN CLOSEDAND DESPITEDETAILED PLANS INPLACETHE GOVERNOR HASNOT PROVIDED ATIMELINESOT: GYMS HAVE BEENTHE NATIONALLYIDENTIFIED SOURCESOF INCREASEDINFECTIONWE HAVE SOME DATAHERE WE HAVEEXPERIENCE HEREWE KNOW GYMS AREHIGHLY PROBLEMATICSOT: I THINKEVERYTHING ISPROBLEMATIC BARSARE PROBLEMATICRESTAURAUNTS AREPROBLEMATICYOU HAVEPROTESTING STUFFTHAT'S HAPPENING ALLOVER YOU COULDFIND SOMETHINGWRONG WITHEVERYTHINGSTANDUP CLOSE:THE GOVERNOR'SOFFICE SAYS THEY'RELOOKING AT VARIOUSPLANS SUBMITTED BYGYMS ACROSS THESTATE FOR LIMITEDUSE AND REVIEWINGTHOSEIN THE MEANTIMEBUEME AND CATALYSTFITNESS SAYS WITHSTRICT RULES INPLACE THE GYMWOULD BE A GREATPLACE FOR CONTACTTRACING BECAUSEYOU KNOW WHO GOESIN AND OUT.