Governor Cuomo Announces Yankees and Mets Will Hold Spring Training in New York This Year
Yankees to Train at Yankee Stadium, Mets at Citi Field
New York City Will Enter Phase Two of Reopening on Monday; Mid-Hudson Region on Track to Enter Phase Three on Tuesday
1 Percent of Yesterday’s COVID-19 Tests were Positive
24 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the Yankees and Mets baseball teams will hold spring training in New York this year. The Yankees will conduct spring training at Yankee Stadium, and the Mets will conduct it at Citi Field. The Mets will host a soft opening this week for players who want to begin preparing. The teams will work with the State of New York to ensure proper health and safety protocols.
“COVID-19 has disrupted so many of the traditions New Yorkers know and love, and our inability to root for our home teams has been acutely felt all throughout this crisis,” Governor Cuomo said. “Thanks to New Yorkers’ incredible efforts to slow the spread, we’ve determined it’s possible for the Yankees and the Mets to safely conduct spring training in the state this year and are thrilled to begin reopening America’s national pastime right here in New York. In a bleak time and in a season that obviously had significant hurdles to deal with, to have a spring training camp in New York is the first bit of really good news when it comes to baseball that we’ve had in a long time.”
The governor also updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. New York City will enter Phase Two of reopening on Monday, June 22, and the Mid-Hudson region remains on track to enter Phase Three on Tuesday, June 23. Yesterday, there were 24 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.
Of the 68,830 tests conducted in New York State yesterday, 716, or 1 percent, were positive. Each region’s percentage of positive tests over the last three days is as follows:
| REGION | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY |
| New York City | 1.00% | 1.10% | 1.10% |
| Capital Region | 0.40% | 1.00% | 0.70% |
| Central New York | 3.00% | 1.30% | 0.60% |
| Finger Lakes | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.10% |
| Long Island | 0.70% | 0.80% | 1.10% |
| Hudson Valley | 0.60% | 1.10% | 1.10% |
| Mohawk Valley | 1.30% | 1.50% | 1.80% |
| North Country | 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.40% |
| Southern Tier | 0.00% | 0.20% | 0.40% |
| Western New York | 1.10% | 0.70% | 0.80% |
The Governor also confirmed 716 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 387,272 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 387,272 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:
| County | Total Positive | New Positive |
| Albany | 2,053 | 4 |
| Allegany | 58 | 0 |
| Broome | 665 | 2 |
| Cattaraugus | 113 | 4 |
| Cayuga | 108 | 1 |
| Chautauqua | 115 | 3 |
| Chemung | 139 | 0 |
| Chenango | 139 | 0 |
| Clinton | 100 | 1 |
| Columbia | 451 | 5 |
| Cortland | 44 | 0 |
| Delaware | 90 | 1 |
| Dutchess | 4,127 | 17 |
| Erie | 6,980 | 25 |
| Essex | 41 | 1 |
| Franklin | 27 | 0 |
| Fulton | 243 | 6 |
| Genesee | 222 | 4 |
| Greene | 255 | 1 |
| Hamilton | 6 | 0 |
| Herkimer | 134 | 3 |
| Jefferson | 83 | 1 |
| Lewis | 22 | 1 |
| Livingston | 123 | 0 |
| Madison | 343 | 1 |
| Monroe | 3,487 | 26 |
| Montgomery | 106 | 0 |
| Nassau | 41,443 | 56 |
| Niagara | 1,188 | 3 |
| NYC | 212,061 | 391 |
| Oneida | 1378 | 21 |
| Onondaga | 2644 | 10 |
| Ontario | 239 | 0 |
| Orange | 10,638 | 18 |
| Orleans | 275 | 1 |
| Oswego | 169 | 2 |
| Otsego | 82 | 0 |
| Putnam | 1301 | 2 |
| Rensselaer | 521 | 2 |
| Rockland | 13,495 | 9 |
| Saratoga | 531 | 3 |
| Schenectady | 749 | 3 |
| Schoharie | 56 | 1 |
| Schuyler | 12 | 0 |
| Seneca | 64 | 0 |
| St. Lawrence | 216 | 1 |
| Steuben | 261 | 4 |
| Suffolk | 40,908 | 44 |
| Sullivan | 1,435 | 1 |
| Tioga | 140 | 0 |
| Tompkins | 174 | 1 |
| Ulster | 1,750 | 1 |
| Warren | 261 | 0 |
| Washington | 244 | 1 |
| Wayne | 143 | 2 |
| Westchester | 34,486 | 31 |
| Wyoming | 93 | 0 |
| Yates | 41 | 1 |