<p>Gatherings of up to 25 people will be permitted in parts of New York that have entered the third phase of the state's reopening plan, up from a previous limit of 10, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday.</p>.<p>He said the state's continuing decline in the rate of positive tests and in hospitalizations supported the move.</p>.<p>Cuomo urged local governments to keep on top of enforcing social distancing rules and criticized images of people crowding the streets outside bars in New York City over the weekend.</p>.<p>"We have months of data now that the guidelines makes sense: keep following them," Cuomo said at a news conference of the Mario Cuomo Bridge in Westchester, where he was opening a new pedestrian crossing. "To the local governments I say, 'Do your job.'</p>
<p>Gatherings of up to 25 people will be permitted in parts of New York that have entered the third phase of the state's reopening plan, up from a previous limit of 10, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday.</p>.<p>He said the state's continuing decline in the rate of positive tests and in hospitalizations supported the move.</p>.<p>Cuomo urged local governments to keep on top of enforcing social distancing rules and criticized images of people crowding the streets outside bars in New York City over the weekend.</p>.<p>"We have months of data now that the guidelines makes sense: keep following them," Cuomo said at a news conference of the Mario Cuomo Bridge in Westchester, where he was opening a new pedestrian crossing. "To the local governments I say, 'Do your job.'</p>