New York State has decided to reopen schools this fall and will issue full guidance Wednesday. School districts now have until the end of the month to submit their plans outlining how students and staff will be allowed back in the classroom.

An array of safety protocols have been issued as part of the state guidelines for schools to reopen in September. "I believe that everybody's motivation is in the right place," said Jay Worona, Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel for the New York School Boards Association. "There are issues with respect to how are we going to pay for these things." Worona shared his concerns during a conversation this morning on WBFO.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced that most of his province will move to the next stage of reopening at the end of the week. Toronto and a few other areas will have to wait.

When travelers arrive at airports across New York State Tuesday, they will be greeted with State Health Department forms -- if they have come from the array of 19 states where the COVID-19 cases are high, like Florida and Arizona.

A young additive manufacturing company based in Tonawanda welcomed Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul to their facility Monday, to show her an operation which is making personal protective equipment that's being used by many first responders serving on the front lines of the COVID pandemic.