{"id":1004407279,"date":"2020-04-02T06:15:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T14:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004407279"},"modified":"2020-04-09T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T21:23:43","slug":"commercial-showings-deemed-essential-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/commercial-showings-deemed-essential-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Showings Deemed Essential in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004407291\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/04\/chairs-2181960_1920-e1585836069316.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004407291\" data-attachment-id=\"1004407291\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/commercial-showings-deemed-essential-in-new-york\/chairs-2181960_1920\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/04\/chairs-2181960_1920-e1585836069316.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"office space\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image via Pixabay&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/04\/chairs-2181960_1920-e1585836069316.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004407291 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/04\/chairs-2181960_1920-e1585836059652.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004407291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Image via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a major turn of events, the state of New York released guidance last night classifying certain real estate activities as essential. Brokers and agents are now allowed to continue in-person commercial property showings, appraisals and inspections, according to a directive from the Empire State Development Corp.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBack-office real estate work is deemed essential, but please utilize telecommuting or work from home procedures to the maximum extent possible,\u201d <\/em>the agency added in its guidance.<\/p>\n<p>ESD also emphasized that even businesses considered essential must comply with guidance for maintaining a clean, safe work environment and urged companies to practice social distancing as much as possible.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/how-to-prevent-spreading-covid-19-in-office-buildings\/\">How to Prevent Spreading COVID-19 in Office Buildings<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The clarification was welcome news to the state\u2019s 25,000 licensed real estate brokers, who had scrambled to adjust to Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s PAUSE order which went into effect on March 23<sup>rd<\/sup>. The order directed all non-essential businesses to close their doors and sharply limited social interactions, leading many in the industry to look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.multihousingnews.com\/post\/leaning-on-tech-amid-coronavirus-turbulence\/\">options like virtual showings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur industry has been given a great responsibility in this time of crisis to help meet the needs of New York\u2019s residential and commercial property buyers and owners, and the overall welfare of the local and state economy,\u201d <\/em>said New York State Association of REALTORS President Jennifer Stevenson in prepared remarks.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut our priority must be to the safety of our customers, clients and indeed for ourselves, as we all continue to practice socially responsible distancing that is helping to flatten the curve during this national health crisis. Our mantra must be \u2018safety first, work second.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state has just released guidance clarifying that certain in-person real estate activities are permitted to continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":745,"featured_media":1004407291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21808,1600,21742,10],"tags":[48950,49087,43802,49090],"class_list":["post-1004407279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-new-york","category-latest","category-northeast","tag-coronavirus","tag-empire-state-development-corp","tag-governor-cuomo","tag-new-york-state-association-of-realtors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Commercial Showings Deemed Essential in New York - 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