Atlantic City: Sweeney’s ‘big fear is we’re going to reopen later than we should’ Michelle Brunetti Post, Press of Atlantic City · May 20, 2020 at 11:50 pm As Gov. Phil Murphy continues to announce that some businesses are allowed to reopen — on Tuesday it was car and motorcycle dealers and bike shops — Senate President Steve Sweeney said he worries the state has been too slow in getting the economy going again. “The governor did a good job … but you have to be ready to reopen in a safe fashion, and bring businesses and people back to work,” Sweeney, D-Salem, Gloucester, Cumberland, said in an online editorial board meeting with The Press of Atlantic City. “Because without that the back end of this is going to be worse.” Sweeney said he would like the governor to give more decision-making power to local leaders.
