She’s plenty eager to resume offering her loyal customers hair extensions and her trademark short cuts, the ones that for 25 years have caused New Haveners to remark, “Oh — Samantha cut your hair!”
And she can’t figure out why Gov. Ned Lamont has decided that hair salons and barber shops should be included in the first wave of businesses allowed to reopen on May 20.
The governor was asked why his administration decided not to include nail salons in the first wave of business openings but did include hair salons and barber shops.
Lamont said nail salons wanted more time to get the partitions up and people felt “hair was more essential.”
New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said he shares Myers’ concerns, including about how barbers and hair stylists spend the bulk of the day in close contact with customers.
