Inside The Hamptons’ endless summer

Inside The Hamptons’ endless summer

How the Covid crisis has re-established The Hamptons as the oofy cradle of the American power elite

Words: Tom Ward

On 20 March 2020 New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced a statewide stay-at-home order effective from 22 March. What followed was a mass exodus on the part of the wealthy, and the beginning of an on-going period of uncertainty for many New Yorkers. Coronavirus changed the way of life for many Manhattanites, but, rich or less well off, a vast number of them ended up flocking to the same place: The Hamptons.

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