Deal Will Reopen Statue of Liberty ALBANY - New York State and federal officials reached an agreement on Friday to reopen the Statue of Liberty this weekend amid the government shutdown. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said the state would pay $61,600 a day to pay for National Park Service personnel to reopen the popular destination in New York Harbor. New York has 33 sites under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, including the statue and nearby Ellis Island. They have been shut since Oct. 1 because of the partial federal shutdown. The park service said on Thursday that it would allow parks to reopen as long as states picked up the cost. The statue is normally open seven days a week. The ferry service Statue Cruises, which in conjunction with the park service runs boats from Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, serves about 7,000 to 10,000 passengers on an average day.