With the first shipment of vaccines on their way to New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is reaching out to the Trump Administration, seeking additional federal funding to distribute the vaccine and offering a compromise to break the stalemate over vaccinating undocumented citizens. Cuomo announced Wednesday that 170,000 doses of the […]
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Governor’s Office, Health Department launch ‘winter plan’ to combat COVID surge
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said his administration is preparing for a new battle in the war on the coronavirus pandemic — a battle that will take place in the hospitals, clinics and urgent care centers across the state, which are preparing for a surge in patients in the coming […]
SUNY completes mandatory Thanksgiving exit testing of on-campus students, chancellor says
Two days before Thanksgiving, State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras announced that SUNY campuses have finished mandatory testing of students on campus with 152,788 tests conducted with a positivity rate of 0.63 percent between November 9 and November 23. SUNY Upstate Medical University will process the remaining tests […]
Live entertainment spaces get creative amidst prolonged shutdown
Live event spaces are still under heavy regulations eight months after the initial lockdown in New York state as a result of COVID-19 guidelines issued by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with lockdowns likely to become even more restrictive if coronavirus cases continue to spike this winter. As U.S. Sen Kirsten Gillibrand […]
LGBTQ+ groups ask governor to sign gender-neutral bathroom bill
More than 85 organizations and hundreds of individuals have signed on to a letter asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill that would designate many single-stall bathrooms in New York as gender-neutral. The bill (S.6479-a/A.5240-a) is modeled after California’s law and would require “all publicly accessible bathrooms, including those […]
Northeast governors ask colleges for help in slowing COVID spread
Seven Northeast governors announced Wednesday they are encouraging residential colleges and universities in their respective states to provide testing for all students who will be traveling home for Thanksgiving “to the maximum extent possible” before they leave campus next week. Any student who tests positive will be encouraged to isolate […]
Gov. Cuomo – faulting human nature – expects to see spike in COVID cases after Thanksgiving
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is concerned about a potential spike in positive COVID-19 cases after Thanksgiving, pointing to human nature and the desire to gather with friends and family for the holidays. New regulations took effect last Friday, November 15, that limit the size of gatherings in private homes to 10 […]
New law makes it easier to cancel misleading memberships, service plans
A new law signed by the governor last week week will make it easier for New Yorkers to cancel memberships, walk away from confusing service plans and unsubscribe from misleading subscriptions. At a time when New Yorkers are being asked to stay home whenever possible, convoluted renewals have created a […]