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Restaurant and bar owners throughout the state can exhale a little bit as Governor Andrew Cuomo extended the bar and restaurant curfew last week following his gradual loosening of suffocating restrictions throughout January. Cuomo’s most recent change to restaurant restrictions extends the industry’s curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. […]
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced legislation that looks to invest funds in public schools across the country as well as help cash-strapped school districts reopen safely under Centers for Disease Control guidelines. The Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2021 would provide more than $100 billion in grant funding […]
The State Legislature has passed a “Green Amendment” to the state Constitution, giving voters the ability to adopt it on Nov. 2, 2021 when it will appear as a ballot question. The Senate and Assembly both passed S.528/A.1368, a bill that adds to Article 1, the Bill of Rights, of […]
As President Biden and federal lawmakers turn from impeachment proceedings to COVID relief, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is asking every one of New York’s Congressional delegation to consider three points before voting on the next COVID relief package. In a letter sent to New York’s congressional delegation dated Feb. 4, Cuomo […]
With widespread vaccinations against COVID-19 on the horizon, one state lawmaker is anticipating that some may alter or counterfeit inoculation records, and has drafted legislation to make that a crime. Sen. Anna Kaplan introduced bill S.4516 on Feb. 5 which prohibits medical and non-medical professionals from creating dishonest and counterfeited […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the NY PopsUp festival on Monday in hopes of reigniting the performing arts industry across the state that has been shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival is meant to be an example of how New York can bring back live performances post-pandemic. The festival […]
With in-person classes now in full-swing, SUNY has continued to ramp up its practices in preventing the spread of COVID-19. SUNY Upstate Medical University is building a new lab at the University at Buffalo to increase capacity and speed up analysis of the saliva test developed by SUNY researchers and […]
Opening day at the Stadium in the Bronx came early this year. The mass vaccination site at Yankee Stadium is now open, providing up to 15,000 appointments for Bronx residents in an area that is grappling with the highest COVID-19 positivity rate in the five boroughs. According to news reports, […]