FIGHTING CORONARIVUS Cuomo To Business: Send Half Of Your Employees Home Governor Cuomo today ordered New York State’s business to require half of their employees to work from home. That extends an order that all in-state local governments have been enacting this week. The governor also ordered all malls and bowling alleys to close at the fight against Coronarivus continues.…
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CORONAVIRUS WATCH CUOMO ANNOUNCES: ALL SUNY CAMPUSES WILL CLOSE MARCH 19 ALBANY – Governor Cuomo announced moments ago that the SUNY System will close all campuses – presumably, including SUNY Oneonta – next Thursday, March 19. The schools will continue the remote learning model for the remainder of the spring semester, Reuters reported. Cuomo also said the number of coronavirus cases in New York state has increased to 212 from 173 the day before. He is also considering cancelling New…
Trump, Cuomo Fail To Break ‘Trusted Traveler’ Deadlock Governor Cuomo visited the White House yesterday but was unable to persuade President Trump to allow New Yorkers back in the federal “Trusted Travel” program. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told reporters that Cuomo and Trump held a “productive meeting.” He called the relationship between the state of New York and the federal government an important one but said it “has been made difficult by the unilateral actions of New York State…
Trump Nudges Up In NYS Cuomo, Schumer Favorability Drops Sharply, Poll Says Governor Cuomo’s job performance rating plummeted in the last month, and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer also saw a significant drop in how voters feel about him, according to a Siena Poll of New York State voters released yesterday. President Trump’s ratings actually edged up a bit. The governor’s favorability rating fell to negative 43-50 percent, down from 51-43 percent last month. His job performance rating fell to 35-64…
CUOMO: ‘Fundamentals That Attracted Amazon Here Remain’ Editor’s Note: Governor Cuomo issued this statement after Amazon announced Thursday, Feb. 14, it is backing out of the 27,000-job HQ2 planned for Long Island City. Amazon chose to come to New York because we are the capital of the world and the best place to do business. We competed in and won the most hotly contested national economic development competition in the United States, resulting in at least 25,000-40,000 good-paying jobs for…
GOVERNOR’S 20-POINT ‘JUSTICE AGENDA’ On Spending, Pot, LGBTQ Rights, Cuomo Charts Path Editor’s Note: With Democrats taking control of the state Senate Jan. 1, 2019, Governor Cuomo’s party now controls the state Legislature and his office for the first time in years, prompting him not to wait of the traditional State of the State message, but to issue a first-100-days “Justice Agenda,” a call to action for the state’s Democrats. Here are the 20 points: ►Ensure a Progressive Tax System,…
AllOTSEGO.com, HOMETOWN ONEONTA, FREEMAN’S JOURNAL ENDORSEMENTS The Center Will Hold – If You Vote Nov. 6 As voters – in Otsego County, the 19th Congressional District and nationally – struggle to make the right decision in the Tuesday, Nov. 6, midterm elections, a study, “The Hidden Tribes of America,” surfaces with a conclusion that has been widely commented on nationally: “A majority of Americans (61 percent), whom we’ve called the ‘Exhausted Majority,’ are fed up by Americans’ polarization. They know…
NY PRIMARY 2018 Times Says Nixon Beats Cuomo Here By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The New York Times is reporting Cynthia Nixon has beaten Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary in Otsego County. The Times says Nixon, the “Sex In The City” TV star, beat Cuomo 1,592 to 1,485 votes here in Otsego County, or 51.7 percent to 48.3 percent. Statewide, Cuomo was declared the winner more than an hour ago. Now, with 66 percent…
In Otsego County, Hourly Wage Will Rise To Only $12.50 By 2021 In New York City, Minimum Wage Will Go To $15 FROM TODAY’S NEW YORK TIMES: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state legislative leaders announced on Thursday that they had reached a budget agreement that would raise the minimum wage in New York City to $15 by the end of 2018, but initiate slower increases elsewhere, even in the city’s wealthy suburbs. For Mr. Cuomo, the wage agreement came with clear…
SOUTHERN TIER REGION IS 2ND TO RECEIVE $1/2 BILLION …Finger Lakes Region Is First…