GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Wednesday, May 6 NY Will Collaborate With Google Ex-CEO On Better Tech Use ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced that Schmidt Futures will help integrate New York State practices and systems with the best advanced technology tools to build back better. Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO and Executive Chairman and founder of Schmidt Futures, will lead the state’s 15-member Blue Ribbon Commission and use what the state has learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with new technologies, to improve…
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GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Tuesday, May 5 NY State, Gates Foundation Aim To Reimagine Schools In ‘New Normal’ To Follow ALBANY – In his daily briefing, Governor Cuomo announced that New York State is collaborating with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a blueprint to reimagine education in the “new normal.” As New York begins to develop plans to reopen K-12 schools and colleges, the state and the Gates Foundation will consider what education should look like in the future, including:…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Monday, May 4 Cuomo Adds Detail To Benchmarks That Must Be Met To Open ROCHESTER – At his daily briefing, Governor Cuomo outlined additional guidelines that met precede the reopening of the state’s 10 economic development regions, including the Mohawk Valley, which includes Otsego County. “Reopening is more difficult than the closedown,” he said. “…When you go to restart, the reopening, now knowing what we know, it’s more nuanced. You have to be more careful. And again, no one…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Sunday, May 3 Trends ‘Are Good,’ Said Governor, And 6 State Collaborating ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced a multi-state agreement to develop a regional supply chair for PPE (personal protective equipment) and other medical equipment and testing. He joined Governors Phil Murphy, New Jersey; Ned Lamont, Connecticut; Tom Wolf, Pennsylvania; John Carney, Delaware; Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island, and Charlie Baker, Massachusetts.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Saturday, May 2 Cuomo: COVID ‘Predominantly An Issue In NYC’ Otsego Region’s Infection Rate 2.7%; Statewide, 12.3% QUEENS – Statewide, the Cuomo Administration has administered 15,000 test for antibodies, and has seen the coronavirus infection rate for the whole state drop from 14 percent to 12.3 percent, the governor said at today’s briefing. “Statewide, you see it’s basically flat,” he said. “This is predominantly an issue for New York City, then Long Island, then the northern suburbs, then the…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, Friday, May 1 CUOMO SHUTS SCHOOLS FOR REST OF YEAR Distance Learning Continues ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced all K-12 schools and college facilities statewide will remain closed for the rest of the academic year and will continue to provide distance learning during that time. The schools will also be required to continue meal programs and child care services for essential workers. The state will make a decision about summer school programming by the end of May.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Thursday, 4/30 Governor Details ‘Contact Tracing’ ALBANY – Governor Cuomo Wednesday announced that New York State’s contract-tracing program, headed up by former NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg, will deploy 30 “contact tracers” per 100,000 people to areas with the highest rates of infection and regions that data shows could be the first to open. Planned in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut through the next flu season, program is expected to have 6,400 to 17,000 tracers statewide depending on the…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Wednesday, 4/29 So Far, Governor’s Outpatient Rules Not Eased Locally 35 Counties On List, But Not Otsego ALBANY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced 35 counties have been approved to resume elective outpatient treatments; however, Otsego – and, thus, Bassett Hospital – was not on the list. The governor previously announced that the state will allow elective outpatient treatments to resume in counties and hospitals without significant risk of COVID-19 surge in the near term.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Tuesday, 4/27 Want To Open? Cuomo: Here’s How You Do It Governor Lists 12 Steps Toward Getting To The ‘New Normalcy’ ALBANY – Governor Cuomo Tuesday outlined 12 guidelines the Empire State’s regions must follow to move out of State of Emergency restrictions. In addition to the Mohawk Valley Economic Development Region, which includes Otsego County, they are Capital Region, Central New York, Finger Lakes, Mid-Hudson Valley, New York City, North Country, Long Island, Southern Tier and Western New…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Monday, April 27 Cuomo To Business: You Prepare Plans To Reopen May 15 Contractors, Manufacturers Told: Use Your Expertise To Ensure Safety ALBANY – In his daily briefing, Governor Cuomo underscored his intention to open, not all, but “many parts of the state” when the un-PAUSE deadline arrives May 15. “You know your business,” Cuomo said today, addressing construction firms and manufacturers that are first in line to reopen. “I don’t know your business … How do you incorporate…