CLICK HERE FOR FULL T-U ARTICLE And Then There Were 6: Capital Region To Open ALBANY – The Capital Region’s economic development region can reopen this week, the Times Union is reporting today. It will join five other regions, including Otsego County’s Mohawk Valley region, that opened Friday. This would mean more than half of the state’s 10 regions have now entered “Phase One” of Governor Cuomo’s four-phase revival of the state’s economy. Also, Cuomo announced over the weekend that…
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GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Sunday, May 17 Cuomo To Citizens: Get Tested If Eligible ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced New York State has doubled testing capacity to reach 40,000 diagnostic tests per day, and encouraged eligible New Yorkers to visit a new website to find a nearby testing site. Today’s announcement comes three weeks after the governor announced an agreement for the state to work with the federal government to grow New York’s daily testing capacity from 20,000 tests a day to…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Saturday, May 16 Suffolk, Westchester Join 49 Counties That Allow Elective Surgery Also, Horse Racing To Resume June 1 ALBANY – The two hardest hit counties outside New York City – suburban Westchester and Long Island’s Suffolk – are now eligible to resume elective surgeries and ambulatory, Governor Cuomo announced today at his daily briefing. They join 49 other New York State counties where hospitals can also do so, including Otsego. He also:…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Friday, May 15 As un-PAUSE Begins, Cuomo Details Rules ALBANY – Phase One of Governor Cuomo’s un-PAUSE New York isn’t a return to anything goes. Today, in announcing Central New York (Syracuse) has joined four of the state’s other economic development regions – including Otsego County’s Mohawk Valley region – he also ticked off a few dozen measures, from masks to continued closings, aimed at preventing a coronavirus flare-up. He also detailed parameters that must be met before beaches…
Governor Praises SQSPCA In ‘Deep Breath Moment‘ In his daily e-mailed NYS Coronarivus Update, Governor Cuomo yesterday chose the Susquehanna SPCA’s socially distanced dog parade Tuesday at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, in Oneonta, as his daily “Deep Breath Moment.” In top photo, Kathy Chicorelli, a SQSPCA employee, holds up a yellow lab, to the delight of a resident. Inset left, even at rest, Roscoe, a 5-year-old bloodhound, excites the interest of Chestnut Park staff and residents. “This was…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Thursday, May 14 With 110 Children Ill, State Issues Definition Of Kawasaki Syndrome SYRACUSE – Governor Cuomo today announced New York is the first state to issue criteria to healthcare professionals defining the Kawasaki disease, a suspected COVID-related inflammatory illness in children. The criteria establishes a new name for the syndrome – pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome – and a definition of what symptoms healthcare providers should look for. Case definitions also help standardize tracking and reporting and can help…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Wednesday, May 13 North Country Joining Otsego Region, 2 More, Due To Reopen Friday WATERTOWN – At today’s briefing, Governor Cuomo announced the North Country has met all seven metrics required to begin Phase One of the state’s regional phased reopening plan. When the PAUSE orders expire expire Friday, that region will join the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley, which includes Otsego County, in starting to reopen.…
(new) NORMAL ARRIVING OTSEGO COUNTY ABOUT TO ENTER PHASE 1 OPENING In Week, Debate Over Baby Step Turns Into Big Forward Strides By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com For Otsego County businesses (and local governments that depend on the sales taxes they generate), it was the week the iceberg cracked. Just last Wednesday, May 6, the county Board of Representatives heatedly debated a mild resolution nudging Governor Cuomo to “reopen” Otsego County as soon as he could, please. “Leave…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Tuesday, May 12 Block COVID-19 Business Bailouts, Cuomo Declares ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced some members of New York’s Congressional Delegation will propose the “Americans First Law” to help prevent corporate bailouts following the COVID-19 pandemic. Cuomo did not list Otsego County’s congressman, Antonio Delgado, D-19, among the representatives supporting the legislation.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Monday, May 11 OTSEGO COUNTY TO ENTER PHASED REOPENING FRIDAY IRONDEQUOIT – In his daily briefing, Governor Cuomo today announced that as of today, the Mohawk Valley, including Otsego County, the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier Regions have met all seven metrics required to begin Phase One of a phased reopening when PAUSE orders expire May 15. CLICK HERE FOR “NY Forward Reopening” Plan CLICK HERE FOR regional monitoring dashboard These three regions can begin opening businesses for Phase…