COVID-19 BRIEFING/July 6, 2020 STATE FAIR CANCELLED Governor Looks Ahead To Fall School Opening Here are highlights of today’s COVID-19 briefing by Governor Cuomo: • The New York State Fair is canceled this year out of an abundance of caution. While disappointing for many reasons, the risk is too high to hold the Fair this summer. • The State is planning for the fall school year. The New York State Department of Health, in consultation with the Reimagine Education Advisory…
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FINAL DAILY BRIEFING/June 19, 2020 Cuomo Signs Off: ‘We Went From Worst To First’ ALBANY – Declaring “we went from worst to first,” Governor Cuomo today ended 111 daily briefings in a a row since declaring a State of Emergency on March 13.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Wednesday, June 3 Cuomo Permits Outdoor Seating At NY Restaurants ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced outdoor dining at restaurants will be permitted in Otsego County and communities in the seven economic development communities that have entered Phase Two of NY Forward. Outdoor dining can begin tomorrow in Otsego’s Mohawk Valley region, and also the Capital Region, Central New York, the Finger Lakes, the North Country, the Southern Tier and Western New York.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Sunday, May 31 Cuomo Shifts Focus To Riots: ‘Real Issue Is Racism’ In Nation In his coronavirus briefing today, Governor Cuomo announced dentists may now open their offices statewide. ALBANY – On his 80th day of daily briefings, Governor Cuomo today shifted the topic from the receding pandemic threat to the riots that grew out of George Floyd’s death while in police custody in Minneapolis. Saying “the real issue is racism in our country,” the governor:…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Sunday, May 25 Cuomo Grants Benefits For Front-Line Workers ALBANY – Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Cuomo today announced that state and local governments will provide death benefits for frontline workers who died from COVID-19 during this emergency. Cuomo also renewed his call for the federal government to provide hazard pay for essential public workers on the front lines.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/May 23, 2020 Worst Hit Regions May Reopen Soon, Cuomo Announces ALBANY – On Long Island, the number of coronavirus deaths is continuing to drop and contract tracing is coming online, and if this trend continues Long Island could be ready to open by Wednesday, Governor Cuomo announced today at his daily briefing. After New York City, Long Island and Westchester County were the hardest his areas in the state.…
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…
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/Saturday, May 9 State Taking Lead In Fighting Illness Attacking Children NEW YORK CITY – Governor Cuomo today announced that at the request of the CDC, the state is taking the lead in developing ways to identify and respond to a Kawasaki-disease-like syndrome that so far has killed three New York children. The State Department of Health is also partnering with the New York Genome Center and Rockefeller University to conduct a genome and RNA sequencing study to better…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Thursday, May 7 Cuomo Extends Moratorium On Evictions, Fees ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today extended the state’s moratorium on COVID-related evictions for an additional 60 days, until August 20. The state is also banning late payments or fees for missed rent payments during the eviction moratorium, and allowing renters facing financial hardship due to COVID-19 to use security deposits as payment, and repay the deposit over time. The governor also announced:…