GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Tuesday, May 27 Cuomo, Trump To Meet Today At White House ALBANY – Governor Cuomo Tuesday announced the Mid-Hudson Region has met all seven metrics and could begin Phase One of reopening, joining the Capital Region, Western New York, Central New York, North Country, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley Regions, which includes Otsego County. Long Island is still on track to reopen today, May 27, when their contact tracing operation comes online and if deaths continue to…
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GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Friday, May 22 $100M Loan Program Created For Women, Minority Businesses ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today launched the $100 million New York Forward Loan Fund to provide flexible and affordable loans to help small businesses, focusing on minority and women-owned small businesses, that did not receive federal COVID-19 assistance. The state will take a smart, targeted approach for distributing these loans, focusing on businesses with 20 or fewer employees and less than $3 million in gross revenues. Businesses interested…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING: Wednesday, May 20 Cuomo Allows 10 People To Worship Together ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced that, beginning Thursday, religious gatherings statewide will be allowed, but limited to 10 people practicing strict social distancing and wearing masks. Additionally, drive-in and parking lot services will also be allowed beginning Thursday. The Governor also announced the state is convening an Interfaith Advisory Council to discuss proposals to safely bring back religious services. For list of the members of the Interfaith Advisory…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Tuesday, May 19 State Quickly Reopening, As Regions Fall Into Line ALBANY – All of the state except New York City is moving quickly toward opening. Earlier today, Governor Cuomo announced that the Capital Region has met all seven metrics required to begin phase one of the state’s regional phased reopening plan starting tomorrow, joining the Western New York, Central New York, North Country, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley Regions.…
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’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/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…
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:…