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Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that NYS will provide child care scholarships to essential workers. Essential workers include first responders such as health care providers, pharmaceutical staff, law enforcement, firefighters, food delivery workers, grocery store employees and others who are needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Child care costs will be covered with $30 million […]

NYS Department of Health is partnering with Attorney General Letitia James to investigate nursing homes who violate Executive Orders requiring these facilities to communicate COVID-19 test results and deaths to residents’ families. Governor Andrew Cuomo previously issued Executive Orders and the Health Department and CDChave issued guidances requiring nursing homes to: provide personal protective equipment and temperature checks […]

Source: Lieutenant Governor Says No Definite Date to Reopen North Country – Sun Community News & Printing

Source: Trump Signs Latest Coronavirus Economic Relief Package, Aimed At Small Businesses | NCPR News

Source: Elder care tightens | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Vermont nurse working 15-hour shifts on USNS Comfort amid coronavirus pandemic

Michelle LeBeau, president of CVPH and Alice Hyde, said her hospitals have received about $6.8 million and $1.2 million in federal aid, respectively. Current projections show that by the end of September — the end of the fiscal year for University of Vermont Health Network facilities — CVPH will have a deficit of $27 to […]

Source: ‘It’s killing people here’ | Coronavirus | pressrepublican.com

From the office of Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik voted this evening to replenish the Paycheck Protection Program, provide additional funding for hospitals, fund EIDL small business disaster loans and grants, and fund expanded COVID-19 testing. Additionally, following Congresswoman Stefanik’s advocacy, this legislation gives agriculture businesses eligibility for EIDL assistance. This […]

Source: From three jobs to unemployed, a Saranac Lake woman navigates big life changes during pandemic | NCPR News

The House of Representatives was poised to pass a nearly $500 billion package for small businesses and medical institutions. “Millions of people out of work,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “This is really a very, very, very sad day. We come to the floor with nearly 50,000 deaths, a huge number of people impacted, […]

Clinton County Health Department April 23rd Report Lab-confirmed positive 57, Recovered 42, Deaths 3 Probable 3, Recovered 2, Deaths 1 Suspect 42, Recovered 38, Deaths 0 Active Cases 16 Tested 548 Resident Feedback about Re-opening Mixed Plattsburgh, April 23, 2020. Discussion about when and how Clinton County might begin to re-open in the coming weeks […]

The largest share of positive antibody results was concentrated downstate. Over 21% of those tested in New York City were positive as were 16.7% of those tested on Long Island and 11.7% in Westchester and Rockland counties. The positive rate in the rest of the state was 3.6%. Areas outside downstate accounted for 32.8% of […]

Source: UPS driver says company fired her after she raised Covid-19 safety concerns – VTDigger

Source: Upstate reps see path for reopening | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Deluge Continues: 26 Million Jobs Lost In Just 5 Weeks | NCPR News

From the office of Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik sent a letter to Secretary Pompeo and Attorney General Barr urging them to bring a case against China to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for their cover-up of COVID-19, which has since caused nearly two hundred thousand deaths worldwide and has […]

Source: SUNY Canton funeral science prof & students transporting bodies in NYC | NCPR News

Source: Reopening NYS schools this academic year ‘will be very difficult’ due to coronavirus, Cuomo says – syracuse.com

Plattsburgh, April 22, 2020. On Wednesday morning, the Clinton County Health Department reported no new positive cases of COVID-19 for the fourth day in a row. With fewer new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, Clinton County is beginning to identify benchmarks that may be used to determine when businesses, organizations and residents can resume certain activities. […]