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Source: 175 Organizations Launch Coalition for Environmental Funding, Jobs and Clean Water – – The Adirondack Almanack

December 28, 2020. As we continue to distribute the vaccine throughout New York, we’ve come across a new issue—possible fraud by a health care provider. The State Department of Health was made aware of reports that an Orange County health provider may have fraudulently obtained COVID-19 vaccines and diverted them to members of the public, […]

Source: Prison visitations suspended statewide as COVID cases surge | NCPR News

Source: Cuomo Increasing Penalty for Ignoring Vaccine Prioritization

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Source: Parents in prison to be housed closer to children | Local News | pressrepublican.com

NYS DEC says: With holiday cheer and gifts galore, many of you will give or receive new electronic equipment. As you switch out of the old and welcome the new, please remember to recycle your old electronics responsibly. Examples of common electronic equipment that must be recycled: Computers (desktops, laptops, e-readers, tablets, etc.) Computer peripherals […]

NYS DEC Says – Boxes and ribbons There’s always so many Wrapping paper options The choices are plenty Decisions, decisions Which wrapping paper to use? Take a look at the chart below To help you pick and choose Careful choices Made with less haste Means a happy holiday for the Earth Because of less waste […]

Source: Developer shows why new APA legislation is necessary – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: New York’s mass-vaccination plans are shelved as Cuomo takes different path

December 23, 2020. We’re in a footrace between the vaccination program and the growing spread of COVID. So far, 89,000 New Yorkers have received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose. 22,000 New Yorkers received their first dose at 90 nursing home facilities, during just the first two days of a federal-private partnership program in which New […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Source: NYS Assembly pushes to raise taxes on wealthy by New Year’s | NCPR News

Source: New York promised universal Internet. For many North Country residents, it never came. | NCPR News

December 22, 2020. With Christmas and Kwanzaa coming up this week, followed by New Year’s Eve, we all need to do our part to stop the spread. And we can do so by celebrating in different ways this year. This year I encourage New Yorkers to celebrate smart so the virus doesn’t spread to the […]

Source: Curbing New York’s 40-year road salt addiction | Adirondack Explorer

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Source: Albany to disburse $4B in federal stimulus funds to K-12 schools

Source: What to expect in the 2021 state legislative session

Source: “Spread the Word, Not the Virus” COVID-19 PSA Contest – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Local leaders appalled by Clinton Annex’s now looming closure | Sun Community News DANNEMORA | As word of the impending closure of the Clinton Correctional Facility Annex spread, local representatives and union officials expressed widespread concern about

December 21, 2020. As we roll out our vaccination program, it’s critical that underserved communities are not left behind. These communities, which are predominantly communities of color, got hit the hardest during the pandemic, which laid bare existing disparities in our health care system. We’re doing everything we can so that New York is equitable […]

Source: Cuomo: 38,000 New Yorkers vaccinated so far; EMTs, congregate care staff to be included next round | NCPR News

Source: Watertown Correctional one of three prisons to close statewide in 2021 | Jefferson County | nny360.com

According to state data, the prison in Watertown has more than 300 full-time prison workers, while more than 200 officers work at the annex in Dannemora, according to NYSCOPBA, the union representing corrections officers.Source: NEW: Two North Country prison facilities to close by spring | NCPR News