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October 16, 2020. New York’s numbers remain steady, despite the handful of clusters we are currently focused on. We are addressing these clusters through our targeted approach to ensure that they don’t become community spread. As we go through the fall and into winter and cases continue to rise across the country, it’s going to […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

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October 15, 2020. As we deal with COVID, it’s important that we plan intelligently for the future. One major area that requires extensive preparation is around potential vaccines. We all hope that a vaccine comes sooner rather than later — but when it does, distribution will be very complicated. Today I sent a letter with National […]

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 New York’s future is in your hands and your response matters now more than ever. If you haven’t yet, complete the Census now — it only takes 10 minutes — and please encourage your friends and family to complete their Census form too.

October 14, 2020. The state continues to take action to address the micro-clusters where positivity rates are far higher than the statewide average. Enforcement by local governments of public health laws — including the new measures to contain these micro-clusters — has been uneven at best. So today we are sending a notification to local governments […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

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From the North Country Chamber of Commerce Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Ohio, Michigan and Virginia have been added to New York State’s COVID-19 travel advisory. No areas have been removed. The full, updated travel advisory list is below: Alaska Alabama Arkansas Colorado Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky […]

October 13, 2020. New York’s state COVID numbers remain steady overall, but we are continuing to closely monitor and respond to elevated positivity rates in what we are calling “Red Zone” focus areas — which include areas in Brooklyn, Queens, Rockland County and Orange County. The test positivity rate yesterday rate in the “Red Zone” […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

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October 9, 2020. From day one, testing has been among the most vital tools we have to accurately assess — and slow — COVID-19’s spread in New York. Today, we are building on our nation-leading testing program by deploying an initial 400,000 rapid result test kits in every corner of the state. These rapid test […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

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October 8, 2020. Yesterday 145,000 tests were reported to the state — a record high number. We’re focusing our testing efforts in two areas — statewide and then we are doing additional testing in hot spot ZIP codes. The positivity rate in the hot spot ZIP codes is 5.8 percent, while the statewide positivity rate, […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

  “For the last several years New York state residents have been promised access to high-quality broadband access. Fast forward to the present day and that promise has still yet to be fulfilled. Reports indicate that the New York State Comptroller’s office will be conducting an audit of the state’s broadband program due to complaints […]

ALBANY — Former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno has died at age 91. The Republican resident of suburban Troy had been battling cancer, according to the Albany Times Union. Source: Joe Bruno dies at 91

October 7, 2020. We’ve seen time and time again throughout this pandemic that mass gatherings can spread this virus and result in clusters that can in turn become community outbreaks. While New York’s numbers remain low across the most of the state, the positivity rate in “hot spot” ZIP codes was 5.1 percent yesterday — […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update