The Peru Gazette

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 […]

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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

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Source: Governor Cuomo Announces Closure of Additional Prisons Following Record Declines in Incarceration and Crime Rates | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Source: NYS to close Clinton Correctional Facility Annex | Sun Community News DANNEMORA | After decades of operation, the Clinton Correctional Facility Annex will be closed per New York State in spring 2021.

An official with the union for corrections officers told CNHI the facilities are Gowanda, the Clinton Correctional Facility Annex in Dannemora and the Watertown Correctional Facility. Source: Three state prisons said to be tabbed for closure | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: DiNapoli: SED Oversight of Career Training Programs Falling Short | Office of the New York State Comptroller

December 18, 2020. New Yorkers can see the COVID numbers and understand the risks. Destiny is in our hands, and I believe we can and will avoid a shutdown because we can slow the spread and if we do, the hospitals can manage the increase in cases. This is now a footrace between the vaccine […]

Source: Sen. Betty Little reflects on three decades in North Country politics | NCPR News

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update co-sponsored by Fontas Advisors

Please be advised that motorists will encounter rolling lane closures in support of a utility installation over I-87 in the area of Exit 35 (Peru), Clinton County. The rolling lane closures will be carried out by utility personnel for the northbound and then the southbound lanes of I-87 near Exit 35 in Peru. Work is […]