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Science-Based Plan with Angler Input will Improve Management of Wild and Stocked Trout Draft Regulations Proposed to Implement Key Plan Provisions Including Year-Round Catch-and-Release Season and Revising Regulations to Make Them Easier to Understand New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today released the State’s final Trout Stream Management Plan that […]

Source: Governor Cuomo Announces Winter Plan to Combat COVID-19 Surge in New York State | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Source: VTrans’ $600,000 Covid sign blitz targets travel to and from state – VTDigger

November 30, 2020. I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving weekend. We are entering a new phase in the war against COVID, and therefore a new strategy is required. We need to ensure that hospitals have enough capacity and enough staff to deal with the fall and winter surge that is upon us. Tonight’s update […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update co-sponsored by AT&T

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Source: Cuomo staff skirted hiring freeze, and rules for exemptions from it

The past year has been one of the most challenging in history. In March and April, New York became the global hotspot of the COVID pandemic. We suffered unimaginable losses with deep pain. But in the months that followed New Yorkers made sacrifices, big and small, to help stop the spread and save lives. Together […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Supporting Local Businesses this Saturday and Year-Round Strengthens Communities and Boosts Local Economies Watch the Department of Labor’s Small Business Saturday Video Here  This Saturday, November 28, 2020, is “Small Business Saturday” in New York State and today Empire State Development, and the Departments of Labor, Taxation and Finance, and Agriculture and Markets encourages all […]

Source: State Senate Democrats proved the haters wrong

Source: Cuomo softens on school closure rules: ‘K-8 should stay open’

November 24, 2020. At the current rate of increase in COVID cases, we’re very likely to see a major COVID spike after the holiday. In three weeks, hospitalizations have gone up 128 percent—we went from 1,200 total hospitalizations in the state to about 2,800 total hospitalizations now. We anticipated this fall surge but doesn’t make […]

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November 23, 2020 This Thanksgiving isn’t normal—nothing in 2020 has been. But Thanksgiving was never really about the trappings. It’s always been more powerful than that. This Thanksgiving is a time to really give thanks to the people who did phenomenal things during the course of this year: The doctors and nurses, all the essential […]

Source: New York Senate Democrats declare historic supermajority victory

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Yates County District Attorney Todd Casella, and Yates County Sherriff Ronald Spike announced the arrest of Julie Brown, former clerk of the Town of Potter. Brown, 49, was arrested Friday for allegedly stealing nearly $24,000 in cash payments to the town. The thefts allegedly took place between January 1, 2018 […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

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Source: New York’s mass-vaccination plan has been in place for years

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Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

November 19, 2020. What I’ve seen from this virus after battling it for 260-plus straight days is that in some ways its course is predictable. So it is clear that as people travel for the Thanksgiving holiday—so will the virus. Travel is a real concern because New York State has one of the lowest infection […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Proposal Replaces “Any Size” and 10-Inch Minimum Size Limit Regulations for Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass with Statewide 12-Inch Minimum Public Comments Accepted through Jan. 23, 2021 The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is proposing changes to black bass (smallmouth and largemouth bass) fishing regulations to make these regulations easier to understand while […]