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Source: “Low risk” school sports allowed in New York – New York Daily News

Mayor Ben Walsh will slash $18.1 million from the city’s budget by freezing hiring and mandating furloughs more than 400 employees, including himself and his top staff. Source: Walsh slashes $18M from Syracuse budget: Furloughs, service cuts, no layoffs – syracuse.com

Source: Audit: NY failed in its oversight of SUNY Poly, ‘Buffalo Billion’ projects | News | oleantimesherald.com

Source: SUNY Plattsburgh reports second positive COVID-19 case | Coronavirus | pressrepublican.com

As we prepare for the upcoming 2020 election, it is critical we protect the most fundamental cornerstone of our democracy—the right to vote. Today, I signed legislation that ensures every registered New Yorker has options on how to vote in November in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation signed into law today also […]

Source: Governor Cuomo Signs into Law Sweeping Election Reforms | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Source: Reopening NY: ‘Movie theaters I think are next,’ Cuomo says – syracuse.com

We continue to make good progress against Coronavirus—for the 12th consecutive day, our statewide infection rate has been below 1 percent. But COVID is not over. Complacency or letting our guard down is a threat to that hard-won progress. We need to keep taking steps to protect one another to keep the numbers low. It’s […]

Source: Weeks from start of school year, administrators face sharp aid cuts

Source: ‘Risky, problematic’ to open schools: Cuomo wonders if can they control UNC-like outbreaks – syracuse.com

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Source: Bowling is back. Gyms are opening. Casino workers ask: What about us? – syracuse.com

Source: NY will close individual schools if coronavirus starts to spread, Cuomo says – syracuse.com

Source: Road salt and lawsuits – – The Adirondack Almanack

From the North Country Chamber of Commerce   Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that gyms and fitness centers can begin opening starting on Monday, August 24th with limits to capacity and other safety restrictions.⁠   Local elected officials may choose to delay the reopening of gyms and fitness centers until September 2 to, in part, […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Source: New York gyms can reopen as soon as Aug. 24, Cuomo says – syracuse.com

State tax receipts of $26.4 billion through the first four months of the state fiscal year were $3 billion, or 10.2 percent, below the same period last year, according to the July cash report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.   “The shift of the tax filing deadline from April to July this […]

New York State is investing in innovative methods to detect and control any new Coronavirus outbreaks. Today, we are launching a pilot program to detect the presence of COVID-19 in wastewater. In doing so, we will have an early indicator system to detect virus spread in communities. Wastewater testing has been identified by top scientists […]

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a conference call on Friday that bowling alleys can open starting on Monday, with limits to capacity and other restrictions. In the call, Cuomo said bowling alleys would be restricted to 50% capacity. Masks must be worn, and every other lane would need to be closed. Bowlers must stay at […]

“According to an updated quarterly financial plan for the state’s fiscal year 2021 budget, aid to local governments has been temporarily cut by 20%….  But without a federal stimulus package, those 20% cuts in aid to localities – showing up in areas like mental health services, education and public safety – will become permanent,…” Source: City & […]

NEWS Source: Cuomo says guidance for gyms to reopen in New York coming Monday

Source: DEC Announces New Upgrades and Functionality to ‘DECinfo Locator’ on 1st Anniversary of Launch – NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation

Proposal Combats Climate Change by Requiring Decreases in Methane and Other Harmful Gases-40 percent by 2030, 85 percent by 2050 Two Virtual Public Hearings Scheduled for October 2020 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today released proposed regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emission statewide and implement the Climate Leadership and […]