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Source: Decision on New York school closures will be made by end of week, Cuomo says

Source:coronavirus New York: Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 12-step plan to reopen NY – ABC7 New CYork

Source: More than 1,000 prison staff contract coronavirus statewide, 20 inmates test positive in Washington County | NCPR News

Source: Cuomo officials say without federal help, deep state budget cuts coming | NCPR News

Source: NY pension fund to loan $50M to small, struggling businesses | Newsday

Source: Farmers have too much food to sell. New York might buy it | NCPR News

State Pension Fund Supports Paycheck Protection Program; Pursuing Additional $100 Million Allocation New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that the New York State Common Retirement Fund (the Fund) is putting $50 million toward the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a component of the latest coronavirus relief package. Under the PPP, employers can […]

Source: As coronavirus deaths in NY fall below 400, Cuomo gives some details about phased reopening – syracuse.com

State Will Conduct Antibody Testing for First Responders and Transit Workers Starting Next Week   Confirms 10,553 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State – Bringing Statewide Total to 282,143; New Cases in 57 Counties   Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the state is expanding diagnostic testing criteria to […]

Source: Cuomo: All New York voters will be sent postage-paid forms to request absentee ballots | NCPR News

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that NYS will provide child care scholarships to essential workers. Essential workers include first responders such as health care providers, pharmaceutical staff, law enforcement, firefighters, food delivery workers, grocery store employees and others who are needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Child care costs will be covered with $30 million […]

NYS Department of Health is partnering with Attorney General Letitia James to investigate nursing homes who violate Executive Orders requiring these facilities to communicate COVID-19 test results and deaths to residents’ families. Governor Andrew Cuomo previously issued Executive Orders and the Health Department and CDChave issued guidances requiring nursing homes to: provide personal protective equipment and temperature checks […]

Source: Lieutenant Governor Says No Definite Date to Reopen North Country – Sun Community News & Printing

The largest share of positive antibody results was concentrated downstate. Over 21% of those tested in New York City were positive as were 16.7% of those tested on Long Island and 11.7% in Westchester and Rockland counties. The positive rate in the rest of the state was 3.6%. Areas outside downstate accounted for 32.8% of […]

Source: Upstate reps see path for reopening | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Reopening NYS schools this academic year ‘will be very difficult’ due to coronavirus, Cuomo says – syracuse.com

Washington Must Do More to Help April 22,2020 The coronavirus pandemic has caused extraordinary economic challenges in New York with punishing, still-evolving impacts on public health, jobs, the economy and state finances. As a result, the enacted state budget leaves greater uncertainty for school districts, health care providers and local governments this year than ever […]

Town of Keeseville – Essex County On April 11, Forest Ranger Sarah Bode cited two rock climbers for Failure to Obey a DEC sign. The tickets were written to a 31-year-old man from Bernardsville, New Jersey, and a 32-year-old woman from New York City for climbing closed routes on Poke O Moonshine. DEC wildlife staff […]

Source: Antibody testing could inform when different regions can reopen | NCPR News