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Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

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February 10, 2021. Today we are announcing a partnership with the federal government to open two mass vaccination sites in socially vulnerable communities. The two sites will be established at York College in Queens and Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. These two sites will vaccinate approximately 3,000 New Yorkers a day over an eight-week period. […]

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Town of Lisle Broome County Airboat Training: On Feb. 4, DEC Forest Rangers from Regions 7 and 8 conducted a joint flat ice airboat training with the Broome County Sheriff’s Department on the Whitney Point Reservoir. Crews trained in tandem airboat operations on flat ice and snow to practice maneuvering boats through various challenging conditions. […]

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Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

February 9, 2021. The White House announced a 5 percent increase in vaccine allocations to the states for the next three weeks, which is welcome news. The 5 percent increase doesn’t sound like much but it’s on top of previous increases that were announced earlier—so it adds up. That being said, supply is still extremely […]

Source: Immunocompromised NYers can sign up at state vaccine sites on Feb. 14 | NCPR News

February 8, 2021. The state’s effort to vaccinate health care workers has been underway for the last eight weeks. So we are now starting to shift doses not used to date to prioritize New Yorkers with qualifying comorbidities and pre-existing conditions. These New Yorkers will be able to make appointments at state-run mass vaccination sites […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

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February 5, 2021. As has been clear during this pandemic, people with comorbidities and underlying conditions are more likely to succumb to COVID-19. With that in mind, adult New Yorkers of any age with qualifying conditions will be eligible for the COVID vaccine beginning February 15. Eligible conditions include cancer, chronic kidney disease, pulmonary disease, […]

North Country Chamber of Commerce information Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today released the list of comorbidities and underlying conditions that New York State will use to determine eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine. New Yorkers who have one of the comorbidities on the list will be eligible for the vaccine beginning February 15. “New Yorkers with comorbidities and underlying conditions […]

Source: Starting Feb. 15, New Yorkers with underlying conditions will qualify for COVID vaccine | NCPR News

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Chazy, Canton, and Willsboro, New York.  The farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) has funded research investigating the opportunity for regional growers to meet the New York State requirement that all Farm Brewery-Licensed beer be made with 90 percent New York-grown ingredients by 2024. The results of the first two years of trials […]

RURAL DIGITAL DIVIDE DISPARITY MUST BE FIXED Column by Senator Dan Stec – February 4, 2021 The governor’s promise almost five years ago of high-speed broadband for all remains unfulfilled.  Having heard frustrated pleas from families, businesses, schools and many others, my colleagues and I proposed legislation last year to drill down into this problem […]

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