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Online Courses Remain Available New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced today that DEC will resume holding in-person, instructor-led Hunter Education Program (HEP) courses starting April 1, 2021. DEC will continue to offer online hunter education courses, as well. “To prevent the spread of COVID-19, last year DEC successfully transitioned […]

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March 9, 2021. The vaccine is the weapon that will win the war against COVID and we are marching forward to expand access to the vaccines. Starting tomorrow, March 10, at 8am, all New Yorkers 60 years of age and older will be eligible to receive the vaccine. Beginning March 17, eligibility will expand again, […]

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Source: City & State Albany Agenda co-sponsored by the Greater New York Hospital Association

Town of Plattsburgh Clinton County Wilderness Rescue: On Mar. 1 at 3 p.m., Forest Ranger assistance was requested by DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer (ECO) LaCroix and the Cumberland Head Fire Department for two anglers stranded on a floating ice sheet on Lake Champlain. Fire department personnel accessed the men from Plattsburgh with an inflatable […]

NYers 60+ AND ADDITIONAL ESSENTIAL WORKERS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE COVID-19 VACCINE From the North Country Chamber of Commerce New Yorkers 60+ Can Be Vaccinated Beginning March 10 Government Employees, Nonprofit Workers and Essential Building Service Workers Are Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine Beginning March 17 Vaccine Distribution Eligibility Expanded; All Providers Except Pharmacies Can Now Vaccinate Any Eligible New Yorker Starting March 17 Pharmacies […]

Source: Barclay, GOP lawmakers introduce Cuomo impeachment resolution in Albany – syracuse.com

ALBANY — If Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo were to resign or be impeached, the potential first woman governor of New York is waiting in the wings. Kathleen C. Hochul, 62, has served as New York’s lieutenant governor since 2015, the beginning of Cuomo’s second term in office. Source: Woman on the verge: Hochul praised for […]

March 8, 2021. Our mass vaccination sites are doing outstanding work administering the vaccine to eligible New Yorkers. Over the weekend, the Javits Center vaccination site administered 13,431 doses over a 24-hour period on Saturday and Sunday, and 13,713 doses over a 24-hour period on Sunday and Monday—the best performance of any one vaccination site […]

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$29 MILLION AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS THROUGH THE EMPIRE PANDEMIC GRANT PROGRAM $29 million is available to support essential workers and first responders through the Empire Pandemic Response Reimbursement Fund program coordinated by the Office of Children and Family Services. The program is designed to reimburse out-of-pocket childcare, transportation, lodging and other qualifying […]

“I have consistently been on record indicating my grave concern over the allegations against Governor Cuomo and have stated that if this impedes the ability to execute his responsibilities, then he should step aside,” said Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake.) “With increasing allegations, it is clear he can no longer effectively carry out his duty. […]

Source: Most NY restaurants can go to 75% capacity in mid-March, Cuomo says – syracuse.com

March 5, 2021. New York officially deployed the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine as of last night. We began administering the single-dose vaccine during the overnight hours at Yankee Stadium for eligible Bronx residents and continued today at the State’s new short-term mass vaccination sites upstate. We will add to this effort with overnight hours at […]

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