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Source: City & State Coronavirus Update co-sponsored by Fontas Advisors

December 14, 2020. Today, history was made when Sandra Lindsay, a frontline ICU nurse and New Yorker, became the first American to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in a non-trial setting. Sandra received the vaccination at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens. After her vaccination, I asked Sandra over Zoom how she felt and what […]

Source: New York headed for shutdown if Covid trajectory doesn’t change, Cuomo says – syracuse.com

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update co-sponsored by Fontas Advisors

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“Starting Monday, December 14th, indoor dining in New York City will be suspended.” December 11, 2020. Last night, New York’s independent COVID-19 Clinical Advisory Task Force unanimously approved the FDA vaccine panel’s decision to recommend the Pfizer vaccine. The Task Force, which is chaired by Nobel laureate Dr. Charles Rice, was able to review data […]

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Source: Cuomo offers deepest look at sources of COVID spread

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

December 10, 2020 As we continue to see the number of COVID-19 cases surge across the nation, it is beyond critical that we ensure hospitals, and hospital systems as a whole, develop additional capacity and prepare to work cooperatively with each other to prevent any one facility from becoming overwhelmed. This work is already underway […]

Source: Cuomo to suspend all in-person press conferences – syracuse.com

December 9, 2020. The FDA is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine as soon as tomorrow and New York is expected to receive an initial allocation of 170,000 doses as soon as this weekend. As part of the distribution, the State will set up 90 cold storage sites as regional distribution centers that are capable […]

Source: NY COVID vaccine: Number of doses to be distributed in each region

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Announcement Builds on Fund’s Climate Action Plan New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today that the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund), valued at an estimated $226 billion, has adopted a goal to transition its portfolio to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. This process will include completion within four years […]

“Driver’s license expiration dates have been pushed back to January 1, 2021. If you have a New York State Driver’s License or permit with an expiration date after March 1, 2020, it is still valid until January 1, 2021. This extended an Executive Order that granted people whose licenses expired during the pandemic more time to […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Source: North Country shutdown dependent on hospital capacity, says regional control board | NCPR News

December 7, 2020. I was honored to have Dr. Anthony Fauci join us at today’s COVID briefing. I asked Dr. Fauci when we might see a peak in the expected COVID spread. He thinks that the effect of Thanksgiving will likely become clearer in the coming days and that with Christmas and Hanukkah coming up, […]

Source: Governor Cuomo Directs State Department of Health to Begin Implementing ‘Surge & Flex’ Hospital Protocol | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Source: Cuomo: If hospitals are overwhelmed, regions will shut down | News, Sports, Jobs – Lake Placid News

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

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