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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 before, according to a report released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

“The ultimate price of the coronavirus remains undetermined. What is clear is that Washington must do more to help stabilize state and local government finances to avoid drastic cuts that would hurt hospitals, schools and vital services,” DiNapoli said. “The Executive and Legislature passed a budget under very difficult circumstances to address our immediate needs, but we must be mindful of the bigger picture. Tax revenues will be substantially lower in the near term because of the pandemic, and likely well beyond. The state should minimize long-term costs from any new debt and commit to building up our rainy day reserves. The road ahead is a challenging one and will require a long-term strategy.” Read more »

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 closes certain cliffs and climbing routes to allow peregrine falcons to breed, select a nesting site, and encourage the birds to return to their nesting sites. Once nesting has begun, DEC wildlife staff work with Forest Rangers and other DEC programs in notifying the climbing community and public of these closures and may open climbing routes that can be used without disturbing the nesting falcons and their young. After the young falcons have fledged, climbing routes are opened. The rock climbing community has been cooperative with DEC’s efforts and climbers have volunteered to be observers, monitoring falcons, and nesting activity. DEC last issued tickets to climbers for climbing on the closed routes in the early 2000s, and Forest Rangers continue to patrol and enforce these routes.

Source: Rattlesnake Mountain trail closed – Sun Community News & Printing

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Sign erected when construction was scheduled to begin last month.

Photo taken at 5 p.m. today

By John T. Ryan

Peru – The old Maplefields gas station-convenience store at 654 Bear Swamp Road was demolished yesterday. Today contractors trucked away the remaining debris. The installation of the footings should begin tomorrow. Wright & Morrissey Inc. of South Burlington is the general contractor. Fuller Excavating of Keeseville is also working on the project.

In coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Red Cross is seeking people who are fully recovered from the new coronavirus to sign up to donate plasma to help current COVID-19 patients.

People who have fully recovered from COVID-19 have antibodies in their plasma that can attack the virus. This convalescent plasma is being evaluated as a treatment for patients with serious or immediately life-threatening COVID-19 infections, or those judged by a healthcare provider to be at high risk of progression to severe or life-threatening disease.

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There were 102 more deaths announced in the past 24 hours.

Source: Quebec’s COVID-19 Case Count Has Now Passed 20k With Over 1,000 Deaths – MTL Blog

((Please Share)) Tomorrow If Anyone needs a hot meal let me know or inbox me your address and I will pick it up at 430pm in Peru at the Soup Kitchen and Delivery it and leave it on your doorsteps.Tomorrow between 445pm-515pm. They are having Shepherds Pie, Asparagus soup and Molasses Cookies inbox me on Facebook or text my cell # 1-518-593-3078 ((A Huge thanks goes out today to Ruth Hamilton Neil Hamilton Patti Thew Hamilton Family and to Marian Morse- Peters for the very Generous donation I will be dropping off tomorrow to the Soup Kitchen In Peru also again to Brenda A Brelia for making more Face masks again today !!!

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

More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest number as of 4 a.m. ET*:

1. US 787,960 (+3.72%)
2. Spain 200,210 (+0.77%)
3. Italy 181,228 (+1.26%)
4. France 156,493 (+1.55%)
5. Germany 147,065 (+0.91%)
6. UK 125,856 (+3.86%)
7. Turkey 90,980 (+5.42%)
8. China 83,849 (+0.04%)
9. Iran 83,505 (+1.57%)
10. Russia 47,121 (+9.96%)

Source: Johns Hopkins University

*Percentage change over 24 hours

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Clinton County Health Department afternoon 4-19-20 COVID-19 Case Update. Plattsburgh – Of the 505 tests for COVID-19 that have been conducted in Clinton County to date, Clinton County Health Department reports that 56 have come back positive for COVID-19.

Of these lab-confirmed cases, 37 have recovered. Indeterminate results have been received for three individuals, 2 of whom have recovered from their symptoms. Additionally 44 suspect cases have been identified; 36 of whom have recovered. The number of deaths associated with COVID-19 in Clinton County remains at 3 (2 lab-confirmed and one probable).