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21-Year-Old College Student To Run For Assembly Seat In Rockland County 21-Year-Old College Student To Run For Assembly Seat In Rockland County
21-Year-Old College Student To Run For Assembly Seat In Rockland County A college student who calls the Hudson Valley home has potentially historic ambitions for his post-graduation career. SUNY Albany senior Zak Constantine, a 21-year-old Orange County resident now living in New Windsor, announced that he is planning to run for the 99th New York State Assembly District in his hometown Hudson Valley. The 99th District includes parts of Rockland and Orange counties. It is currently represented by Republican Assemblyman Colin Schmitt. Constantine announced his campaign earlier this week and hit the ground running, collecting signatures and passing out fliers to …

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Arrival Of Residents From NYC Drives Spike In Cases In These Upstate Counties COVID-19: Arrival Of Residents From NYC Drives Spike In Cases In These Upstate Counties
Covid-19: Arrival Of Residents From NYC Drives Spike In Cases In These Upstate Counties With many downstate New Yorkers flocking to less dense, more rural areas in upstate New York during the COVID-19 pandemic, those regions are reporting a rise in the number of cases of the virus that are spreading. Upstate officials are working to get as many COVID-19 vaccinations completed as quickly as possible as many have fled from New York City and the suburbs during the pandemic in favor of locales further upstate. According to some reports, the number of New York City residents who have moved upstate into the Captial Region’s four largest counties has increased by more than 200 percen…

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by Zak Failla