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Covid-19: Tighter Relief Check Income Limits OK'd During Negotiations; Here Are New Cutoffs
President Joe Biden’s administration has reached an agreement to narrow the income eligibility of the next round of COVID-19 stimulus checks.
Under the new plan, anyone who individually earns more than $80,000 annually, or couples filing jointly earning more than $160,000 will be cut off from the checks under the revised plan.
The House version of the bill set income caps at $100,000 individually and $200,000 for couples.
Singles making between $80,000 and $100,000 and couples earning between $160,000 and $200,000 would be newly excluded from a partial benefit under the revised structure B…
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Sees 1,345 New Cases; Latest County Totals
The Hudson Valley saw 1,345 new cases of COVID-19, according to new data released by the New York State Department of Health on Saturday, Dec. 12.
A total of 242,927 COVID-19 test results were reported to the state on Friday, Dec. 11. That's a new record high.
Here are positive testing rates for the last three days in the Hudson Valley:
Wednesday, Dec. 9: 6.4 percent
Thursday, Dec. 10: 6.33 percent
Friday, Dec. 11: 6.10 percent
Here's a breakdown of new cases in each of the Hudson Valley's seven counties:
Westchester, 638
Orange, 184
Dutchess, 182
Rockland, 169
Ulster, 75…
