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Cuomo Aide Jumps Ship As Another Departed Staffer's Wife Expresses Support For Latest Accuser Cuomo Aide Jumps Ship As Another Departed Staffer's Wife Expresses Support For Latest Accuser
Cuomo Aide Jumps Ship As Another Departed Staffer's Wife Expresses Support For Latest Accuser Another top aide of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is leaving the administration as the governor tries navigating his way through multiple high-profile scandals. Press secretary Will Burns, who has been working with Cuomo’s administration for nearly three years, announced this week that he was planning to step down and leave the executive chamber. The move came the same day that longtime aide Gareth Rhodes announced that he would be stepping away from the COVID-19 task force that he has been presiding over since the pandemic began last year. Related story - COVID-19: Prominent Member Of Cuomo…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Prominent Member Of Cuomo COVID Task Force Leaving Post COVID-19: Prominent Member Of Cuomo COVID Task Force Leaving Post
Covid-19: Prominent Member Of Cuomo COVID Task Force Leaving Post A prominent member of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 response team announced he will be leaving his current role and returning to his previous job in state government. Longtime Cuomo aide Gareth Rhodes, who has been a fixture at Cuomo’s COVID-19 briefings and has been crunching virus-related numbers for a year, announced he will be stepping back and returning to his position as deputy supervisor and special counsel at the Department of Financial Services. Rhodes, who was not present at Cuomo’s first COVID-19 briefing on Wednesday, March 3 since sexual harassment claims were levied ag…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: NY State Loosens Restrictions On Who's Eligible For Vaccine COVID-19: NY State Loosens Restrictions On Who's Eligible For Vaccine
Covid-19: NY State Loosens Restrictions On Who's Eligible For Vaccine Following a slow rollout of the much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine, New York continues loosening its restrictions on who is eligible as it continues following the guidance of the federal government. On Monday, Jan. 11, New York entered “phase 1B” of its vaccination program, which includes first responders, corrections officers, teachers, transit workers, and the general population over the age of 75. After the CDC released new guidance, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday, Jan. 12 that the state would now be opening up vaccines to anyone who is over the age of 65 and those consid…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
COVID-19: New Detailed Data For Individual Schools Added To NY Online Report Card COVID-19: New Detailed Data For Individual Schools Added To NY Online Report Card
Covid-19: New Detailed Data For Individual Schools Added To NY Online Report Card New York State has introduced a new tool for parents and educators to alleviate any concerns they may have about returning to in-person education amid the COVID-19 pandemic. New York Gov Andrew Cuomo announced that the state is adding new, more detailed data for individual schools and school districts to its COVID-19 “Schools Report Card” that will now include information from the labs doing testing for the virus around the state. During a COVID-19 briefing in Manhattan on Thursday, Sept. 24, Cuomo said that every 24 hours, both school districts and labs will have to provide the state Depar…

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by Zak Failla
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Faso Foe Getting Pumped Up With Money From Cuomo Donors, Report Says Faso Foe Getting Pumped Up With Money From Cuomo Donors, Report Says
Faso Foe Getting Pumped Up With Money From Cuomo Donors, Report Says There are six Democrats vying to challenge U.S. Rep. John Faso in his Hudson Valley congressional district. Longtime aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Gareth Rhodes, 29,  has raised a sixth of his campaign cash from Cuomo alums, according to this report in Politico, and some of those alums have gone door-to-door with him on weekends.  However, Rhodes is running in a district where Cuomo isn’t popular: Zephyr Teachout (who ran against Faso in 2016) trounced the governor in the 19th Congressional District.  Cuomo and Faso have engaged in a bitter war of words over health care and tax reform over th…

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by Jon Craig