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COVID-19: Rockland Institutes Hiring Freeze COVID-19: Rockland Institutes Hiring Freeze
Covid-19: Rockland Institutes Hiring Freeze Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Rockland County is instituting an immediate hiring freeze to help mitigate the fiscal damage of the pandemic. County Executive Ed Day said Tuesday, May 5, the freeze would be placed on all positions within the county government. In March, Day imposed austerity measures that curtailed all non-essential and discretionary spending.  On Monday, April 20, the county filed, and was approved, for FEMA reimbursement for COVID-19 related expenses and will be filing monthly, Day said. “It goes without saying that these are challenging times. We…