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COVID-19: GOP Minority Whip To Cuomo, 'I’ll Be Having More Than 10 People For Thanksgiving' COVID-19: GOP Minority Whip To Cuomo, 'I’ll Be Having More Than 10 People For Thanksgiving'
Covid-19: GOP Minority Whip To Cuomo, 'I’ll Be Having More Than 10 People For Thanksgiving' A New York Republican councilman is defiantly pushing back against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s mandate that there should be no gatherings of more than 10 people over the holidays, despite a new spike in COVID-19 cases. Staten Island Republican Councilman Joe Borelli, the city council minority whip, declared that he will not be adhering to Cuomo’s mandates, even promoting inter-state travel against the state’s orders. 

“I’ll be having more than 10 ppl at my house on Thanksgiving,” Borelli tweeted on Wednesday, Nov. 11. “Some family will come from (gasp!) New Jersey. Kids will see their grandparents…

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COVID-19: Candlewood Lake Parties, Gatherings Cited For Danbury's Spike In Cases, Officials Say COVID-19: Candlewood Lake Parties, Gatherings Cited For Danbury's Spike In Cases, Officials Say
Covid-19: Candlewood Lake Parties, Gatherings Cited For Danbury's Spike In Cases, Officials Say A string of parties and mass gatherings at Candlewood Lake have been cited as one of the leading reasons for Danbury’s spike in COVID-19 cases. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton said this week that the recent rise in cases in the city has been largely in younger people, and could have been spread through parties that have been held at the lake, located in both northern Fairfield and southern Litchfield counties, this month. Officials said that the gatherings are not following the state’s COVID-19 guidance, and that there have been reports of boaters strapping thems…

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