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Wednesday, jun 10
Schools
Covid-
19: NY Launches Real-Time
Covid-
19 Report Card For Schools
A new type of “report card” is coming to New York schools to provide parents and teachers up-to-date information on the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced during a COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday, Sept. 8 that he is signing an Executive Order that will require schools, local health departments, labs, and other testing sites to provide the state with information regarding the virus. The new information being gathered from multiple sources will be posted in an online dashboard and include: Positive cases by date of students and staff in each individua…
Politics
Covid-
19: Cuomo Says Trump Should Tell The Truth, Sign Executive Order On Wearing Masks
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is asking President Donald Trump to set an example by wearing a mask and to sign an executive order that Americans wear face coverings when in public and unable to social distance amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “To the president, I say today, if you want to help stop COVID-19, then they should start telling the people of this country the truth,” Cuomo said. “And the truth starts with how large a problem this is and how real a threat COVID is. “It's the leadership to stand up and tell the American people, ‘look at the increase across the coun…
News
Covid-
19: NY Businesses Can Be Immediately Shut Down For Reopening Violations Under New Order
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a warning shot to businesses that fail to comply with the state’s guidelines for reopening the economy. Cuomo announced that he is signing an Executive Order that will strengthen state enforcement of reopening rules, and businesses in violation could be subject to an immediate shutdown issue. “We need local governments to do their part,” Cuomo said during his daily COVID-19 briefing on Thursday, June 18 in New York City. “Violations of the rules and regulations will allow the State Liquor Authority to issue an immediate suspension of liquor licenses, and …
Politics
Covid-
19: Regions Getting Antsy As Cuomo Delays Planned Phase 2 Start
Click here for an updated story - COVID-19: Five NY Regions Cleared To Move To Phase 2 Reopenings, Including Barbershops, Salons Some regions in New York are growing frustrated after the state delayed the planned beginning of Phase 2 of reopening economies as the recovery from novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues. Those upstate areas that met the state’s mandated requirements to reopen believed that Friday, May 29 would begin Phase 2. However, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called for a delay. Cuomo had said that the state would review the numbers two weeks after some regions reopened…
Schools
School Issued Cease-And-Desist Letter For Illegally Reopening In Hudson Valley
A Hudson Valley school was ordered to close this week after “hundreds” of students were reportedly found inside the building without proper personal protective equipment against state orders. The Orange County Health Department served a cease-and-desist letter to the United Talmudical Academy (UTA) of Kiryas Joel Boys School in Palm Tree after officials visited the school with New York State Police troopers and found “what appeared to be hundreds of students inside.” According to reports, the students were not socially distancing or wearing PPE, both against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Exe…
News
Covid-
19: Man Throws Rock Into McDonald’s After Being Asked To Leave For Not Wearing Mask
A 37-year-old man threw a large rock through the window of a McDonald's in Connecticut after he was asked to leave for not wearing a mask amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to police. The incident happened earlier this month in Brooklyn, Connecticut, located about 45 miles east of Hartford. Jason Daddario agreed to leave when he was asked at about 8 p.m. Friday, May 1, but after throwing the rock ran over to a Walmart store where police say he stole several pairs of ladies' underwear, according to the Hartford Courant. He was apprehended after he initially ran away f…
Lifestyle
Covid-
19: Here's How Police Will Enforce NY's Mask, Face Covering Order
Law enforcement agencies in New York are preparing themselves as they get ready to enforce New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s mandate of wearing face coverings when unable to socially distance during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Last week, Cuomo announced that he was issuing an Executive Order that mandated anyone going out in public must wear a face mask or cloth covering when unable to stay six feet away from others. Related story - COVID-19: Cuomo, Trump Call White House Meeting Productive, Agree On Plan To Double NY Testing The measure is expected to help curtail the s…
News
NY Past
Covid-
19 Apex, But With 540 New Deaths, 'Happy Days Are Not Here Again,' Cuomo Says
New York is no longer at the apex of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but that state is still not in a good position and will need to ramp up both testing and tracking to get there. That's the main message Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered in his daily news briefing on Saturday, April 18 in Albany. There were 7,090 additional New York COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total to 236,732 confirmed cases in New York State. A total of nearly 2,000 new hospitalizations and 540 new COVID deaths were reported in the state in the last 24 hours. (See first two images above.) “Happy d…
News
Covid-
19: NYers Must Wear Masks Or Cloth In Public When Unable To Social Distance, Cuomo Says
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is signing an executive order that will mandate that all New Yorkers going out in public during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis must wear a face mask or cloth covering when unable to maintain social distance space of 6 feet. The measure will take effect after three days, Cuomo said at his daily news briefing in Albany on Wednesday, April 15. Cuomo said that “stopping the spread” is key, and the new order will require face coverings that fit over both the nose and mouth in any situation someone could be within six feet of another. Cuomo mentioned food shop…
Politics
Covid-
19: 'I'm Fed Up,' Says Day, Who Wants Police To Enforce Social Distancing In Rockland
Rockland County Executive Ed Day said he is "fed up" with residents violating the social distancing rule to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Rockland County now has 29 deaths due to the virus. Day is now asking the state government for the help that would authorize the police and other officials to enforce the rules set by Gov. Andrew Cuomo under his Executive Order that limits the size of gatherings, among other rules limiting exposure to others. In a scathing statement, Day said he was done seeing people all across Rockland violate "the common-sense soci…
Politics
Immigration Crisis A 'Human Tragedy, Threat To Our Values,' Cuomo Says
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the Trump Administration’s "inhumane treatment of immigrant children has left a dark stain on the history of our nation." "It is a human tragedy and a threat to our values," the New Castle Democrat wrote in this op-ed in The New York Times. President Trump signed an executive order on June 20 rolling back his policy of separating parents from their children while claiming to solve a problem that was of his own creation. "But this order is no solution at all," Cuomo wrote. "It still leaves open the long-term detention of immigrant c…
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