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Hudson Valley Counties To Receive Up To $94 Million To Combat Opioid Crisis
Hudson Valley counties are set to receive up to $94 million to help combat the opioid crisis.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said in an announcement on Tuesday, Oct. 5, that the funds come from settlements from a March 2019 lawsuit against the manufacturers and distributors responsible for the crisis.
James shared a list of figures representing the minimum and maximum amounts each county could receive from settlements with Johnson & Johnson, McKesson, Cardinal Health, Amerisource Bergen, and Endo.
Hudson Valley: $51,729,983.90 – $94,455,606.10
Dutchess County: $3,682,781.87 …
Chris Rock Says He's Got Covid-19: 'Trust Me You Don't Want This'
Chris Rock became the latest celebrity to announce that he has the coronavirus -- and after being vaccinated.
“Hey guys I just found out I have COVID," Rock tweeted Sunday. "[T]rust me you don’t want this," he added. "Get vaccinated.”
Rock, 56, who has a home in Alpine, joked with Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show" in May that he'd skipped the line to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
“I didn’t care. I used my celebrity, Jimmy," he said. "I didn’t care. I was like, ‘Hey, step aside, Betty White. Step aside, old people. Judge Judy, kiss my ass.' I was like Billy Zane on the Titanic.”
Rock's infec…
