"He (the Governor) is leaving our communities in a terrible position which will cost lives." Leaders from upstate NY are banning together in protest of the Governor’s recent executive order. He is commanding the NY National Guard to take life saving COVID-19 equipment away from upstate facilities and transport them downstate. A press release from congressional representatives Reed and Stefanik; State Senators Ortt, Borello, Jacobs, … [Read more...]
Gov. Cuomo Orders National Guard To Take Away Upstate Ventilators & PPE Equipment
Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed an executive order commanding the NY National Guard to seize upstate ventilators personal protective equipment (masks, gowns et.al.) and transport them downstate. Assemblywoman Marjorie Byrnes, upset by this action, said that the Governor waited until the Assembly left Albany to take this drastic action. "The Governor keeps telling us that things will gets worse in upstate New York when it comes to COVID-19 … [Read more...]
Governor Cuomo Ignores Own Words To Complain About Federal Relief
Although NYS is repeatedly claiming it has the highest number of cases because it is testing more, it now claims that it is not getting its fair share of federal money because of it's high numbers compared to other states. The NYS Governor points out that it’s allocation is so low because the federal funds are distributed by population, not need. Governor Cuomo, who has repeatedly voiced the argument that the high numbers are due to more … [Read more...]
NYS Tax Follows IRS Pushing Income Tax Deadline To July
Governor Cuomo has issued an executive order authorizing the Commissioner to provide relief from certain tax filing and payment deadlines. Accordingly, the Commissioner has extended the April 15, 2020 due date to July 15, 2020, for New York State personal income tax and corporation tax returns originally due on April 15, 2020. In addition, the Commissioner is allowing taxpayers to defer all related tax payments due on April 15, 2020, to July 15, … [Read more...]
Photo Awards Banquet Postponed Due To COVID-19
Lake Country Echo, The Genesee Sun, and the Livonia Public Library will be postponing indefinitely our celebration award banquet. Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted every one of us in one way or another and wishing to promote the public good we have determined that your safety and health outweigh the potential risks of a gathering and celebration event. Additionally, because of current state law, gatherings of any size are now … [Read more...]
Video Interview With Robert Levy, Drug and Alcohol Program Director of Geneseo College
We interviewed Robert Levy, Geneseo College's Drug and Alcohol Program Director which you can see on YouTube. Just go to the YouTube site and type in their search bar the words "Genesee Sun Robert Levy" and the video should appear at the top of the page. Make sure you subscribe there (it's free!) so we can continue to bring you more informative videos. Or if you wish, simply click on the following link to get to the … [Read more...]
Video Interview with UR/Noyes CEO Amy Pollard
This past Saturday we interviewed the CEO of UR/Noyes, Amy Pollard regarding the COVID-19 virus. She was kind enough to share her wisdom regarding this virus and what we at home should know. You can view this on YouTube by going there and typing the words, "Genesee Sun" in their search bar . Then simply click on the picture of Ms. Pollard and me. Please remember to hit the subscribe button so we may put up more great content like … [Read more...]
Genesee Sun And Lake Country Echo Tries to Help Local Businesses
If your business is being adversely affected by the COVID-19 crisis then know that both Lake Country Echo and the Genesee Sun wants to help. Many businesses had to close their doors to the public but still can sell. For example, restaurants can provide take out services. If your business is like this, then send me the name of your company and a couple of sentences about your services. Email this to me at Lakecountryecho@gmail.com We … [Read more...]
Ian Coyle, County Administrator, Explains Quarantined Rules
A couple of our readers asked if we could report on the current regulations regarding being quarantined. So I spoke to Assemblyperson Marjorie Bynes who was kind enough to contact Ian Coyle, County Administrator. Here is what Assemblywoman Bynes texted me: "I spoke to Ian. The only people "quarantined" are those under an order from the Department of Health to be quarantined. Those would be people who have been tested positive, people who … [Read more...]
Possible Help For Our Churches
There is serious concern about the spread of the novel coronavirus and several directives from Gov. Andrew Cuomo limiting crowd sizes. One of our readers (who choose not to be named) suggested we at the Genesee Sun can assist Churches by filming a service(s) at our studio in Geneseo. This can then be placed on YouTube as well as anywhere they wish. We can do this at nominal cost. So if you are the spokesperson for a church, or know a … [Read more...]
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