With the latest unemployment figures showing that more than 1.8 million New Yorkers have filed for unemployment since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, Senator George Borrello and other members of the state Senate Republican Conference sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins urging that the Senate resume the 2020 Legislative Session to address the rapidly growing economic toll of the crisis. “…we need to ensure that when … [Read more...]
Fourth Annual New York State Craft Beer Competition and Governor’s Craft Beer Cup Winners
Rochester, N.Y. - The New York State Brewers Association (NYSBA) announced the winners of its fourth annual New York State Craft Beer Competition. The awards ceremony took place virtually on Thursday, May 7 at 7:00 p.m. with over 130 breweries in attendance. It was also live streamed on Facebook and YouTube to an additional 350+ viewers. Thirty-six awards were presented across 12 categories and the best of show award. The Governor's Craft … [Read more...]
Barclay Demands State Department Of Labor Be More Responsive
Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay today called for the state Department of Labor (DOL) to take immediate steps to improve responsiveness and performance in delivering unemployment benefits to New Yorkers seeking assistance. In a letter to Gov. Cuomo, Minority Leader William Barclay wrote, “Every day, my office is inundated with calls from people in complete desperation. Some are literally in tears, begging for help. The frustration with … [Read more...]
NYS Health Department Offers Different Online Jobs For “Tracers”
New York State will hire and train a team of staff working remotely to support the NYS Department of Health and Local Health Departments to perform COVID-19 contact tracing in communities across NYS. The aim of this initiative will be to call every person diagnosed with COVID-19, establish all contacts of this person, and proceed to call and maintain ongoing communication with every contact. In addition, the team will support the … [Read more...]
33 Million Unemployed and, Sadly, still Counting
Last week another 3.2 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits bringing the total to 33.5 million workers in less than two months. Thus the business shutdowns caused by the viral outbreak deepened the worst U.S. economic catastrophe in decades. These numbers suggests one in five US workers tried to join the nation’s unemployment rolls in the last seven weeks as the pandemic delivering knock-out blows to both our labor force and … [Read more...]
USDA Announces Grants for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of $3 million for grants through its new Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production. The competitive grants will support the development of urban agriculture and innovative production projects through two categories, Planning Projects and Implementation Projects. USDA will accept applications on Grants.gov until midnight July 6, 2020. “These grant opportunities … [Read more...]
FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS NEW YORK PRIMARY REINSTATED
On May 5th, after deliberation, the Honorable Analisa Torres, United States District Judge, ruled that the primary must be reinstated by the elections commissioners who voted to cancel it. This decision came because more than a dozen Bernie Sanders delegates and members of the New York State Democratic Committee filed had filed this lawsuit in federal court last Friday. The suit was against Democratic Elections Commissioners … [Read more...]
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS TO BE HELD BY ABSENTEE BALLOT JUNE 9; PETITIONS DUE MAY 9
In deference to coronavirus prevention measures, voters in New York State school board elections will be voting this year on school budgets and for school board members by mail. Budget votes and school board elections will be held in New York State June 9. Those wishing to run for school board election must still submit nominating petitions with the district clerk at least 30 days before the date of the election (May 9), but the … [Read more...]
Nursing Home Deaths Increase by 1700
More than 1,700 nursing home deaths not previously reported are being added to the number of deaths within New York State. This makes nursing home residents accounting for roughly 20 to 25% of the state’s official tally of fatalities. At least 4,813 residents with confirmed or presumed cases of COVID-19 have died at 351 of New York´s 613 nursing homes since March 1, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration's new list. The new … [Read more...]
NYS Democratic Presidential Primary Canceled
The NYS Democratic Presidential Primary scheduled for June 23 is canceled. Primaries at the congressional and state levels will proceed as planned. That compromise should create a lower-than-average voter turnout, reducing crowding to protect both voters and poll workers, many of whom are elderly, said state Democratic Party chair Jay Jacobs. “It makes sense,” said Democratic Party chair Jay Jacobs, “We shouldn’t have … [Read more...]
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