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...]
NYS Ripped Off For Never Delivered Ventilator Costing $69 Million
Comptroller-Stefan-Mychajliw Erie County Comptroller Stefan I. Mychajliw is asking State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli to investigate what he termed the “69 million NYS Ventilator Rip-Off.” In a letter to the Genesee Sun, Mychajliw wrote, “Are you not surprised that the government may have flushed $69 million down the toilet for non-existent ventilators? I’m asking the NYS Comptroller to investigate immediately.” “New York … [Read more...]
BOTH SANDERS DELEGATES AND NYS DEMOCRATS SUE NY ELECTIONS COMMISSIONERS & BLAME CUOMO
More than a dozen Bernie Sanders delegates and members of the New York State Democratic Committee filed a lawsuit in federal court on Friday against Democratic Elections Commissioners Douglas Kellner and Andrew Spano, both appointed by Governor Cuomo, for their role in removing candidates from the primary ballot, effectively cancelling the presidential primary in New York state. An unprecedented measure was inserted into this year’s state … [Read more...]
Erase Student Athletics This Academic Year
With the decision by Governor Cuomo to not reopen schools for the remainder of the academic year, the New York High School Athletic Association announced Friday that all of New York's 11 sections have canceled spring sports. "Many throughout our state were hopeful students would have the chance to participate in high school athletics this spring and return to some sense of normalcy," NYSPHSAA Executive Director Robert Zayas said in a … [Read more...]
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