What you should know New York Governor Kathy Hochul continues to push for vaccination and testing as the state battles its worst wave of COVID-19 in a year. Still, he said Friday that he was hopeful New York is seeing the first signs that cases are declining. Hospitalizations are the highest since April 2020 but … Read more
What you should know New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she feels “cautiously optimistic” about trends in COVID cases showing a slower rate of growth for the first time since the state reported its first confirmed case of the Omicron variant on 2 from December. Meanwhile, the CDC director said the same day that she … Read more
NEW YORK – New York State has reached a $ 400,000 settlement with an industrial laundry facility on Long Island to distribute 10 workers it illegally fired or denied sick leave amid the pandemic, the U.S. attorney general announced Thursday. Letitia James status. The prosecutor said the deal was made with FDR Services Corporation of … Read more
What you should know Kathy Hochul has vowed to clean the house and inherits significant challenges as governor, from the current COVID crisis to crime, marijuana legalization and budget battles. She took significant action related to COVID-19 on the first day in office by adding the death toll reported by the CDC, which is more … Read more
What you should know The delta variant is part of 83% of the positive samples from New York City studied, compared to 72% in the last report from the Department of Health and 57% in the previous week. This variant is now also the dominant one in New Jersey. Existing vaccines have shown effective protection … Read more
What you should know Beginning Monday, New York City hospital workers must show proof of vaccination or be tested weekly; Mayor Bill de Blasio recommended indoor masks, regardless of vaccine status. Across the United States, confirmed coronavirus cases have doubled in more than 40 states in the past two weeks. About 97% of cases are … Read more
NEW YORK – MTA and Port Authority employees working at the New York facility will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested for coronavirus weekly beginning on Labor Day, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. The governor also announced that nine new vaccination sites will be opened in places with high concentrations of state employees … Read more
NEW YORK – Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Sunday that there is more “pain and suffering” on the horizon as COVID-19 cases rise again and officials plead with uninoculated Americans to get vaccinated. Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, also said he does not anticipate additional closures in the US because he believes there are … Read more
NEW YORK – Positive COVID-19 cases have nearly doubled across New York in the past week as vaccinations decline, the delta variant spreads, and public officials weigh in on the possibility of requiring mask use again in indoors, even for fully vaccinated people. Daily coronavirus metrics released Sunday by Governor Andrew Cuomo show an alarming … Read more
What you should know The delta variant has been found in 41% of the New York City positive samples studied, up from 26% in the latest health department report; the previous week, delta was found in 17.1% of the samples analyzed. That strain is now dominant in New Jersey as well, accounting for 40.7% of … Read more