Delgado Signs Onto Bipartisan Statement: Hands Off Ventilators Today, Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, signed a bipartisan statement opposing Governor Cuomo’s order allowing National Guard to remove ventilators from Upstate hospitals for transport to the New York metropolitan area. “We stand ready to help our fellow New Yorkers,” said the signators, who included Delgado, “but moving needed ventilators from our region now would be devastating and counter intuitive to all data on the spread of COVID-19.”…
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SEWARD OFF VENTILATOR MILFORD – Cindy Seward just reported she has spoken to her husband, state Sen. Jim Seward, and he reported the ventilator he was on was removed this afternoon. “Of course he will still need monitoring, but I thank you all for your outpouring for us!!” she reported. Seward, who is battling the coronavirus, was put on the ventilator Thursday morning and Albany Medical Center, and was soon showing some signs of improvement.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, SATURDAY, 4/4 Donated Surgical Masks, Ventilators Pour Into NY ALBANY – Governor Cuomo at today’s briefing announced donations that included a million surgical masks each from the NBA and two Chinese Foundations, plus 1,000 ventilators and 100,000 pairs of goggles. The Joseph and Clara Tsai Foundation and Jack Ma Foundation were the donors, and the gift was facilitated by the Chinese government and Ambassador Huang Ping, the Chinese consul general in New York City, the governor said. The…
CINDY SEWARD ON HUSBAND’S HEALTH Senator ‘Slightly Improved,’ But ‘Next Few Days Crucial’ MILFORD – “The next few days are crucial” for state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, who has “slightly improved” since being placed in a medically induced coma Thursday morning at Albany Medical Center, his wife Cindy told the Milford community in a Facebook post this afternoon. She said the briefing was prompted by “all of our friends in our Milford community who have reached out with care, concern,…
3 REPUBLICANS TELL GOVERNOR: Keep Hands Off Upstate Ventilators COOPERSTOWN – Three key Republicans representing Otsego County issued a statement today calling Governor Cuomo’s plan to “seize” ventilators and PPE equipment from Upstate hospitals “dangerous” and “just plain wrong.” They are county Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, who is running to succeed state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and Assemblymen John Salka, R-Brookfield, whose district includes Oneonta and Cooperstown, and Chris Tague, R-Schoharie, whose district includes Cherry Valley, Roseboom, Decatur and Worcester.…
NEW YORK STATE’S 2020-21 BUDGET Cuomo Cites Fracking Ban, $700M For ‘Mother Nature’ ALBANY – Governor Cuomo called the state’s 2020-21 budget, passed at 3 a.m. yesterday, “extraordinary,” according to the press statement from his office. “I understand we’re all consumed with the coronavirus situation but we have to be able to walk and chew gum,” the governor said after the passage, adding “the budget was difficult because the state has no money, … and we came up with a…
NEW YORK STATE’S 2020-21 BUDGET Spending Plan Centralizes Power In Albany, GOP Says Editor’s Note: Here’s is the Republican response to the budget passage from Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay, R-Pulaski. By WILL BARCLAY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com During unprecedented times that demand a concentrated focus, state Democrats rushed out a cluttered $178 billion state budget that offered nothing of the kind. Concocted behind closed doors and advanced under the cover of darkness, the state’s final spending plan drifted too…
CLICK HERE FOR STATEWIDE DATA 3 More Cases Reported Here COOPERSTOWN – Three more cases of coronavirus were reported today in Otsego County, bringing total confirmed cases locally to 24, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond announced a few minutes ago. Of the total cases, one is hospitalized, and three have recovered and are out of isolation. There has been one death, Brenda L. Utter, 63, of Morris, who passed away a week ago Thursday.…
Stranded, Conductor Uses Time Productively Zoltowski Walking Friend’s Dog, Thinking About Symphony’s Future ONEONTA – The Catskill Symphony’s new conductor, Maestro Maciej Zoltowski, has been stranded in Upstate New York due to coronavirus strictures, but is using his time here productively. Here’s the text of a letter to CSO members, received today: “I hope this note finds you all in good health. My elbow (he fell on ice last November while here for his audition concert) has healed remarkably well,…
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