Governor Cuomo announces most COVID restrictions will be ending STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday, June 15, that he will ending most COVID restrictions affecting businesses, after hitting the threshhold 70% of New Yorkers vaccinated with at least one dose. As a result, concerts, sports, nights clubs and other businesses can return to normal operations without the need for social distancing, masks or limits on capacity. “It means we can return to life as we…
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EXECUTIVE ORDER 202 Declaring a Disaster Emergency in the State of New York Editor’s Note: Here’s the beginning of the executive order Governor Cuomo issued on March 7, 2020, putting New York in a state of emergency while it combatted COVID. WHEREAS, on January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization designated the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern; WHEREAS, on January 31, 2020, United States Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II…
Blockbuster REPORT: Nursing Home Residents Poorly Served Editor’s Note: Here are the recommendations in state Attorney General Letitia James’ report, “Nursing Home Response to COVID-19 Pandemic,” which also discovered nursing-home deaths may be 50 percent higher than the Cuomo Administration let on. For Complete Text Click Here. •Ensure public reporting by each nursing home as to the number of COVID-19 deaths of residents occurring at the facility — and those that occur during or after hospitalization of the residents —…
Cuomo Praises Cooperstown As Lowest In COVID Infections …
Sheriffs, Code Enforcement Investigate COVID-19 Complaints By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If you see something, Governor Cuomo suggests, say something. “We’ve been contacted about businesses having too many people in the store, people not wearing masks, that sort of thing,” said Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. As part of Cuomo’s executive order, complaints can be lodged by citizens if they see non-essential businesses open, non-emergency private construction work, or gatherings where more than 10 people are…