#COVID vaccine mandated for NY state workers — or face weekly tests

#COVID vaccine mandated for NY state workers — or face weekly tests

“#COVID vaccine mandated for NY state workers — or face weekly tests” State government workers will soon have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo regular testing — and vaccinations will be mandatory for frontline workers in state-run hospitals, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. Negotiations with government labor unions are underway “to implement this program…

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#NY updates rent relief program after critics slam slow process

#NY updates rent relief program after critics slam slow process

“#NY updates rent relief program after critics slam slow process” ALBANY — The state released a new application process for tenants and landlords seeking federal rental assistance on Monday — one day after Sen. Chuck Schumer slammed the Cuomo administration for slow-rolling payments to individuals at risk of evictions.  The submission process — slated to…

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#Letters to the Editor — July 27, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 27, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 27, 2021” The Issue: The DOJ’s decision not to pursue a civil-rights probe into Gov. Cuomo’s nursing-home order. The decision to drop a probe into the nursing-home deaths that occurred under Gov. Cuo­mo’s direction is another example of the two-tiered judicial system in this country that is tearing our…

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#Lawmakers question Cuomo as he delays weed program

#Lawmakers question Cuomo as he delays weed program

“#Lawmakers question Cuomo as he delays weed program” New York’s legalized-pot program is on a train to nowhere —  apparently derailed because Gov. Andrew Cuomo is fuming over his stalled plans to overhaul leadership at the MTA. Cuomo and the state Legislature approved the legalized sale of weed in New York in March, but the…

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#Schumer slams Cuomo admin for delays in federal rent relief

#Schumer slams Cuomo admin for delays in federal rent relief

“#Schumer slams Cuomo admin for delays in federal rent relief” New York families are struggling to stay in their homes due to delays by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration in doling out federal rent relief, Sen. Chuck Schumer charged Sunday. The Senate majority leader appeared alongside some of those families at a press conference to publicly…

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#Team Cuomo continues its underhanded attacks on his investigators

#Team Cuomo continues its underhanded attacks on his investigators

“#Team Cuomo continues its underhanded attacks on his investigators” How about that: Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Lavine actually slapped Rich Azzopardi, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s loyal spokesthug, for bad-mouthing state Attorney General Tish James, who’s overseeing a key investigation into the many sexual-harassment claims against the gov. Lavine (D-LI) is overseeing the Assembly’s own (incredibly…

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