#Cuomo shoots down expanding COVID vax to restaurant workers

#Cuomo shoots down expanding COVID vax to restaurant workers

“#Cuomo shoots down expanding COVID vax to restaurant workers” Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday shot down the idea of expanding the eligibility list for coronavirus vaccines to include restaurant workers — saying it was a “cheap, insincere” suggestion when state reserves of the shots are already stretched thin. The governor nixed the notion just days…

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#Letters to the editor — Feb. 2, 2021

#Letters to the editor — Feb. 2, 2021

“#Letters to the editor — Feb. 2, 2021” The Issue: Gov. Cuomo’s response when asked about COVID deaths in nursing homes. Our governor, who gets praise for writing a book on the pandemic, had an inhuman and callous response regarding the elderly in either nursing homes or hospitals who died of COVID (“Callous Cuomo shrugs…

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#NY Senate Democrats block subpoena for COVID nursing home data

#NY Senate Democrats block subpoena for COVID nursing home data

“#NY Senate Democrats block subpoena for COVID nursing home data” Democrats who control the state Senate blocked a motion Monday to subpoena records of the Cuomo administration seeking a fuller accounting of nursing home residents who died from the coronavirus. The motion was made by Sen. Thomas O’Mara, the ranking Republican on the Investigations Committee…

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#Bill would require minimum staffing in nursing homes, hospitals

#Bill would require minimum staffing in nursing homes, hospitals

“#Bill would require minimum staffing in nursing homes, hospitals” New York’s nursing homes and hospitals would be required to maintain adequate minimum staffing levels under a proposed state law gaining steam in the wake of a damning report linking understaffed facilities to high levels of coronavirus deaths. The push to pass the legislation has picked…

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#Hundreds at large gatherings in violation of COVID regs: officials

#Hundreds at large gatherings in violation of COVID regs: officials

“#Hundreds at large gatherings in violation of COVID regs: officials” Hundreds of city revelers were caught overnight attending two illegal bashes that flaunted COVID-19 restrictions — including one massive gathering with infants present, authorities said Sunday.  The New York City Sheriff’s Office said about 70 people were first seen going into the side entrance of…

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#NYC COVID-19 vaccination site empty despite intense demand

#NYC COVID-19 vaccination site empty despite intense demand

“#NYC COVID-19 vaccination site empty despite intense demand” As desperate New Yorkers scramble to get the COVID-19 vaccine, one Brooklyn clinic stood largely devoid of recipients Saturday morning. A video of the vaccination hub at Abraham Lincoln High School in Coney Island showed plenty of gowned workers ready to jab arms and few, if any,…

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#Tony Award voting to begin in March

#Tony Award voting to begin in March

“#Tony Award voting to begin in March” The Tony Awards will indeed go on! While no official date has been set for the 74th annual Tony Awards ceremony, Tony voters will cast their ballots from Mar. 1 to Mar. 15, Deadline reports. The Broadway League, which produces the Tony Awards along with the American Theatre…

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