Cuomo calls on N.Y. hospitals to test for highly contagious U.K. COVID variant

NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo holds press briefing and announcement at the office on 3rd Avenue. – New York, NY – September 8, 2020 (Shutterstock)…
NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo holds press briefing and announcement at the office on 3rd Avenue. – New York, NY – September 8, 2020 (Shutterstock)…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo vows that New York will do a better job than all other states in the nation to get its …
NYC Health and Hospital mobile Units offers free COVID testing in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. – Bronx, New York: USA – …
By Allison Dikanovic, THE CITY
Some of the pandemic-prompted rules concerning evictions in New York changed again this week — spurring potential confusion for …
By Zack Fink, NY1
American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic, covers the period from late February to mid-June when Governor Cuomo …
Although the new law took effect in January, state data showing how courts are applying it won’t be available until July 2021. And without funding, courts in small towns and villages may never collect the data.
By Steven Yoder, TheAppeal.org
Before New York State’s bail reform law passed in April 2019, police, sheriffs, and prosecutors warned of dire consequences.
“I think that it could cause some …
Dozens of New York nursing homes didn’t see their first COVID-19 case until sick patients were sent there, many under Andrew Cuomo’s state policy. To date, 6% of the state’s nursing home population, or roughly 6,500 residents, have died.
NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo makes an announcement and holds media briefing at 3rd Avenue office. New York, NY – July 1, 2020 (Shutterstock)
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A nursing home in Troy, New York, followed the governor’s order to accept patients being treated for COVID-19. Six weeks later, 18 residents were dead of the disease.
By Joaquin Sapien and Joe Sexton, ProPublica
On April 3, Stephanie Gilmore, a 34-year-old nurse working at the Diamond Hill nursing home in Troy, …
Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at signing ‘Say Their Name’ police reform agenda package at office on 633 3rd Avenue – New York, NY – …