With a mask mandate in New York City public schools set to expire next month, Gov. Kathy Hochul has warned many school districts to suspend the biosafety guideline if the measure isn’t extended. Hochul said Friday that districts would no longer enforce face coverings in classes once the mandate ends on Feb. 21. “That’s actually … Read more
NEW YORK — There is good news for New Yorkers. Hospitalizations for COVID-19 are declining in the state, and Gov. Kathy Hochul, who identified that metric as the most concerning to her when the wave of COVID fueled by the Omicron variant began to spike in December, reported a statewide total of 11,016 on Friday. … Read more
What you should know New COVID infection data released by New York on Thursday shows in the clearest terms yet the widespread receding wave of the Omicron variant. Case rates among the vaccinated and unvaccinated have halved since the last weekly report. This marks the first time they have been reduced since Ómicron emerged in … Read more
What you should know New York would increase state aid to schools, provide sweeping property tax relief and give bonuses to healthcare workers over the next year if lawmakers pass a $216.3 billion budget outlined by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday. . Top legislative leaders are expected to continue negotiating with Hochul to finalize the … Read more
Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to license three new casinos this year, likely in the New York City region, according to her state budget. The president’s $216.3 billion spending plan includes a proposal to add the trio of gaming houses before an earlier moratorium that was due to expire in 2023. The state already has … Read more
What you should know New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she feels “cautiously optimistic” about trends in COVID cases showing a slower rate of growth for the first time since the state reported its first confirmed case of the Omicron variant on 2 from December. Meanwhile, the CDC director said the same day that she … Read more
NEW YORK – Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to deliver her first speech Wednesday on the current state of New York, known as State of the State. The dominant theme will undoubtedly be COVID-19 and the Omicron variant. The speech is scheduled to begin around 1 p.m. Telemundo 47 will follow the speech. – .
On the last day of 2021, the country’s first calendar year fully marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, New York posted a latest record of COVID cases for the third day in a row. The governor’s final update for the year included a record 76,555 new positives as the Omicron surge pushes the state’s hospitals to … Read more
New York changed its COVID return-to-work policies for essential personnel in the face of the record rise in infections and the threatening spread of the omicron variant. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the new guidelines on Friday. Essential workers who are vaccinated will be able to return to work five days after testing positive. Those not … Read more
Governor Kathy Hochul announced the $ 100 million designation that will help New Yorkers pay rent or find permanent housing if they are homeless. The funding, reserved through the New York State Supplemental Rental Program, will allow counties to ease the transition of people located in homeless shelters to permanent housing, according to the governor. … Read more